Opera San Jose is the opera company of Silicon Valley and one looking toward the future as General Director Shawna Lucey will tell you. So even as it embarks on its 42nd season — hardly a Sand Hill Road-funded startup — it’s not afraid to be a little disruptive.

Just look at the production of Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte” opening this weekend at the California Theatre, directed by Alek Shrader and with Music Director Joseph Marcheso leading the orchestra. Instead of a gala Saturday night debut, the first performance is a matinee on Sunday. That’s going to be the norm for all the shows this season — a Sunday matinee opening followed by two weekends of Friday and Sunday performances.

The point isn’t to free up Saturday nights for opera fans but to make sure those arias sound as good as they ca

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