West Bay Opera
A taste of grand opera
in the heart of Silicon Valley
69th Season | 2024 - 2025
José Luis Moscovich - General Director
See
Video Samples
at the bottom of this page!
La sonnambula
by Vincenzo Bellini
Feb 14, 16, 22, 23, 2025
A young woman is accused of infidelity just before her wedding. But it turns out she's just a sleepwalker. A seemingly simple story that reveals a lot about the prejudice facing women in a male-dominated society. This is a true gem of the bel canto repertoire, featuring some of Bellini's most gorgeous vocal writing.
José Luis Moscovich - Stage Dir and Cond.
Otello
by Giuseppe Verdi
May 23, 25, 31, and June 1, 2025
Verdi's take on the Shakespeare play about blind jealousy and its tragic consequences. Delivered with the irrepressible dramatic force and finely honed expressive craft of the great composer's final years. This is some of the most exquisite music in the entire operatic repertoire.
José Luis Moscovich - Conductor
Richard Harrell - Stage Director
"Un bel di," from the second act of Puccini's Madama Butterfly - 5-minute video - performed live on 10/22/23 at the Lucie Stern Theatre - Palo Alto, California - Cio Cio San: Toni Marie Palmertree; Suzuki: Mariya Kaganskaya.
Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer - 4-minute compilation - Opening night 5/26/23 - Lucie Stern Theatre - Palo Alto, California
Di Provenza, from Verdi's La traviata - Opening night 10/14/22 - Jason Duika, baritone, sings Giorgio Germont - Lucie Stern Theatre - Palo Alto, California
Verdi's Macbeth - Act 2, Final Scene: Banquet. Sunday, 02/16/20 - Lucie Stern Theatre - Palo Alto, California
Verdi's Nabucco - Act 4, First Scene. Saturday, 10/26/19 - Lucie Stern Theatre - Palo Alto, California
Highlights
R. Strauss' Salome
Heather Green, Isaiah Muzik-Ayala,
May 2017 - 61st Season
R. Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer - The flying Dutchman
Dutchman-Senta Duet
Douglas Nagel
Paula Goodman
May 2008 - 52nd Season
G. Verdi's Otello
Ave Maria
Cynthia Clayton - Desdemona
Michelle Rice - Emilia
May 2013 - 57th Season
For more than 67 years, music lovers in Palo Alto and the Peninsula have enjoyed the unique experience of live opera, presented fully staged with orchestra, chorus, sets and costumes and fabulously talented casts, in the intimate setting of the Lucie Stern Theatre, a 400-seat hall that is ideally sized for opera. All our productions include projected English titles, so you can follow the action onstage closely. We invite you to come and see for yourself why audiences and critics alike rave about our productions.
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We perform at the
Lucie Stern Theatre1305 Middlefield Rd.Palo Alto, California 94306
Our Box office is located at221 Lambert Ave.Palo Alto, CA 94306
BOX OFFICE HOURS:
- Mon - Fri
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