Posts by Ken Herman
SummerFest 2024 Offers A Choice ‘Danse Macabre’
Saturday’s La Jolla SummerFest program provided both challenging modernist works by Martin Butler and Thomas Adès as well as standard repertory by Schubert and Ravel.
Read MoreLa Jolla SummerFest Opens: A ‘Deal with the Devil’ Provides Heavenly Results
SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan opened this year’s festival on Friday with an evening of Satanic music cleverly titled ‘A Deal with the Devil.’
Read MoreOpera Neo Stages the American Première of Nicola Porpora’s ‘Polifemo’
Nicola Porpora’s opera ‘Polifemo’ received a sparkling production by San Diego’s Opera Neo Friday, July 19, 2024.
Read MoreLa Jolla SummerFest Returns to Recount Music’s inside Stories
SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan has chosen “Inside Stories” for the theme of this year’s annual La Jolla music festival that opens on July 26 at The Conrad.
Read MoreOpera Neo’s al fresco ‘Così fan tutte’ at the Spanish Village Art Center
Opera Neo staged a a polished, engaging production of Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’ in the patio of Balboa Park’s Spanish Village Art Center this past weekend.
Read MoreOpera Neo’s Cabaret Brings Choice Moments of Opera and Music Theatre to the Spanish VIllage
The spacious patio of Balboa Park’s Spanish Village Art Center and a balmy summer evening proved the ideal combination for Opera Neo’s annual Cabaret. Singers from this season’s Opera Neo Festival offered scenes and solos from both opera and…
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