The annual showcase of excerpts from operatic works-in-progress confirms the future is bright for today’s composers and librettists.
This new telling of The Tempest from composer Allen Shearer and librettist Claudia Stevens premieres March 25 at Herbst Theatre.
The new chamber opera about prophecy and instability is the climax of the artist’s yearlong residency at UC Berkeley.
Building on the company’s recent success, General Director Shawna Lucey unveils a lineup with more firsts and some welcome blasts from the past.
The famous 19th-century mezzo Pauline García Viardot wrote this work for her children and vocal students, and it still holds up today.
