Opera Medium Rare presents Rossini’s Zelmira

Por Jaime Robles, 19 febrero 2015

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Crítica hecha desde Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley el 17 febrero 2015

Rossini, Zelmira

West Edge Opera

Alexander Katsman, Dirección, Piano

Shawnette Sulker, Zelmira

Brian Yeakley, Ilo

Paul Thompson, Polidoro

Nikola Printz, Emma

Michael Bell, Antenore

Jordan Eldredge, Leucippo

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Jaime Robles

Jaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012.

Opera Medium Rare (but well-done!) presents Rossini’s Zelmira in concert