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A couple of standout artists from the 2024 class of the Merola Opera Program shine bright in this season-ending showcase.
The cellist’s brief but brilliant career is captured in soprano Marnie Breckenridge’s stunning performance for West Edge Opera.
Last chance to put in your votes for our annual best-of polls covering the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
The new opera may not be aggressively attention-grabbing, but it is rich, evocative, and deeply felt.
The one-evening version of Richard Wagner’s mythic tetralogy is well sung and played but light on character development and nuance.
The orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru plays raucous pieces by Vivian Fung, Helen Grime, Nina C. Young, and Karim Al-Zand.