Opera

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

Jason Victor Serinus - August 18, 2020

A recital of modern American song with the composer and one of his finest interpreters.

Andrew Gilbert - August 10, 2020

Bassist/composer Lisa Mezzacappa takes the leap into opera in an original way.

Joe Cadagin - August 10, 2020

David Hertzberg’s The Wake World is a sumptuous pleasure house of music.

Jeff Kaliss - July 31, 2020

The Florentine Opera gives the nonagenarian composer’s latest a serious makeover on a new recording.

Peter Feher - July 28, 2020

There will be fall offerings online, but mainstage productions move to 2021.

Michael Zwiebach - July 21, 2020

An online recital points the way to many more possibilities, posits General Director Khori Dastoor.

Jason Victor Serinus - July 20, 2020

English songs of longing and loss find a perfect voice in the gifted tenor on this new disc.

Janos Gereben - July 14, 2020

The show has gone on through great quakes, depressions, and wartime, but COVID-19 presents a confounding set of new challenges.

Lily O'Brien - July 13, 2020

For these performers, sheltering-in-place has provided an opportunity to explore new musical avenues.

Michael Zwiebach - July 7, 2020

The tiny opera company has another wildly entertaining opera up its sleeve. Until then, it invites you behind the scenes in a series of Zoom chats.