SFCV’s perceptive writers report on topics relevant to opera. Review Fellow Travelers Arrives at Opera Parallèle at Just the Right Time Lisa Hirsch - June 24, 2024 In its West Coast premiere, Gregory Spears’s opera about two closeted gay men is a moving reminder of what’s always at stake with love. Review In Kate Soper’s The Hunt, Three Maidens and a Unicorn Richard S. Ginell - June 24, 2024 The composer’s latest opera, recorded shortly after its 2023 premiere, has a spare but intriguing setup. Review Pocket Opera’s The Merry Wives of Windsor Is Bustling, Bursting at the Seams Steven Winn - June 18, 2024 The company’s current production of Otto Nicolai’s 1849 singspiel might have just a little too much of everything. Review The Industry Does Two Operas at Once in The Comet / Poppea Lev Mamuya - June 17, 2024 Played simultaneously on a rotating turntable, the double production invites speculation on power relations and much more. Review Discover an Opera About Online Life Circa 1985 Lisa Hirsch - June 17, 2024 Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s The Electronic Lover captures the world of emotions that can exist in the chat room. Artist Spotlight Composer Gregory Spears Makes an Operatic Journey West Tom Jacobs - June 16, 2024 Opera Parallèle stages Spears’s Fellow Travelers this month, while Santa Fe Opera is set for the world premiere of The Righteous later this summer. Artist Spotlight Yuval Sharon Says Sci-Fi and Opera Are Similar Victoria Looseleaf - June 11, 2024 In the director’s latest opus, a vintage W.E.B. Du Bois story and a classic Baroque opera collide. Here’s why they go together. Review At REDCAT, Magdalene’s Multiple Perspectives Are Uniquely Compelling Lev Mamuya - June 11, 2024 Beth Morrison Projects commissioned 14 composers to work on this operatic setting of Marie Howe’s book of poems about womanhood. Review Philosophers Agree: Ipsa Dixit Is a Hoot Jim Farber - June 4, 2024 Kate Soper’s “philosophy-opera” gets an outstanding production from director James Darrah and Long Beach Opera. Review Kaija Saariaho’s Brilliant and Disturbing Last Opera, Innocence Lisa Hirsch - June 4, 2024 The Finnish composer’s late masterpiece, about a school shooting and its enduring effects, premieres at SF Opera. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page