OPERA PARALLÈLE POSTPONES SPRING SEASON PRESENTATIONS OF LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE AND SOPHIA’S FOREST DUE TO ONGOING COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ON INDOOR PERFORMANCES; NEW “CLOSE-UP” RECITAL SERIES WITH OPERA PARALLÈLE ARTISTS LAUNCHES ONLINE MARCH 25

by loveopera | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized

  Media Contact: Jon Finck, jonfincksf@gmail.com / +1 415 577 1323   SAN FRANCISCO (March 11, 2021) — Opera Parallèle today announced it will postpone upcoming spring presentations of La Belle et la Bête, a cinematic fusion of opera and film by Philip Glass...

OPERA PARALLÈLE PRESENTS “CLOSE-UP” ONLINE RECITAL SERIES

by loveopera | Mar 2, 2021 | Uncategorized

MEDIA CONTACT: Scott Horton Communications 510-229-9739 Bluescott260@hotmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OPERA PARALLÈLE PRESENTS “CLOSE-UP” ONLINE RECITAL SERIES FREE MONTHLY PROGRAMS FUSE MUSIC AND STORIES San Francisco, CA, March 2, 2021 – Opera Parallèle announces a...

Your Flight Is Now Boarding

by loveopera | Feb 24, 2021 | Uncategorized

By Brian Staufenbiel Operas, like airports, are filled with stories. Some are familiar, some violent, some funny. Like airports, they are crammed with messy human lives journeying to a final destination. To push the metaphor, operas can transport us all over the world...

OPERA PARALLÈLE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 2020-2021 SEASON FEATURING WEST COAST PREMIERE OF LEMBIT BEECHER’S SOPHIA’S FOREST AND A NEW PRODUCTION OF PHILIP GLASS’S LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE

by loveopera | Sep 3, 2020 | Uncategorized

San Francisco, CA, September 3, 2020 – Opera Parallèle has made public plans for its 2020-2021 season that typify its hallmark creative, relevant and nimble style. Founder and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement and Creative Director Brian Staufenbiel have announced...

OPERA PARALLÈLE PRESENTS NEW PRODUCTION OF STEWART WALLACE AND MICHAEL KORIE’S HARVEY MILK MARKING 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH

by loveopera | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized

JANUARY 21, 2020 AT YBCA IN SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, CA, January 21, 2020 –Twenty-five years after the world premiere of Harvey Milk, a new version returns to San Francisco presented by Opera Parallèle May 15 through 17 as part of its 10th anniversary...

OPERA PARALLÈLE OPENS 2019-2020 TENTH SEASON WITH RECITAL BY WILLIAM BURDEN AND FREDERICA VON STADE

by loveopera | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized

SEPT. 19 AT SF CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 8 PM San Francisco, CA, July 19, 2019 – Opera Parallèle will open its 2019-2020 tenth season with a recital by tenor William Burden and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade Thursday, September 19, at 8 pm at the San Francisco...