Posts by Ken Herman
Opera Neo’s 2023 Summer Opera Festival Opens at The Conrad with Aria Gala
On June 18 Opera Neo opened its 2023 Summer Opera Festival with the traditional Aria Gala held in the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center’s Baker-Baum Concert Hall.
Read MoreGabriela Lena Frank’s ‘El último sueño de Frida y Diego’ Travels Triumphantly to San Francisco Opera
‘El último sueño de Frida y Diego’ the 2022 opera by composer Gabriela Lena Frank and librettist Nilo Cruz, received an exuberant reception at San Francisco Opera on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.
Read MoreProject [BLANK] Presents a Brilliant Production of Andy Vores’ Opera ‘No Exit’
San Diego’s ambitious Project [BLANK] opened a riveting production of Vores’ 2008 opera ‘No Exit’ on Friday at Bread & Salt in Barrio Logan.
Read MoreJoseph Martin Waters’ Vivid Contemporary Rock Opera Debuts at Tijuana’s Centro Estatal de las Artes
Joseph Matin Waters’ opera ‘El colibrí mágico’ (‘The Magic Hummingbird’) made its impressive staged premiere this weekend at Tijuana’s Centro Estatal de las Artes Foro Experimental.
Read MoreThe San Diego Symphony and San Diego Master Chorale Bring Antonio Estévez’s Exciting ‘Cantata criolla’ to The Rady Shell
This weekend, May 26 & 27, Rafael Payare led an exciting program of mid-20th Century Venezuelan Music to bring the 2022-23 Jacobs Masterworks Series to a thrilling close.
Read MoreThe San Diego Symphony and San Diego Master Chorale Join Forces for the ‘Cantata Criolla’ by Venezuelan Composer Antonio Estévez
Rafael Payare will conduct the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Master Chorale in Venezuelan composer Antonio Estévez’s ‘Cantata criolla: Florentino, el que canto con el Diablo’ May 26 and 27 at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.
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