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With a busy schedule flying to Paris, our Bass-Baritone resident Vartan Gabrielian has been globe-trotting while absent from OSJ. We took some time to catch up with Vartan with his busy schedule as he returns for his third production with Opera San José, Florencia en...

Read the Operaville review at the link below! https://operaville.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-riveting-rigoletto.html

Read the review from the Cordell Reports and Berkshire Fine Arts https://berkshirefinearts.com/02-15-2024_rigoletto.htm

Read the review at the link below! https://theatreeddys.com/2024/02/rigoletto.html

We have very little from the Italian opera composers who were Verdi’s contemporaries. While Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti dominated the first half of 19th-century Italy, Verdi alone dominated the second half; his contemporaries, Mercadante, Cagnoni, Ricci, and...

Courtney Miller should be no stranger to anyone who has been to a production this year. Armed with a brilliant sense for comedic timing, Courtney has had a "season of maids." We saw her Opera San José debut as Gertrude in our season opener of Romeo and Juliet, and saw...

We last saw Melisa take the stage as Stephano in our first production of the year Romeo and Juliet. Since then the mezzo-soprano has travelled all over the globe working on multiple projects. We took time to check back in with Melisa as she prepares to take on the...

Johannes Löhner is a familiar face with the Opera San José audience. Having been a guest conductor during our productions of Falstaff and Tosca, Johannes returned this fall as our Conductor-in-Residence. Balancing his many responsibilities as chorus master, assistant...

Since beginning her éesidency with Opera San Jose, Director-in-Resdience Michelle Ainna Cuizon has been busy to say the least. Jumping in days after arriving in California she has since directed our Resident Artist Showcase, Assisted General Driector Shawna Lucey...