Solo Opera

Solo Opera is a Professional Company Member of Opera America and a 2016 Arts Recognition Award recipient. Founded in 2000, their mission is to educate, entertain, and enrich the community through their main stage opera productions, concerts, and outreach programs. Solo Opera has achieved wonderful success producing eighteen high quality operas at the beautiful Lesher Center for the Arts and around the Bay Area including "The Telephone" (2000, 2003), "The Medium" (2000), "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (2001, 2002, 2003), "Riders to the Sea"(2003), "The Old Maid and the Thief" (2004), "A Hand of Bridge" (2004), "Bastien and Bastienna" (2004), "The Impresario" (2004), "Chip and His Dog" (2014), "Hansel and Gretel" (2014, 2015), "The Computer Kid's Magic Night" (2016), "The Gift of the Magi" (2018), “Scalia/Ginsburg” (2021), and “The Four Note Opera” (2022). In addition to other concerts and outreach, they collaborate each summer with the Orinda Rotary Club, producing a free Opera in the Park at Orinda Community Park and perform at the Concord Fourth of July Parade. Upcoming events include the 85-minute family friendly opera in English, "The Three Feathers" – based on the Grimm’s fairy tale- by Lori Laitman and Dana Gioia. The show runs Sept. 8 and 10, 2023 at the Lesher Center for the Arts.