In the solitude of her car, as she drove home from that first staging rehearsal, Catherine Cook started to cry. She didn’t expect to. But suddenly the emotions overwhelmed her: She would be back on stage, performing live, for the first time in over a year.

When he arrived for staging rehearsals at the War Memorial Opera House, bass Kenneth Kellogg was dressed for the occasion. He preparing to become one of the first singers to perform in a fully staged opera in the San Francisco Bay Area since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

There are moments in life when nothing says it as clearly as music. This is one of those moments. As more  people get vaccinated, as the trends continue downwards, and as we prepare to move into the yellow tier, it’s time to find release and joy in some of the most exuberant opera ever written! After more than a year of being denied live music, it’s time to remedy that!

San Francisco Opera's resident artists take the stage in The Adlers: Live at the Drive-In, April 29, May 6, 13.

First episode includes stories about The Barber of Seville and SF Opera's return to live performance.

Live opera returns to the Bay Area with new staging of Rossini's comedy at the Marin Center drive-in.