(Photo credit: Eric Woolsey) No matter the repertory selected, Opera Theatre Saint Louis’s (OTSL) 2024 season would have faced a significant challenge: following their memorable 2023 season and its refreshing inclusion of many singers of color. Surrounding a forgettable “Cosí Fan Tutte,” three productions made maximal artistic impact, including a fine “Tosca” starring Katie Van Kooten and Hunter Enoch as {…}
The San Francisco Opera, in collaboration with the San Francisco Chronicle, will present “Opera in the Park” at Robin Williams Meadow in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. The free annual event will be led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim, who leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and such artists as Julie Adams, Aleksandra Kurzak, Olivia Smith, {…}
San Francisco Opera is set to present Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” opening on June 3, 2023. The opera, which will be conducted by Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim, will lead the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and production by visionary Japanese director Amon Miyamoto. In a statement director Amon Miyamoto said, “’Madame Butterfly’ highlights the clash of cultural and {…}