Supporting the Operatic Arts in the Bay Area
Travelers Archives from SJOG Newsletters
- November 2017 - Santa Fe Opera 2017 by Susan English
- August 2017 - Metropolitan Opera 50th Anniversary Gala by Peggy Heiman
- February 2017 - Women as opera composers? They are now coming along in significant numbers by Mort Levine
- November 2016 - Small scale opera is with us in full force and it is carving
out a permanent niche by Mort Levine - August 2016 - What do you do when protesters want to ban your opera as a racist “cultural appropriation” by Mort Levine
- May 2016 - Small scale opera is with us in full force and it is carving out a permanent niche by Mort Levine
- Feburary 2016 - A course on “The Voices of Opera” raises the intriguing questionof what makes different singers so special by Mort Levine
- November 2015 - Does Opera San Jose have a few selected Broadway musicals in its future? And why would that be so bad? by Mort Levine
- August 2015 - Ariadne auf Walnut Creek: sometimes our
feisty regional companies just let you downby Mort Levine - May 2015 - The good, bad and ugly: setting, design will make or break many operas. by Mort Levine
- February 2015 - Five centuries of opera in five stimulating lectures by one of the great company directors, Seattle’s Speight Jenkins. by Mort Levine
- November 2014 - Bringing together the two amazing operatic careers of the “diva, impressaria, legend”: our own Irene Dalis By Mort Levine
- August 2014 - Ariadne auf Walnut Creek: sometimes our feisty regional companies just let you down By Mort Levine
- May 2014 - Intense, insightful, inspiring. That was Opera at Oakhurst earlier this month in the shadow of Yosemite’s glories by Mort Levine
- February 2014 - Fresh opera offerings proliferate from unique inititives like Prototype’s Opera/Theatre/Now festival. by Mort Levine
- November 2013 - What shape will opera take in the future? by Mort Levine
- August 2013 - Opera confronts the everlasting need to attract new, younger audiences by Mort Levine
- May 2013 - A visit inside the brain for tender, powerful dramas by Mort Levine
- February 2013 - Bay Area premiere of Passionate 21st century
opera set for mid-February performance by Mort Levine - November 2012 - Philip Glass arrived in the Bay Area last weekend by Mort Levine
- August 2012 - Unique 20th century opera brings a rarity to Bay area and a resounding Merola success by Mort Levine
- May 2012 - Baroque opera in New York by Mort Levine
- February 2012 - Two outstanding contemporary American works beckon intrepid opera goers during February by Mort Levine
- November 2011 - Santa Fe Opera’s 55th Season by Susan English
- August 2011 - Ojai, a 65-year-old summer music festival
with a
different character each year By Mort Levine - May 2011 - Opera Devotees Need To Welcome
Related Musical Theater Forms
By Mort Levine - February 2011 - Another part of Placido Domingo’s inspired operatic career comes into focus with Il Postino. By Mort Levine
- November 2010 - Colorado’s Mountain Opera Festival A Theatrical Experience Like None Other. by Susan English
- August 2010 - Tosca, A study in political and audience upheaval. by Susan English
World of Opera Coming to Our Doorsteps This Fall. by Mort Levine - May 2010 - The Nose at the Met is the hit of the year, but Verdi’s Attila proved to be a strike out. by Mort Levine
- February 2010 - Buenos Aires’ magnificently refurbished Teatro Colón will welcome you this Spring.by Mort Levine
- November 2009 - Sometimes the edgy, unusual opera isn’t very far away: A House in Bali mixes East and West and much more. by Mort Levine
- August 2009 - Le Roi Roger Opera Bastille, Paris by Connie and Stevc Zilles
- May 2009 - Summer Time Opera Festivals by Mort Levine
- February 2009 - Critics and the Internet by Mort Levine
- November 2008 - Bay Area’s famed composer, Kirke Mechem, goes back to his roots for his latest premiere. by Mort Levine
- August 2008 - A major new local arts series begins here this fall. by Mort Levine
- May 2008 - Here’s how you can create your own opera festival: four rare operas in one week, and now home to rest by Mort Levine
- February 2008 - The Richard Tucker Gala by Olga Nespole
- November 2007 - Love It or Hate It Sit Back and Enjoy the Bay Area’s Celebration of The Inimitable Music of Philip Glass by Mort Levine
- August 2007 - It's the Summer Festival Season again and no better place than Santa Fe by Mort Levine
- May 2007 - Is a Trip to the Met Still in Order? by Mort Levine
- February 2007 - 2006 Richard Tucker Gala by Olga Nespole
- November 2006 - It's Time To Plan For Next Summer's Festivals by Mort Levine
- August 2006 - Los Angeles Opera Comes Of Age With A Spectacular Grendel
by Mort Levine - May 2006 - Spellbound at the Met by Edith Goldenzohn
- November 2005 - Magnificent Wagner Ring Cycle In Seattle by Mort Levine
- August 2005 - Prague, Budapest and Vienna by Olga Nespole
- April 2005 - Met in NY by Alma Taylor
- January 2005 - Prague, Budapest, Paris by Ann Haggerty
- October 2004 - Santa Fe by Argo Gherardi
- July 2004 - England by Mort Levine