Opera

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

Janos Gereben - August 12, 2019

Classic operas, favorite artists, and a few innovations highlight the upcoming roster.

Janos Gereben - August 12, 2019

Look for soprano Christina Major in two lead roles.

Michael Zwiebach - August 6, 2019

With the 2019 festival in full swing, the company announces a wild 2020 season filled with sex, crime, and great music.

Steven Winn - August 5, 2019

A fresh, nonbinary take on Gluck’s opera eschews easy resolutions.

Nicholas Jones - August 5, 2019

Brilliant Merolini were more than up to the rich challenges offered in the commissioned If I Were You.

Charles Shere - July 30, 2019

Glass’s In the Penal Colony and Mozart’s La finta giardiniera comment on the human condition from different perspectives.

Janos Gereben - July 29, 2019

Sasha Cooke and Julia Bullock are artists-in-residence in a year that sees vocal and choral music take pride of place.

Lou Fancher - July 26, 2019

The busy soprano talks about her artistic evolution and her demanding lead role in West Edge Opera’s Breaking the Waves.

Jason Victor Serinus - July 25, 2019

The young countertenor reveals growing artistic maturity throughout this recital with the American Bach Soloists.

Jason Victor Serinus - July 19, 2019

The popular composer is frantically busy — just the way he likes it.