Posts by Ken Herman
Opera Neo Collaborates with Hungarian State Opera for Mozart’s ‘La finta giardiniera’ in Budapest
Friday, July 1, 2022, at Budapest’s Eiffel Art Studios, the Hungarian State Opera in collaboration with San Diego’s Opera Neo, presented a musically rich, smartly staged production of Mozart’s ‘La finta giardiniera.’
Read MoreGilbert Castellanos and Friends Present Bracing Tribute to the Music of Thelonious Monk
Sunday at The Rady Shell, San Diego’s premier jazz trumpeter and impresario Gilbert Castellanos assembled an elite sextet of musicians to celebrate the music of Thelonious Monk.
Read MorePayare Opens Summer Season at The Rady Shell with Mussorgsky and a New Piano Concerto by Reinaldo Moya
San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare opened the Symphony’s summer season Friday, June 24, 2022, at The Rady Shell.
Read MoreNicolas Reveles’ Chamber Opera ‘Aftermath’ Premiered by Bodhi Tree Concerts
Based on his experience of the Covid pandemic lockdown, composer Nicolas Reveles’ chamber opera ‘Aftermath’ pits two characters struggling in a parallel situation following a tactical nuclear attack.
Read MoreGustavo Romero Returns to La Jolla to Complete His Beethoven Sonata Cycle
Gustavo Romero presented the first of four all-Beethoven recitals for the La Jolla Athenaeum’s Summer Festival 2022 on Sunday, June 5, 2022.
Read MorePayare and the San Diego Symphony Climax the Season with Beethoven’s Incomparable Ninth Symphony
With the assistance of the San Diego Master Chorale and four vocal soloists, Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony crowned their Saturday concert at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park with Neethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
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