Zorro in San Jose

Opera San José presents the Northern California premiere of Héctor Armienta’s Zorro.

The famed masked vigilante comes alive in this swashbuckling opera filled with romance, humor and suspense. Set in the early 1800s in el pueblo de Los Angeles, still a colony of Spain, this thrilling new work follows the adventures of the Spanish nobleman who hides his true identity behind a black mask to become Zorro, the dashing defender of the poor and enslaved.

With a lush score influenced by mariachi, flamenco and corrido music, Zorro features dashing sword fights and passionate romance as the hero battles tyranny and corruption while defending California’s disenfranchised and indigenous peoples.

Latino stage director David Radamés Toro makes his OSJ debut.