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Opera
SATIRICAL MUSIC, DARK TIMESby Abby Wasserman Saturday, July 20, 2024 Opera
MEMORABLE MELODIES AT MENDO FESTIVAL'S COSI FAN TUTTEby Pamela Hicks Gailey Friday, July 19, 2024 Opera
OPERA GEMS IN COZY SEBASTOPOL THEATERby Pamela Hicks Gailey Friday, February 9, 2024 Opera
CINNABAR HITS IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH A GRAND TOSCAby Pamela Hicks Gailey Sunday, June 18, 2023 Opera
SANTA ROSA'S MAJESTICAL MAGIC FLUTE IN WEILLby Pamela Hicks Gailey Saturday, April 15, 2023 Opera
MARIN'S STRIPPED-DOWN OPERA CHARMSby Abby Wasserman Sunday, July 17, 2022 Opera
SONOROUS WAGNER GALA AND CAPACITY CROWD AT VALLEJO'S EMPRESSby Pamela Hicks Gailey Saturday, July 9, 2022 Opera
VERDI'S THEATRICAL LA TRAVIATA TRIUMPHS AT CINNABARby Terry McNeill Sunday, June 19, 2022 Opera
DONIZETTI'S DON PASQUALE HAS LYRICAL CHARM IN MENDOCINO FESTIVAL PRODUCTIONby Elly Lichenstein Friday, July 14, 2017 Opera
ONE-NIGHT STAND AT MMF'S ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIOby Terry McNeill Friday, July 15, 2016 |
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opera Reviews
7/20/2024 - SATIRICAL MUSIC, DARK TIMES - Abby Wasserman
Contemporary Opera Marin / Paul Smith, director. Kristine Browne, flute; Shelly Hodgkin, clarinet; Josh Darr, violin; Myra Chachkin, cello; Mick Laugs, narrator; Erin McBride Africa, mime; Vicki Marinko and Sarah Shockley, sopranos; additional singers TBA Contemporary Opera Marin director Paul Smith introduced the program of two little-known mini-operas July 20 in the College of Marin’s James Dunn Theater. Behind him the set was simplicity itself: chairs, a desk, a lamp. A small band of instrumentalists: Kristine Browne, flute; clarinetist Shelly Hod...
7/19/2024 - MEMORABLE MELODIES AT MENDO FESTIVAL'S COSI FAN TUTTE - Pamela Hicks Gailey
Mendocino Music Festival / Ryan Murray, conductor. Bianca Orsi and Liisa Dávila, soprano; Megan Potter, mezzo soprano; Matthew Peterson and Matthew Miksak, bass; Salvatore Atti, tenor Capping a gorgeous sunny day on the Northern California coastal cliffs, a full moon rose July 19 in a clear sky over the big Mendocino Music Festival tent. A concert presentation of Mozart’s comedy Cosě fan tutte (loosely translated as “All women are like that”) had just ended, and a happy audience ...
2/9/2024 - OPERA GEMS IN COZY SEBASTOPOL THEATER - Pamela Hicks Gailey
Music to My Ears / DeAnne Reeder, Jill Wagoner, Morgan Harrington and Jill Morgan Brenner, soprano; Mark Kratz, tenor; Patrice Kurdish and Christa Durand, mezzo soprano; Spencer Blank, piano It was indeed a huge loss to the Sebastopol theatrical community when Main Stage West folded several years ago, not being able to survive the financial ravages of the COVID pandemic. Likewise, when a few years previously the beloved People’s Music closed its doors after decades of being the musical ... |