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West Bay Opera

221 Lambert Avenue
Palo Alto , CA 94306
650-424-9999

Website: wbopera.org

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Founded in 1956 by Henry Holt, West Bay Opera is the second oldest opera company in California and one of America's leading regional companies. Performing both the familiar and the adventurous, West Bay Opera seeks to please and challenge singers and audiences with three productions per season, one each in October, February, and May.

The repertoire includes standard popular works, lesser-known operas and operettas, and occasionally...

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The repertoire includes standard popular works, lesser-known operas and operettas, and occasionally operas by modern composers. Some of West Bay Opera’s greatest successes result from undertaking formidable artistic challenges. Past accomplishments include Bellini’s rarely-performed Norma, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in the original Russian, and Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer. The principal consideration is always to give talented young opera singers an opportunity to perform challenging roles and, in turn, to give audiences the pleasure of hearing these singers on their way to fame.

Comic operas are performed in English translations, some expressly prepared for West Bay Opera. Dramatic operas are performed in the original language. All productions are accompanied by projected supertitles in English.

West Bay Opera has the loyal support of a large contingent of opera lovers throughout the Bay Area. The company performs to an estimated 20,000 audience members per year through regular performances and outreach activities.

Its mailing address is listed below, while its performances take place at the Lucie Stern Theatre at 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto.

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Aida - Opera

Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center

May 25-June 3, 2012

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Event Name: Don Giovanni - Opera
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Review posted by: JakeEquus from 1, Feb 24, 2012

With an excellent orchestra supporting Mozart's mighty operatic story of "Don Giovanni," Leporello stole the show. Played by Adam Paul Lau within a cast of deep operatic talent, he keeps us riveted... Expand

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With an excellent orchestra supporting Mozart's mighty operatic story of "Don Giovanni," Leporello stole the show. Played by Adam Paul Lau within a cast of deep operatic talent, he keeps us riveted to his antics through his excellent singing and stage presence. Don Giovanni is crisp and clear and the ladies he lures all give very engaging performances. In a strange and surprising presentation, this opera's staging, props and costumes have been moved to a working class neighborhood in lower Manhattan in 2012. It goes as far as take-out food on the street and at times elicits much more audience laughter and response than traditional performances. Unlike the time-travel connections between La Boheme and the modern rock musical "Rent", this stays loyal to the authentic Italian script and lyrics. I disqualify myself and encourage you to step in as an alternate juror for this unusual trial of classic opera . Collapse

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	Don Giovanni - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center February 17-February 26, 2012 Arguably Mozart's best and most dramatically accomplished opera, and considered by some to be the best opera ever written, Don Giovanni packs in arias and ensembles of tremendous technical challenge and sublime beauty. Combining tragedy, humor, and astonishing depth of characterization, Don Giovanni is a piece sure to dazzle and inspire, and it... Don Giovanni - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center February 17-February 26, 2012 Event Rating (1 vote)
	Samson Et Dalila - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center October 14-October 23, 2011 This is Saint-Saëns' best known opera. It is a retelling of the bliblical story of Samson and Delilah. The embodiment of French grand opera at its best, it includes three of the best known and most popular mezzo-soprano arias in the entire repertoire, as well as the music of the famous and wild bacchanale. The love scene between Samson and... Samson Et Dalila - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center October 14-October 23, 2011 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Dido and Aeneas, La Vida Breve - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center May 20-May 29, 2011 Two very different stories of love forsaken are featured as a pair in this production. In Henry Purcell’s English baroque masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, Trojan hero Aeneas courts Dido, the Queen of Carthage. Then, tricked by evil witches, he abandons Dido and she dies of grief. In Manuel de Falla’s La Vida Breve, Salud, a... Dido and Aeneas, La Vida Breve - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center May 20-May 29, 2011 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Turandot - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center February 18-February 27, 2011 Vowing to honor the memory of an ancestor, Princess Lo-u-Ling, who was raped and murdered by a conquering prince, Turandot, the Chinese Princess, has sworn she will never be possessed by a man. Princes seeking her hand must answer three riddles posed by her. The price of failure is death. Calaf, son of the deposed Tartar king, sees Turandot... Turandot - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center February 18-February 27, 2011 Event Rating (0 votes)
	La Forza del Destino - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center October 15-October 24, 2010 Leonora is in love with Alvaro and plans to elope with him. Her father, the Marquis de Calatrava, intercepts them. Alvaro accidentally wounds the Marquis, who dies cursing them. Carlos, Leonora’s brother, swears revenge. Set in Seville in the eighteenth century, the piece explores themes of pride, love, revenge and hope. A late... La Forza del Destino - Opera Presented by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center October 15-October 24, 2010 Event Rating (0 votes)

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