West Edge Opera Summer Festival, 2015

I can't believe I forgot to post about this: West Edge Opera has a fantastic summer season starting in just a few weeks. I hear that one of the operas is well on its way to a sellout, in fact. Here are all of the performances that are coming up:

Alban Berg

Lulu

in German with English supertitles

conducted by Jonathan Khuner

directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer

featuring soprano Emma McNairy as Lulu

and bass-baritone Philip Skinner as Dr. Schön

Saturday, July 25, 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 2, 2 p.m.

Saturday, August 8, 8 p.m.

Oakland’s abandoned Train Station at 1405 Wood St at 16^th Street

Laura Kaminsky

As One

Libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed

in English with English supertitles

conducted by Bryan Nies

directed by Mark Streshinsky

featuring baritone Dan Kempson

and mezzo-soprano Brenda Patterson

Sunday, July 26, 2 p.m.

Saturday, July 31, 8 p.m.

Saturday, August 8, 2 p.m.

The Oakland Metro, 522 2^nd St., Oakland

Claudio Monteverdi

Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria

in Italian with English supertitles

conducted by Gilbert Martinez

directed by Mark Streshinsky

Featuring baritone Nikolas Nackley as Ulysses

and mezzo-soprano Sara Couden as Penelope.

Saturday, August 1, 8 p.m.

Friday, August 7, 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 9, 2 p.m.

American Steel Studios , 1960 Mandela Parkway at 20^th St.

Tickets and more information are online at www.westedgeopera.org or by calling (510) 841-1903.

All performances are preceded by a pre-show talk 45 minutes before curtain and followed by a post performance reception with the artists.

It's Lulu that has the hot ticket sales. Take that, everyone slagging atonal or serialist music.