Friends, family and fans have been expressing their gratitude for the life of Opera San Jose founder Irene Dalis since news of her death Sunday at age 89. A lot has been shared through social media ...

Daughter of a downtown San Jose hatmaker, Irene Dalis went on to sing on the world’s great opera stages, then came home to found Opera San Jose. Now after nearly 30 years of running the company, Dalis ...

Irene Dalis does not like to be photographed. At all. It’s a surprising detail to discover about this former Metropolitan Opera star. One would think she could pose reflexively for the camera by now.

Irene Dalis, the San Jose native who established a starry international career as an operatic mezzo-soprano before returning to found and run Opera San José for 30 years, died Sunday in San Jose after ...

To experience the full tingle of relief at not being in someone else's shoes, it's only necessary to hear Irene Dalis tell about the young soprano who arrived 10 minutes late for an opera rehearsal.

Every seat in the California Theatre was occupied Saturday night for the Irene Dalis Memorial Concert, just the way the late Opera San Jose founder would have wanted it. The crowd was treated to a ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Opera San José has announced the winners of its Irene Dalis Vocal ...

This May, Opera San José will play host to the nation's next generation of opera stars during its Irene Dalis Vocal Competition, named for the internationally-acclaimed mezzo-soprano who founded Opera ...

SAN JOSE — Irene Dalis, the beloved Grande Dame of the South Bay arts scene who reached the lofty heights of international stardom as a mezzo-soprano opera star before returning home to found Opera ...