Opera

SFCV’s perceptive writers report on topics relevant to opera.

Janos Gereben - June 5, 2017

The success of this summer “reboot” hinges on the music, not the production.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - June 2, 2017

The baritone created something special out of a shopworn production.

Lisa Hirsch - May 29, 2017

Philip Glass’s beautiful dance-opera adaptation of a thorny Jean Cocteau theme gets the first-rate production and performance it deserves.

Janos Gereben - May 27, 2017

42nd Street Moon gives the Borodin pastiche operetta a deluxe concert treatment.

Janos Gereben - April 18, 2017

The soprano is an alumna of the Merola and Adler programs. Colleagues Cohen, Quattlebaum, and Raven are also honored.

Lou Fancher - April 14, 2017

Creative teams will be scrambling when Opera Theater Unlimited debuts their 48-Hour Opera Festival.

Lou Fancher - April 12, 2017

Guest soloists and dancers join the orchestra and chorale for a fully-staged presentation of Rameau’s opera-ballet Le Temple de la Gloire.

Janos Gereben - April 10, 2017

First-rate performances and production values made for an afternoon of quality opera with no apologies.

Janos Gereben - March 21, 2017

A ticket to the big time punched for three superb singers.

Lisa Hirsch - March 13, 2017

A rare performance by the Italian soprano delivers Poulenc’s monodrama of misery and longing.