Mozart
Don Giovanni

Opera’s most notorious seducer returns to the Pocket Opera stage. Which of his spurned lovers will exact her revenge and drive him to the gates of Hell? Comedy, tragedy, and the supernatural mix in this, Mozart at his finest.

MUSIC DIRECTOR: CESAR CAÑON

ANDERS FRÖHLICH as DON GIOVANNI
RABIHAH DAVIS DUNN as DONNA ANNA
KEVIN GINO as DON OTTAVIO
JAIME KORKOS as DONNA ELVIRA
SARA LEMESH as ZERLINA
SPENCER DODD as LEPORELLO
MITCHELL JONES as MASETTO
JASON SARTEN as COMMENDATORE

Sunday, March 1, 2020 | 2 pm
Hillside Club in Berkeley

Sunday, March 8, 2020 | 2 pm
Legion of Honor in San Francisco

Sunday, March 15, 2020 | 5 pm – CANCELLED
Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto

Offenbach
The Cat Became a Woman

Guido is a charming young man with a wonderful life ahead of him— the only problem? He’s madly in love…with his cat. When he speaks the magic words, she transforms into a stunning young lady, but her feline nature continues to assert itself in Offenbach’s delightful one-act opera.

MUSIC DIRECTOR: DAVID DRUMMOND
STAGE DIRECTOR: NICOLAS A. GARCIA

CHELSEA HOLLOW as MINETTE
SAM FAUSTINE as GUIDO
ALEXANDRA ARMANTRADING as MARIANNE

Performed as a double bill with CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA

CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana

Excommunicated from the church, spurned by her entire village, Santuzza seeks only the love of Turiddu. An embittered love triangle sparks a Sicilian vendetta. Featuring Mascagni’s glorious Easter Chorus and the famous Intermezzo.

MUSIC DIRECTOR: DAVID DRUMMOND
STAGE DIRECTOR: NICOLAS A. GARCIA

MARCELLE DRONKERS as SANTUZZA
DAVID GUSTAFSON as TURIDDU
HARLAN HAYS as ALFIO

Performed as a double bill with THE CAT BECAME A WOMAN

CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

Bizet
Carmen

Carmen, a stunning gypsy woman, loves freely and passionately. Don Jose and Escamillo both vie for her affections, but when love reaches a fever pitch, jealousy leads to murder. From the first note of the overture to the final chords, Bizet delivers the most famous tunes in all of opera.

MUSIC DIRECTOR: FRANK JOHNSON

CARMEN, ESCAMILLO TBA
GABRIEL LIBOIRON-COHEN as DON JOSÉ
LINDSAY ROUSH as MICAËLA
LIESL McPHERRIN as FRASQUITA
TANIA MANDZY INALA as MERCÉDÈS
JULIO FERRARI as ZUNIGA
MICHAEL ORLINSKI as DANCAÏRE
CARMELLO TRINGALI as REMENDADO

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS