World premiere of Dolores Huerta opera kicks off season at Scottish Rite Center(Oaklandside)
Berkeley’s West Edge Opera is kicking off its 46th season in August with three performances at Oakland’s Scottish Rite Center of a show based on the life of one of the Bay Area’s iconic civil rights leaders.
The opening night for Dolores, by composer Nicolás Lell Benavides, with a libretto by Marella Martin Koch, is on Aug. 2. The muse for the new production, Dolores Huerta, is expected to be in attendance. The opening night performance will be followed by a fundraiser reception at Lake Chalet with Huerta for the Dolores Huerta Foundation and the United Farm Workers Union.