> Ariadne auf Naxos:"Superb production by West Edge Opera ... Funny and touching, and graced with a combination of musical elegance and theatrical inventiveness, this production marked the latest successful step in the exciting transformation of what was once the Berkeley Opera. Under artistic director Mark Streshinsky, who also directed this production, the company has undertaken a fresh and provocative approach to the operatic repertoire, without sacrificing anything in the way of musical values or seriousness of purpose." — Kosman, SF Chronicle
> "[San Francisco Opera's Xerxes]was never as coherent or clever as last year's modern-dress production by the low-budget Berkeley West Edge Opera, with baroque-opera expert Alan Curtis conducting and Mark Streshinsky directing a young cast that rivaled San Francisco's." — Littlejohn, The Wall Steet Journal
Artistic Director Mark Streshinsky introduces our next opera:
A new interpretation of Mozart's The Magic Flute by David Scott Marley
A young prince, lost in a world where magical monsters menace and the powers of night and day wrestle for domination, strikes out to save a princess... Is this a story torn from the pages of a comic book? Well, we imagined that it could be! The fantastical world of manga comic art will come to life in this brand new production in a new interpretation by the incredible David Scott Marley.
Weill / Brecht 
