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News, Season Announcement

Serena Sáenz, Leonor Bonilla, Emöke Baráth, Airam Hernández & Pablo García López Lead Ópera de Tenerife’s 2026-27 Season

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Spain’s Ópera de Tenerife has announced its 2026-27 season. Ópera en minúscula The season opens with “Luciérnaga” by Gabriela Ortiz. Ludwig Carrasco conducts the Classical Laguna Experience Orchestra, and César Martín will direct the production starring Carmen Acosta and Javier Santos.   Performance Date: Sept. 12, 2026 The second work will be “Svadba (La boda)” by Ana Sokolović in a production by {…}

News, Reviews, Stage Reviews

Pocket Opera 2025-26 Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Shakespeare would be proud. Benjamin Britten would cheer. Pocket Opera must celebrate, for its production of Britten’s Opera “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was a true success. Pocket Opera’s Chamber Opera Company, founded by Donald Pippin and now led by Nicolas A. Garcia, gave us all that delights and stirs in Britten’s musical version of Shakespeare’s famous comedy. At the Thomas {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Pocket Opera 2024 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

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(Photo credit: Pocket Opera) More than earning its cult following, San Francisco Bay’s Pocket Opera continues to enchant music-lovers of all ages and varying attention spans. Armed with the mission embraced by its founder Donald Pippin, the Pocket Opera breathes life into rare, under-appreciated, and flat out delightful operas. Sculpting them within a chamber setting—the final performance of Leoš Janáček’s {…}

IndieOpera

Michelle Drever, Nika Printz, Leslie Sandefue Headlines Pocket Opera’s 2022 Season

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Pocket Opera has announced its 2022 season. The season will open with “The Merry Widow” starring Jennifer Ashworth and Orson Van Gay. Performance Dates:  March 27 – April 10, 2022 Next up is Wagner’s rarely performed “Das Liebesverbot.” The opera will star soprano Leslie Sandefur and Patrick Hagen. Nicolas A. Garcia directs with Jonathan Khuner conducts. Performance Date: May 15 {…}

IndieOpera, Streaming

Pocket Opera Announces 3 Concerts, Virtual Gala

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Pocket Opera has announced the transmission of Pocket Watch, a three-song concert miniseries, as well as its Virtual Gala 2021, “Offenbachanalia,” commemorating the 44th year of its founding by its Artistic Director Emeritus, Donald Pippin. All performances will be streamed on the company’s official YouTube Channel and Facebook. The first concert, entitled “Songs of Concealment,” will be opened by baritone {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Pocket Opera 2020 Review: Don Giovanni

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(Photo Provided by Pocket Opera) Pocket Opera, the San Francisco Bay Area’s flagship chamber opera company, opened its 2020 season on March 1, 2020 with the Mozart/Da Ponte masterpiece, “Don Giovanni.” The production was the first under the leadership of the company’s recently installed artistic director, Nicolas A. Garcia. Garcia previously served as the assistant artistic director under Pocket Opera’s {…}