West Bay Opera (WBO) is one of the most remarkable and longest-lived performing arts organizations in the Palo Alto region. It’s also the second-oldest opera company west of the Mississippi, and this ...

Otello (John Kun Park) gets a winding up from the devious Iago (Robert Balonek) in West Bay Opera’s production of “Otello.” Courtesy Natalya Polyakova. It’s amazing to witness, year after year, the ...

The San Francisco Bay Area is a hotbed of culture, and is no stranger to the art of opera. With several long-standing opera companies, Bay Area residents and visitors alike have numerous spots to ...

If Rachel Michelberg accidentally walked into the wrong rehearsal room while preparing for her latest show, she could easily be forgiven. For many years, Michelberg would cruise over to rehearsal for ...

Poor, poor Dutchman! Condemned by his own blasphemous tongue to sail and sail and sail without respite -- except for once every seven years -- he comes ashore at the permitted juncture to search for ...

When East Palo Alto activist William Webster stepped into a plane headed for Paris on Sunday, it marked the first time he would travel abroad in over four decades. But he wasn’t about to miss the ...

Since the 1840s, when the saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, the wind instrument named after him has become a key component of jazz groups ranging from big bands to small combos. It was also a ...

Singers and production staff of the troubled New York City Opera are urging the board to take the company in a "different direction," arguing in a letter this week that by avoiding popular classics, ...