Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: SF Opera's 'A Masked Ball' All good things must end. David Gockley, the Giants-hat-wearing genial host of the free Opera in The Park concert announced last Friday he would end his tenure as SF Opera General Director after
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: 'Dolores Claiborne' At SF Opera There were three strikes against SF Opera's world premiere Dolores Claiborne: soprano Patricia Racette stepped into the title role three weeks ago, taking over from mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick; we wrote a meh review
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Faust at the SF Opera It was Opening Night at the Opera on Saturday, for the short summer stretch of the season; Gounod's Faust is an over-roasted chestnut, on the top ten most performed list at most major
Arts & Entertainment SF Opera's Il Trittico Even though it's Puccini, the SF Opera has run Il Trittico (the triptych) only twice before Wednesday night's opening. And for the first time on this stage, the same soprano, Patricia Racette, is
Arts & Entertainment This Weekend's Vocalises We learned yesterday that star soprano Patricia Racette had to withdraw from singing today in the Verdi Requiem at the SF Opera house, and will be replaced by Adler fellow Heidi Melton. Racette,
misc SF Opera Passes the Popcorn Dude, why can't we all just get along. It's not like people in Chico are saturated with opera. They see eight performances from the Met. We think there's room enough for the six
Arts & Entertainment Butterfly 2.0 The current run of Madama Butterfly had deja vu written all over it again: same set; same soprano; Patricia Racette in the role of Cio-cio-san, the Japanese wife betrayed by the American officer;
Arts & Entertainment America's Next Opera Star To conclude the apprenticeship program’s 50th season, the Merola program gave its grand finale concert last Saturday at the War Memorial Opera House. The singers did not present a full fledged opera,
misc Philistine: To Catch a Free Butterfly Tomorrow, for the first opera of new director David Gockley's era, the SF Opera will experiment with a live broadcast of the performance playing inside the War Memorial Opera House, outside on the
