OPERA SAN JOSE OPERA COVERAGE

Long Beach Opera to Stage Ernest Bloch's MACBETH, Beg. 6/15

An overwhelming lust for power, a manipulative wife, and witches' prophecies spur a Scottish general onto a tragic path of betrayal, murder and madness. Long Beach Opera (LBO) closes its 2013 season w... (more...)

Puccini's SUOR ANGELIA and GIANNI SCHICCHI Play Opera San Jose, Now thru 4/28

Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Giacomo Puccini's, double-bill Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi. (more...)

Palm Beach Opera's Daniel Biaggi Honored by National Society of Arts and Letters Tonight

The Florida East Coast Chapter of The National Society of Arts and Letters will honor Palm Beach Opera's General Director Daniel Biaggi at their annual Red Rose Dinner Gala today, April 4th at the Roy... (more...)

Larry Hancock Named Successor to Irene Dalis as Opera San Jose's General Director

The Board of Directors of Opera San Jose announced today the selection of General Manager Larry Hancock as the successor to General Director Irene Dalis upon her retirement at the end of the 30th seas... (more...)

Opera San José Presents Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi in April

Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi, a double-bill of Giacomo Puccini operas with libretti by Giovacchino Forzano. A young nun struggles with despair in an e... (more...)

Bay Area Opera Singers Compete for $50,000 in Prizes

Opera San Jose will present the Seventh Annual Irene Dalis Vocal Competition on May 4 at 8pm at the California Theatre, 345 South First Street in downtown San Jose. (more...)

Opera San Jose Presents Verdi's IL TROVATORE, Now thru 2/24

Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Giuseppe Verdi's powerful drama, Il trovatore. Eight performances are scheduled from tonight, February 9 through 24 at the California Theatre, 345 South F... (more...)

Palm Beach Opera's Daniel Biaggi to be Honored by National Society of Arts and Letters, 4/4

The Florida East Coast Chapter of The National Society of Arts and Letters will honor Palm Beach Opera's General Director Daniel Biaggi at their annual Red Rose Dinner Gala on April 4th at the Royal P... (more...)

Opera San Jose Announces 30th Anniversary Season

General Director Irene Dalis announced the repertoire for the company's 30th season to begin Saturday, September 7, 2013 with Verdi's masterwork Falstaff, conducted by Opera San José's founding music ... (more...)

OPERA SAN JOSE 30th Anniversary Season Announced

General Director Irene Dalis announced today the repertoire for the company's 30th season to begin Saturday, September 7, 2013 with Verdi's masterwork Falstaff, conducted by Opera San José's founding ... (more...)

Philip Glass' THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Opens Chicago Opera Season, 2/23

Philip Glass' The Fall of the House of Usher, a gothic horror story which blurs the line between the real world and the supernatural, opens Chicago Opera Theater's 2013 Season, titled "Power of Love, ... (more...)

Puccini's SUOR ANGELIA and GIANNI SCHICCHI to Play Opera San Jose, 4/13-28

Opera San José continues its 29th season with Giacomo Puccini's, double-bill Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi. (more...)

Sarah Brightman Tour Announces New Cincinnnati Date, 10/2; Moves to Music Hall

The Cincinnati engagement of the Sarah Brightman tour has been rescheduled for Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 7:30 PM at Music Hall (the original concert was scheduled for March 5, 2013 at the Aronoff Ce... (more...)

Opera San Jose Presents IL TROVATORE, 2/9-24

Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Giuseppe Verdi's powerful drama, Il trovatore. Set in 15th-century Spain, Verdi's classic has it all: vengeance, war, jealousy, and passion, with an emot... (more...)

Opera San Jose Presents Verdi's IL TROVATORE, Feb 9-24

Opera San Jose continues its 29th season with Giuseppe Verdi's powerful drama, Il trovatore. Eight performances are scheduled from February 9 through 24 at the California Theatre, 345 South First Stre... (more...)

Mark S. Doss to Lead Teatro Regio di Torino's CARMEN

International opera star and Grammy Award winner Mark S. Doss proudly announces his return to the Teatro Regio di Torino to perform lead roles in the upcoming globally celebrated productions of The Fl... (more...)

BWW Reviews: San Jose Finds a Rare Pearl in Bizet's THE PEARL FISHERS

Google the "Pearl Fishers Duet" and you'll find almost every famous opera singer has sung the exquisitely beautiful song. It's the type of song that makes it to Hollywood, but that you recognize when ... (more...)

THE PEARL FISHERS Opens Opera San José's 2012-13 Season Tonight, 9/8

Opera San Jose General Director Irene Dalis has announced repertoire for the company's 29th season to begin today, Saturday, September 8 with Georges Bizet's exotic romance The Pearl Fishers, one of f... (more...)

Long Beach Opera Presents THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT, Now thru 6/24

Professional singer and music professor Dr. P tries to shake hands with a parking meter and describes a rose as'a convoluted red form with a linear green attachment.' A man who sees, but does not see,... (more...)

Long Beach Opera Presents THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT, 6/16-24

Professional singer and music professor Dr. P tries to shake hands with a parking meter and describes a rose as'a convoluted red form with a linear green attachment.' A man who sees, but does not see,... (more...)

Long Beach Opera Presents Oswaldo Golijov & David Henry Hwang's AINADAMAR, 5/20-26

For the first time on the West Coast, audiences will have the opportunity to see Ainadamar fully staged in its acclaimed revised version. Long Beach Opera (LBO) presents Argentine composer Oswaldo Gol... (more...)

Opera San Jose Closes Season with FAUST, 4/21-5/6

Opera San Jose continues its 28th season with Gounod's Romantic-era masterpiece, Faust. Inspired by Goethe's legendary story of the old scholar who sells his soul to the devil for eternal youth, Faust... (more...)

Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzura in Little Italy to Open April 17

The new Enrico Caruso Room will feature a weekly Tuesday Night Opera Series starting April 17, showcasing a pair of talented professional opera performers each week, and a weekly Thursday Night Open M... (more...)

Richard Tucker Music Foundation Names Soprano Ailyn Pérez Winner of 2012 Richard Tucker Award

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation today announced that lyric soprano Ailyn Pérez is the winner of the 2012 Richard Tucker Award. (more...)

Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzura in Little Italy to Open April 17

The new Enrico Caruso Room will feature a weekly Tuesday Night Opera Series starting April 17, showcasing a pair of talented professional opera performers each week, and a weekly Thursday Night Open M... (more...)