Posts by Ken Herman
A Little Night Music from Art of Élan at the San Diego Museum of Art
Art of Élan’s bracing outdoor chamber concert in the San Diego Museum of Art’s May S. Marcy Sculpture Court and Garden offered yet another option for live performance under pandemic restrictions.
Read MoreSan Diego Opera Favorite Singer Patrick Carfizzi Returns for a Drive-in ‘Barber of Seville’
In April’s San Diego Opera drive-in production of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi brings his powerful baritone in the role of Doctor Bartolo.
Read MoreHausmann Quartet Reveals Haydn’s Newest Musical Colleagues: Agélica Negrón and Graźyna Bacewicz
Sunday’s online concert by the Hausmann Quartet offered two unusually rewarding compositions in addition to Haydn’s D Major Quartet, Op. 20, No.4: Graźyna Bacewicz’s String Quartet No. 4 from 1951 and Angélica Negrón’s “Marejada,” written just last year.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Offer’s Carlos Simon’s Searing “Elegy” from 2015 with Familiar Mozart and Tchaikovsky Fare
To open Friday’s online symphony concert “Elegies and Serenades,” San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare chose Carlos Simon’s striking 2015 “Elegy: A Cry from the Grave.”
Read MoreLa Jolla Music Society’s Educational and Community Outreach Thrives Online
With headliners such as Wynton Marsalis and the Joffrey Ballet on the La Jolla Music Society’s virtual marquee, the company’s community outreach and educational programs strive mightily for public attention. But the change to online education and outreach has opened encoouraging new possibilities for these programs.
Read MoreSan Diego Opera’s 2021 Spring Season Returns to the Pechanga Arena for a Drive-In ‘Barber of Seville’ and ‘One Amazing Night’ Concert
Thanks to the pandemic, it has been a full year since San Diego Opera has enjoyed the luxury of presenting opera at the San Diego Civic Theatre—or any other theater, for that matter. But David Bennett, the company’s creative General Director, has successfully created drive-in opera presentations that give the San Diego opera public live…
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