Month: July 2025

  • * Notes * The company premiere of Die Walküre (Back: Vida Miknevičiūtė as Sieglinde, Jamez McCorkle as Siegmund; Front: Ryan Speedo Green as Wotan, Sarah Saturnino as Fricka, photo by Curtis Brown for the Santa Fe Opera) at Santa Fe Opera last night has spectacular singing. Director Melly Still's production is busy and frentic. The…

  • * Notes*The Merola Opera Program presented the first of two Schwabacher Summer Concerts (Baritone Joeavian Rivera as Dr. Malatesta, bass John Mburu as Don Pasquale, soprano Chea Kang as Norina, and tenor Tristan Tournaud pictured, photograph by Kristen Loken ) last night at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The singers who do not fit into…