Opera San José will close its 2021-22 season with Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s classic American tale of two star-crossed lovers and the prejudices that keep them apart. Bursting with passion, humor, dancing, and some of the most memorable music ever written, this stunning production of West Side Story – the company’s first-ever musical – will be conducted by Christopher James Ray and staged by director Crystal Manich. Among the announced casting: baritone Brian James Myer will appear as Riff.

California Theatre: April 16 – May 1, 2022