Posts by Ken Herman
La Jolla SummerFest 2023 Opens with a Splendid Cache of Unexpected Music
With the program title Expect the Unexpected, Music Director Inon Barnatan opened La Jolla SummerFest 2023 Friday with a bevy obscure compositions.
Read MoreSan Diego Opera Announces an Enticing Season for 2023 – 2024
On Thursday San Diego Opera General Director David Bennett announced the company’s 2023—2024 season
Read MoreOpera Neo Stages ‘Mitridate’ — a Surprisingly Accomplished Work by Mozart at Age 14
This weekend at the UC San Diego Park & Market facility in the East Village, Opera Neo produced Mozart’s early opera ‘Mitridate,’ which climaxed the company’s successful 2023 Summer Opera Festival.
Read MoreRewarding Staging of Handel’s Early Gem ‘Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno’
On Friday, Opera Neo’s opened its stage production of Handel’s ‘Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno’ at The Conrad in La Jolla.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Champions Bernstein’s ‘Symphonic Dances’ and Roberto Sierra’s Recent Trumpet Concerto
Music Director Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony launched their Summer Season Friday at the Rady Shell on San Diego Bay.
Read MoreMainly Mozart Festival Brings Mahler to The Conrad
Tuesday at La Jolla’s Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, San Diego’s annual Mainly Mozart summer festival presented Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in a chamber ensemble version.
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