Company Information
Opera San José is a professional, regional opera company
that is unique in the United States. Maintaining a
resident company
of principal artists, this company specializes in showcasing the finest young
professional singers in the nation. Featuring fresh, new talents in the first years of
their careers, Opera San José’s performances are always dramatically stimulating and
vocally accomplished.
On September 18, 2004,
Opera San José opened its debut season in the California Theatre.
The 1,100-seat auditorium joins the select ranks of the world's most
intimate opera houses. The California
Theatre was a 1927 vaudeville and film house that closed its doors 30 years
ago. After having been under reconstruction and restoration
for more than five years, its original name has been restored along
with the elaborate interiors, and important additions for audience comfort
and theatrical production have been added. The California Theatre has
become one of the region's most important performance facilities,
featuring symphony concerts, dance and guest appearances of artists
including Frederika von Stade, Samuel Ramey and Thomas Hampson in recital.
