Posts by Ken Herman
Pipa Virtuoso Wu Man and San Diego Symphony Musicians Explore Folk Traditions in Classical Music
The San Diego Symphony offered a varied chamber music program Wednesday at The Conrad in downtown La Jolla featuring guest artist pipa virtuoso Wu Man.
Read MoreSan Diego Opera’s Brilliant ‘Roméo et Juliette’
San Diego Opera opened its brilliant production of Charles Gounod’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’ on Saturday at San Diego Civic Theatre.
Read MoreBrilliant Young Arod Quartet Makes Its Impressive La Jolla Debut
The Arod Quartet, a prize-winning young ensemble based in Paris, offered an exceptional concert Sunday for the La Jolla Music Society at The Conrad
Read MoreBach Collegium San Diego Premieres ‘El Mesías’–Handel’s Beloved Oratorio in Spanish
The Bach Collegium San Diego premiered ‘El Mesías’–its Spanish-language adaptation of G. F. Handel’s ‘Messiah’–in San Diego County and Baja California, Mexico, March 18 — 20, 2022.
Read MoreOpera Neo Collaborates with Hungarian State Opera in 2022 Summer Opera Festival
San Diego’s Opera NEO has announced the repertory for its 2022 Summer Opera Festival: Mozart’s early comic opera ‘La finta giardiniera’ and Handel’s esteemed but rarely staged ‘Ariodante’.
Read MoreTenor Pene Pati Ready to Impress San Diego Opera Audiences in Gounod’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’
On his crowded spring performance schedule, tenor Pene Pati is sandwiching San Diego Opera in between gigs at the Vienna Staatsoper, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, and Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden to sing Gounod’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’.
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