Cetrella Restaurant Presents Sunday Brunch with Singers from Opera San Jose on July 26

Cetrella Restaurant in Half Moon Bay has announced that their July 26 Sunday Brunch will include live performances by members of Opera San Jose. Brunch will be served from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm and arias from Manon, Cinderella, The Marriage of Figaro and La Rondine will be sung in two sets between noon and 1:00 pm. There is no cover charge. Event co-sponsors are Cetrella, Opera San Jose and the Half Moon Bay Coastside Chamber of Commerce and Visitors' Bureau. Reservations are required and can be made through OpenTable.com or by calling the restaurant at (650) 726-4090.

Sunday Brunch at Cetrella ($35.00 plus a la carte options) features the progressive French cuisine of Executive Chef Sylvain Montassier who hails from the Saumer culinary academy and the French kitchens of Jean Bardet, Michel Gaudin, Georges Blanc, and, in Switzerland, the Hotel du Rhone, in England, The Waterside Inn and The Savoy, and, stateside, Boulevard in San Francisco, and Alinea, TRU and Isabella's Estiatorio in Chicago. Montassier’s French technique complements locally sourced ingredients such as wild diver and line caught seafood and pedigreed meats and poultry including Alaskan halibut, American Kobe short ribs, and artisanal products from Balakian, Daylight, Giusti, Harley, Iacopi and Pastorino farms. Desserts include strawberries with roasted marshmallow and a chocolate mousse bar.

The Opera San Jose artists performing will be Rebecca Schussler (Soprano), Betany Coffland (Mezzo Soprano), Alexander Boyer (Tenor) and Krassen Karagiozov (Baritone). There will be a raffle conducted during the brunch with the prize, donated by Opera San Jose, being a certificate for a pair of season opening night tickets to the opera Manon, on September 12, 2009.

Cetrella serves dinner Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday until 10:00 p.m. and serves Sunday brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Located at 845 Main Street in Half Moon Bay, California, Cetrella has ample free off-street parking. Visit Cetrella on the Web at www.cetrella.com. Reservations can be made by calling (650) 726-4090 or at www.opentable.com.