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Category: 2015-2016 Season Previews

  • Summer Classical Vocal Music Preview 2016

    * Notes *My preview of opera and classical singing this summer in the Bay Area is up on KQED Arts. * Tattling * In my mind I jokingly titled this piece "It Is All About Boobs and Butts and Dead Babies This Summer in SF." It wouldn't have done at all, especially because I did…

  • Santa Fe Opera’s 2016 Season

    July 1- August 27 2016: La Fanciulla del WestJuly 2- August 26 2016: Don GiovanniJuly 16- August 25 2016: Roméo et JulietteJuly 23- August 19 2016: CapriccioJuly 30- August 24 2016: Vanessa Santa Fe announced a 2016 season yesterday. Patricia Racette sings Minnie in La Fanciulla del West. Daniel Okulitch sings the title role of…

  • Cal Performances 2015-2016 Season

    September 11-12 2015: National Circus of the People’s Republic of ChinaSeptember 18 2015: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra September 24-25 2015: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of VenezuelaOctober 1-4 2015: Mariinsky Ballet & OrchestraOctober 9 2015: Orquesta Buena Vista Social ClubOctober 11 2015: Takács QuartetOctober 11 2015: Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of IndiaOctober 16-18 2015:…

  • San Diego Opera’s 2016 Season

    February 13-21 2016: ToscaApril 16-24 2016: Madama ButterflyMay 7-15 2016: Great Scott The 2016 season at San Diego Opera was announced today and consists of two Puccini works and the West Coast premiere of Jake Heggie’s latest opera. Greer Grimsley, Latonia Moore, Ferruccio Furlanetto, and Patricia Racette return to San Diego Opera. Important Company debuts…

  • Washington National Opera’s 2015-2016 Season

    September 19- October 3 2015: CarmenNovember 14-22 2015: AppomattoxDecember 12-20 2015: Hansel and GretelFebruary 12-20 2016: Lost in the StarsApril 30- May 22 2016: Der Ring des Nibelungen The 2015-2016 season at WNO was announced today. 2015-2016 Season | Official Site

  • SF Symphony’s 2015-2016 Season

    August 20 2015: MTT conducts Schoenberg and Beethoven; Yuja Wang, piano August 21 2015: MTT conducts Schoenberg, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky; Yuja Wang, piano August 22 2015: MTT conducts Ives, Bartók, Mahler; Yuja Wang, piano August 27- September 14 2015: European Festival TourSeptember 24 2015: Opening Gala: MTT conducts TBASeptember 25-26 2015: MTT conducts Ravel, Chopin, Respighi;…

  • The Met’s 2015-2016 Season

    September 21 2015- May 6 2016: OtelloSeptember 23 2015- January 30 2016: TurandotSeptember 25 2015- February 13 2016: Il TrovatoreSeptember 26 2015- January 9 2016: Anna BolenaOctober 8-31 2015: Tannhäuser October 16- December 1 2015: ToscaOctober 20- December 17 2015: RigolettoNovember 5- December 3 2015: Lulu November 23 2015- May 5 2016: La Boheme December…

  • Houston Grand Opera’s 2015-2016 Season

    October 23 – November 14 2015: Tosca October 30- November 13 2015: Eugene Onegin December 4-20 2015: The Little Prince January 23- February 8 2016: Le Nozze di FigaroJanuary 29- February 12 2016 : Rusalka March 5-13 2016: Prince of Players April 16- May 1 2016: Siegfried April 22- May 7 2016: Carousel Details on the Season | Official Site

  • PBO’s 2015-2016 Season

    October 4-10 2015: Scarlatti's La gloria di primaveraNovember 12-15 2015: Bach's Brandenburgs with Richard EgarrDecember 2-6 2015: Händel's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day and "Tra amplessi innocenti" and Purcell's Te Deum and Jubilate in D and Suite from Distressed Innocence December 19 2015: Händel's Messiah February 3-7 2016: Mozart's Concerto for Fortepiano No. 23 with…

  • LA Opera’s 2015-2016 Season

    September 12- October 3 2015: Gianni Schicchi and Pagliacci October 8-11 2015: Song From the UproarOctober 30-31 2015: DraculaOctober 31- November 28 2015: Moby-Dick November 21- December 13 2015: NormaFebruary 13- March 6 2016: Die ZauberflöteMarch 12- April 3 2016: Madama ButterflyMay 14- June 12 2016: La bohèmeJune 16-19 2016: Anatomy Theater Official Site