Opera San Jose has announced its 2018-19 season, presenting two company premieres and four productions in total. The season begins with the company premiere of Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio.” The comic gem will be directed by Michael Shell in a new production that will be conducted by Donato Cabrera. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-30, 2018 Mozart’s comedy will be followed by {…}
Talk about a busy weekend. There will be over 70 opera performances around the country this weekend with a wide range of repertoire. North of the border, Pacific Opera Victoria showcases “Rattenbury” on Friday and Sunday and Opéra de Montreal showcases “La Cenerentola.” Teatro Municipal De Santiago presents “Aida” on Friday and Saturday while Atlanta Opera does a showcase of {…}
Starting April 15, “La Boheme” will open for the Opera San José, CA, directed by Michael Shell. “I am excited to direct ‘La Boheme’ for Opera San Jose,” Shell told OperaWire. The whole two hours and forty-five-minute performance will be sung in Italian with English super-titles. “The opera will be set at the end of WWI, when Paris was delirious {…}
Opera San José has announced its offering for the 2017-18 season. The company will start the proceedings with a run of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” on Sept. 9, 2017. Subsequent performances will be held on the Sept. 10, 14, 17, 22 and 24. Peter Grunberg conducts a production directed by Brad Dalton. Puccini’s “La Rondine” gets some time on the {…}
Back on Christmas Eve of December 1914, the battling armies of World War I created a temporary truce that allowed them to enjoy the holidays without fear of murdering one another. That evening a Christmas Miracle, if there ever was one, took place, a wondrous event that became the subject of many works including a 2005 film called “Joyeux Noel” {…}