Concert and opera reviews from Northern California.
David McVicar’s production is a ‘fairytale for adults’ with a stark environmental message – dark...The theme of man destroying nature runs through the entire production.
Read MoreIn her American operatic debut, Austrian soprano Christina Gansch as Dorinda, steals every scene she’s in with her perky delivery of recitatives and natural flair for comedy.
Read MoreAmerican mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges is making her first professional performances of the title role. She looks and acts a very sultry, fluid and emotional gypsy, very believable in the part.
Read MoreThe ailing maestro, looking visibly aged, seemed genuinely moved by the overflowing crowd of well-wishers who turned out for the first of four concerts of Mahler Ninth
Read MoreOpera Parallele's first commissioned opera about a new beginning in the life of artist Georgia O’Keeffe. The music is by Laura Kaminsky and the libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed.
Read MoreThis little company, which performs in the local Elks Lodge Ballroom in downtown Alameda, put together a simple but effective production of Puccini’s “La Rondine”.
Read MoreThe opera transports the action to 1950s Boston with Howard’s End on the coast north of the city (Marblehead, for those familiar with New England).
Read MoreEverything about the production, from start to finish, was first rate...The parts were very well cast and each of the singers brought out the salient aspects of their characters.
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Read MoreThe role of George Bailey was sung by American tenor William Burden. He isn’t Jimmy Stewart but he has a strong voice with warm resonance and the acting skills to carry off the part.
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