Jason Victor Serinus
Jason Victor Serinus is a professional whistler and lecturer on opera and vocal recordings. He is editor of Psychoimmunity and the Healing Process: A Holistic Approach to Immunity & AIDS, and he has written about music for Opera News, Opera Now, American Record Guide, Stereophile, Carnegie Hall Playbill, Gramophone, AudioStream, San Francisco Magazine, Stanford Live, Bay Area Reporter, and other publications.
Articles by this Author
Opera REVIEW
September 24, 2011
At the start of its 20th anniversary season, Livermore Valley Opera deserves commendation and gratitude, especially in its recent undertaking of Gounod's challenging Romeo and Juliette.
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September 23, 2011
The San Francisco Opera's Lucrezia Borgia brings a wonderful production to the stage as a vehicle for soprano Renée Fleming. More about San Francisco Opera »
Opera REVIEW
September 9, 2011
In a striking production of Turandot the S.F. Opera and cast more than fulfill the promise of greatness.
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September 9, 2011
A superb conductor leads a knockout cast in Rossini’s final opera, replete with his typical vocal fireworks.
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September 7, 2011
The Swedish soprano power walks to her San Francisco debut as the vengeful Chinese princess.
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August 30, 2011
Trinity College Choir’s pure, warm vocalism distinguishes its disc of a cappella works, most of them explicitly Christian, by eight North American composers.
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August 29, 2011
If you’re crazy about opera and great singing, there’s a wide field to play this fall. Here’s a list of the best possibilities.
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August 20, 2011
The Grand Finale of the Merolini serves as a coming-out party for singers who may rise to the top of the operatic world or settle in the middle ranks.
More about Merola Opera Program »DVD REVIEW
August 17, 2011
Ample musical excerpts plus intriguing interviews (in German and English) distinguish a DVD on the life and works of a great American composer.
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August 11, 2011
Claudio Abbado delivers a radiant, believable version of Beethoven’s sole opera, aided by a sterling cast, including Jonas Kaufmann and Nina Stemme.
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August 2, 2011
Despite several performer mishaps, four singers and their accompanists valiantly presented intimate songs of love by Brahms and cohorts.
More about Music@Menlo »Opera REVIEW
July 30, 2011
On the musical/dramatic edge, a new opera drawn from The Tempest is both vastly entertaining and a chance to hear a marvelous tenor and promising newcomer soprano.
More about West Edge Opera »DVD REVIEW
July 29, 2011
An Austrian documentary about the painstaking work of a master piano-tuner Stefan Knüpfer's year-long pursuit of perfection — to perform Bach's Art of Fugue perfectly — has reeled in several international awards.
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July 6, 2011
The Oakland City Council stepped up, big-time, in a budget that closes a $58 million deficit yet with no cuts to arts funding and libraries. SFCV interviews several major players to find out how that was achieved.
More "Oakland Affirms Arts, Culture, and Fairness" »Artist Spotlight
July 3, 2011
A member of the progressive string quartet amplifies the group’s mission, methods, and music.
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June 18, 2011
George Crumb and Peter Sellars' creation for Dawn Upshaw — The Winds of Destiny — offers a deeply affecting experience, one that inhabits your being long after the music stops.
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June 15, 2011
The superb Wagnerian soprano talks about her early training, developing a big voice, and loving those bad-boy Siegfrieds.
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June 10, 2011
Looming budget cuts will devastate Oakland’s lively arts and education scene.
More "Red Alert: Oakland Faces an Arts Funding Emergency" »Opera REVIEW
June 5, 2011
In a magnificent performance as the Götterdämmerung Brünnhilde, Nina Stemme stands as a Wagnerian goddess amid an exceptional cast.
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May 29, 2011
In a stark production strong on violence and collapse, the San Francisco Opera delivers a powerful Siegfried distinguished by a superb Brünnhilde, Mime, and Forest Bird.
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