August 13, 2016
West Edge Opera presents a daring “Powder Her Face”
“She is a highly sexed woman ...”
West Edge Opera is getting a reputation. Last year it was Lulu, this year it’s...
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August 12, 2016
Goat Hall Productions’ “Fresh Voices XVI”
In the Bay Area, opera comes in all sizes and shapes. It is rich and various and always entertaining, making use of the many talented instrumentalists and singers attracted to the area.
One of the most provocative producers is Goat...
August 6, 2016
Handel’s comedy of power, Agrippina
The dark mysteries of connivance
These days it seems our most insightful investigative reporters and political analysts are comedians, from John Oliver to Trevor Noah. Could it be that the political posturings in the...
July 30, 2016
West Edge Opera presents “The Cunning Little Vixen”
Ah, Janacek, what music!
West Edge Opera opened their summer festival last weekend with the Czech composer’s Cunning Little Vixen. The 1924 opera, based on...
June 19, 2016
San Francisco Opera’s splendid “Jenůfa”
The passionate world of Jenůfa
It’s a rare but significant event when an audience goes completely quiet during a performance – no coughs, no rustling, no shifting in seats. Such was...
June 18, 2016
San Francisco Opera presents “Don Carlo”
The grandly operatic Don Carlo
Weighing in at five acts, four hours 28 minutes and 132 performers, San Francisco Opera’s production of Verdi’s Don Carlo is an operatic...