Livermore Valley Opera Presents

Opera in the Vineyard
August 2, 2009
A Benefit Performance for
Livermore Valley Opera

Livermore Valley Opera’s summer fundraiser, Opera in the Vineyard, will be at new wine country venue this year. Featured artists will perform favorite arias and musicals. Bring your own picnic and experience music and song, al fresco, at Retzlaff Vineyard in Livermore. A silent auction and a raffle will help raise funds for the opera company that will directly benefit the production of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci in October 2009.

Limited seating and picnic tables are provided and the advance ticket price of $30 includes a beverage of choice. The wines of Retzlaff Vineyard will be featured exclusively; other beverages and desserts will be for sale.  Don't forget to bring a blanket and light jacket as the evening can get chilly.

Featured Artists

Olga Chernisheva, soprano
Ben Bongers, dramatic tenor
Dominique Piana, harpist
Chun Mei Wilson, accompanist/piano

Tickets: $30 before Aug. 2, or $35 at the door.
Complimentary glass of Reztlaff wine or other beverage is included.
Contact Delma Kline: 925-447-0657
Retzlaff Vineyard: Directions and Map
We hope you will join us!

Season Performances

October 2009
Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo & Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni

Complimentary pre-opera lecture offered one-hour prior to curtain included in ticket price. Supertitles in English are always provided at the Bankhead Theater opera performances. Please see the Tickets page for further details. *Gala ticket sold separately from performance ticket.

Artistic Director/Producer - Raquel Holt
Music Director/Conductor - Alex Katsman
Stage Director - David Cox

Guest Stage Director: David Cox

Mr. Cox began his foray into stage directing in 1993 for Pacific Repertory Opera’s Don Pasquale. He has since directed several other shows for PRO including: Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Faust, Rigoletto, and Die Zauberflote. He returned to PRO in March of 2007 to direct Verdi’s La Traviata. For his first directing assignment for Opera San Jose, Mr. Cox began with an original language Eugene Onegin followed by two critically acclaimed pieces from the French repertoire: Faust and Pearl Fisher. In the new California Fox Theater he directed sold out performances of Carmen and La Boheme. [Read full bio here]