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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 {…}

Season Announcement

Pocket Opera Announces 2026 Season

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Pocket Opera has unveiled its 2026 season. First up is “Madama Butterfly” with three performances. Performance Dates: Feb. 20 (Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts), Feb. 22 (Legion of Honor), March 1 (Hillside Club), 2026 Then comes Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Performance Dates: April 17 (Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts), April 19 (Legion of Honor), April 26 (Hillside {…}

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Pocket Opera to Present Unique ‘The Magic Flute’ Production

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Pocket Opera is set to present “The Magic Flute” on April 13, 2025 at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. The production was conceived during the pandemic in 2021, the work was created by the Gibbs Sisters, Shawnelle Gibbs and Shawneé Gibbs, both Emmy-nominated writers and storytellers. The opera was set in ancient Egypt and features animation from Sinare {…}

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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 {…}

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Cape Town Opera Presents ‘SHORTS: A Festival of Pocket Operas’

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(Image credit: Allegra Bernacchioni) Cape Town Opera has announced “SHORTS: A Festival of Pocket Operas” is set to take place at the Artscape Arena April 11-21. The series of concise operas is a celebration of operatic innovation and storytelling features the world premiere of Conrad Asman’s “Trial by Media,” Francis Poulenc’s “La voix humaine,” and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Impresario.” {…}

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Pocket Opera Unveils 2024 Season

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California’s Pocket Opera has announced its 2024 season. The season opens with “La Cenerentola.” Performance Dates: Feb. 25- March 10, 2024 Next up is “Cunning Little Vixen” with Amy Foote, Spencer Dodd, and Hope Nelson. Donald Pippin provides a new translation of the Janacek opera. Performance Dates: April 14 – 28, 2024 Third on the schedule is “The Merry Wives of Windsor” {…}

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Wexford Festival Opera Announces Directors for 2023 ‘Pocket Opera’ Productions

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Wexford Festival Opera has announced that Heather Hadrill and Grace Morgan have been named as the directors for the “Pocket Operas” of their 2023 festival. WFO received applications from young, Irish or Ireland-based artists to develop stage concepts for the operas. Wexford local Heather Hadrill will direct Donizetti’s “La fille du regiment.” Her directing credits include Handel’s “Acis and Galatea,” {…}