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	The Rising Stars of Opera San Jose Presented by San Jose Women's Club at San Jose Women's Club and Landmark Ballroom June 1, 2012 This gala event benefits the San Jose Woman's Club Scholarship Program. Enjoy an elegant luncheon menu and live performances by exceptional Resident Artists from Opera San Jose, enhanced by the acoustics of our beautiful, landmark clubhouse. This year you can dedicate an aria for a suggested donation of $25. Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy... The Rising Stars of Opera San Jose Presented by San Jose Women's Club at San Jose Women's Club and Landmark Ballroom June 1, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Opera San Jose - Music in the Park, Los Gatos Presented by Los Gatos Music and Arts and Opera San Jose at Los Gatos Civic Center July 22, 2012 Performers from Opera San Jose lend their talents to this special concert on the Los Gatos Civic Center Lawn. The best place to park is behind Los Gatos High School, just down the street from the Civic Center. The Music in the Park Series is produced by Los Gatos Music and Arts, a nonprofit entity. The organization's goal is to inspire,... Opera San Jose - Music in the Park, Los Gatos Presented by Los Gatos Music and Arts and Opera San Jose at Los Gatos Civic Center July 22, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Pearl Fishers Presented by Opera San Jose at California Theatre September 8-September 23, 2012 A forbidden love. A friendship tested. Georges Bizet’s exotic romance, The Pearl Fishers comes to life for the first time on the California Theatre stage. Set on the tropical island of ancient Ceylon, two fishermen vow eternal friendship, but the desire for a mysterious woman from their past ignites a jealous rivalry. A mesmerizing tale... Pearl Fishers Presented by Opera San Jose at California Theatre September 8-September 23, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)

Past Events

	Faust Presented by Opera San Jose at California Theatre April 21-May 6, 2012 He's a seducer, mischievous, malevolent... the spirit of evil. He is Méphistophélès, the devil in the flesh, and in this timeless tale, he appears to the old scholar Faust, promising him the elixir of youth in exchange for his soul. Faust is transformed into a young, handsome man and sets out with his devious... Faust Presented by Opera San Jose at California Theatre April 21-May 6, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Gounod's Faust - Preview and Panel Discussion Presented by Opera San Jose at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library April 10, 2012 Opera San Jose presents a free preview of Gounod's Romantic-era masterpiece, Faust. Inspired by Goethe's legendary story of the old scholar who sells his soul to the devil for eternal youth, the one-hour program will include a performance of selected arias and duets by members of the cast. Following the performance will be a panel discussion... Gounod's Faust - Preview and Panel Discussion Presented by Opera San Jose at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library April 10, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)	(1 attending)
	March Forth to Mozart Concert Presented by Silicon Valley Symphony and Opera San Jose at St. Mark's Episcopal Church - Palo Alto March 4, 2012 March forth on March 4th--or March 3--when the Silicon Valley Symphony is proud to bring together two great opera stars currently performing with Opera San Jose: Jouvanca Jean-Baptiste, Soprano; and Krassen Karagiozov, Baritone, accompanied by the Silicon Valley Symphony conducted by Michael Paul Gibson. Arias are selected from Mozart's... March Forth to Mozart Concert Presented by Silicon Valley Symphony and Opera San Jose at St. Mark's Episcopal Church - Palo Alto March 4, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	March Forth to Mozart Concert Presented by Silicon Valley Symphony and Opera San Jose March 3, 2012 March forth on March 4th--or March 3--when the Silicon Valley Symphony is proud to bring together two great opera stars currently performing with Opera San Jose: Jouvanca Jean-Baptiste, Soprano; and Krassen Karagiozov, Baritone, accompanied by the Silicon Valley Symphony conducted by Michael Paul Gibson. Arias are selected from Mozart's... March Forth to Mozart Concert Presented by Silicon Valley Symphony and Opera San Jose March 3, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	La Traviata Presented by Opera San Jose at California Theatre February 11-February 26, 2012 She's a beauty... a famed courtesan, glamorous, yet fragile. It is 1889 Paris and the celebrated Violetta Valéry has thrown a lavish party where she meets the young admirer Alfredo Germont. He has long loved her, and she is so taken with his sincerity that she abandons her life of luxury and retreats to the country to be with him. But,... La Traviata Presented by Opera San Jose at California Theatre February 11-February 26, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)

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Media Reviews

• Event Name: Anna Karenina - West Coast Premiere
  Article: Opera Review: "Anna Kerenina"
  SFGate - Sep 16, 2010
  By Joshua Kosman, Chronicle Music Critic

  Spending time with the aristocracy, of other historical periods or in our own gilded age, can be pleasurable in its way - all that luxury and indolent ease. But you are expected to care about their personal problems.
  
  That's the conflict… Expand

  Spending time with the aristocracy, of other historical periods or in our own gilded age, can be pleasurable in its way - all that luxury and indolent ease. But you are expected to care about their personal problems.
  
  That's the conflict at the heart of "Anna Karenina" - not Tolstoy's great novel, of course, but the alluring and frustrating opera newly drawn from it by composer David Carlson, which had its West Coast premiere Saturday night at Opera San Jose.... Collapse

• Event Name: Anna Karenina - West Coast Premiere
  Article: Anna Karenina's West Coast Premier
  Examiner.com - Sep 13, 2010
  By Beeri Moalem

  Driving back from the Opera, I heard on NPR that money can actually buy happiness, albeit up to a certain point ($75,000). All the money in the world couldn’t buy happiness for the aristocrats in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. David Carlson’s setting of th… Expand

  Driving back from the Opera, I heard on NPR that money can actually buy happiness, albeit up to a certain point ($75,000). All the money in the world couldn’t buy happiness for the aristocrats in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. David Carlson’s setting of the epic novel was absorbed in the bleak unhappiness of this story, hardly ever letting any ray of hope shine through. Even in the grand parties, the springtime escapades at countryside dachas, or at diverting horse races, the score churns with a lustful urgency, possessed with a dreary unrelenting nervousness, unhappy to the core. Collapse

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Member Reviews

• Event Name: Tosca
  "Superb performance!"
  Review posted by: Dexter from Santa Clara, CA, Nov 26, 2010
  

  I appreciate and enjoy opera and, having seen a handful of them, I am slowly getting to be familiar with these wonderful works. I like Puccini's operas and since I have not seen Tosca before, I had... Expand

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  I appreciate and enjoy opera and, having seen a handful of them, I am slowly getting to be familiar with these wonderful works. I like Puccini's operas and since I have not seen Tosca before, I had hopes that this would be something I would enjoy. And I certainly did! The sets and lighting were great and really set the mood and "the stage" for the story. The costumes were splendid to look at and really lent themselves to the characters and their performance. The performance of the actors/singers were entertaining. The 3 main characters who played Tosca, Cavaradossi, and Scarpia (for the 11/20 show) delivered a superb performance as their singing was top notch. All in all it was a wonderful and enjoyable show. At the end of the performance, I didn't quite get why the actor/singer who played Scarpia would get boos mixed with his applause. I'm thinking that the audience were still convinced of his evil character even when the show was over. I guess he's so bad he's good! :) Collapse

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• Event Name: Anna Karenina - West Coast Premiere
  "E for effort"
  Review posted by: Susannah from San jose, ca, Sep 24, 2010
  

  The staging, tech, singing, and orchestra for this production were all quite good and I was surprised, as I'm not opera buff, that I enjoyed it as much as I did. Exquisite lighting, more "acting"... Expand

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  The staging, tech, singing, and orchestra for this production were all quite good and I was surprised, as I'm not opera buff, that I enjoyed it as much as I did. Exquisite lighting, more "acting" than I'm used to seeing in opera, and phenomenal set complimented the cast as they sang through the plot of Tolstoy's dark philosophical story. I was even more impressed with the sound quality and balance. I think this production gets an A+ for execution, my only challenge was the material. The music was by no means unpleasant but it certainly isn't hummable. That being said the train and horse race scenes had some fantastic metaphorical motifs that even this musical ignoramus picked up on and thought were very clever. I'd suggest this based on the merit of the opera company over the actual opera but suggest it none the less!! Collapse

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