Janos Gereben

Merola's 2013 summer season includes Britten's The Rape of Lucretia and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in venues new to the program: 600-seat Everett Middle School Auditorium and 1,700-seat Nourse Theater, in addition to Yerba Buena Gardens and the War Memorial Opera House.

Some 150 artists will come together for a musical spectacul

Into the Woods, on

Today, April 9, is National Arts Advocacy Day, the time for "speaking up in support of the arts." It is a special day of united advocacy, to contact legislators and government leaders, urging them to support the arts in words and deed.

One reason I remembered Singing the Golden State

Adding to the