Festival Opera, along with our new community partners -- the Walnut Creek Marriott and Macy's Broadway Plaza -- brings back our popular, free family-friendly summer concert with an afternoon of al fresco opera dedicated to Dads.  Bring a picnic and hum along to opera favorites and popular odes to Pops.
   Featured artists are soprano Shawnette Sulker, mezzo-soprano Molly Mahoney, baritone Daniel Cilli, and tenor Jose Hernandez with conductor and musical director John Kendall Bailey. 
   Seema Shah's Indian dance troupe will perform Bollywood dance to celebrate Festival Opera's production of two Indian chamber operas this fall.
   Civic Park is located in downtown Walnut Creek at the corner of Civic Drive and Broadway, next to the main library; free parking is available off Civic. The program begins at 3:00 p.m., so arrive early to stake out a good spot for the concert and a picnic.

   Tickets are on now on sale for Festival Opera's 2015 production of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos, Friday, July 10 and Sunday, July 12 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.

    * Opening Night Dinner at Prima

    Join us for a special opening-night experience: good food, good wine, and good company at an elegant pre-opera dinner at Prima Ristorante, just a block from the Lesher Center. Just $120 per person, reserve your place at the same time you order your opera tickets.