ARTS NEWS
Opera NEO’s 2020 Summer Opera Festival the Latest Coronavirus Fatality–But Virtual Performances of ‘The Magic Flute’ Will Triumph Online
San Diego’s younger opera company, Opera NEO, announced today the cancellation of its annual Summer Opera Festival due to the current coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreRafael Payare Announces Exciting 2020-21 Season for the San Diego Symphony
If the current absence of live symphonic music at the Jacobs Music Center can be assuaged, I suggest contemplation of San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payere’s recently released 2020-21 season of the Jacobs Masterworks Series is just what the doctor ordered.
Read MoreMusic Organizations Turn to the Internet for Performance Possibilities During the Quarantine
With theaters and concert halls darkened, local arts organizations have decided to put their product to online.
Read MoreThe Snowy World of ‘FROZEN’ the Musical Heats Up San Diego—All Performances Postponed–
“The costumes are so detailed and intricate…I wish everyone could see them up close and touch them…They are hand-stitched with love by true artists…and our tour has a new duet for Anna and Elsa titled “I Can’t Lose You…”
Read MoreOpera NEO Offers Mozart, Gounod, and Rameau in Promising 2020 Summer Opera Festival
Following a pattern that has won devoted audiences, the Opera NEO Summer Opera Festival has announced its August 2020 season: two repertory favorites, Charles Gounod’s “Faust” and Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” complemented by a Baroque rarity, Jean Philippe Rameau’s “Platée.”
Read MoreMezzo-Soprano Blythe Gaissert as Hansel Takes Cues from Young Sons Bringing ‘Hansel and Gretel’ to San Diego Opera’s Production of the Beloved Fairy Tale Opera
San Diegans impressed with the vocal and dramatic skills of mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert in San Diego Opera’s 2017 production of Laura Kaminsky’s challenging contemporary chamber opera As One should rejoice. Gaissert is back in town to sing the role of Hansel in the company’s production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 fairy tale opera Hansel and Gretel that opens February 8 in the Civic Theatre.
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