MUSIC REVIEWS
Opera Neo Soars with Handel’s Sumptuous Opera ‘Ariodante’
Friday at Bread & Salt in Barrio Logan, Opera Neo opened an astonishingly well performed production of Handel’s opera ‘Ariodante’ with the amazing Stephanie Doche in the title role.
Read MoreSummerFest 2022 Explores the Bach Family and Their Wide Influences in Western Music
Beyond Bach, Sunday’s SummerFest 2022 program, offered a clever potpourri of works that inspired—or might have inspired—J. S. Bach, as well as a few works inspired by the Leipzig master himself.
Read MoreLa Jolla SummerFest 2022 Opens with a Grand Display of Virtuosity
The La Jolla Music Society’s 2022 SummerFest opened Friday with a well-performed but assemblage of unusual quartets. The festival continues through August 26, 2022, in The Conrad.
Read MoreOpera Neo’s Cabaret brings Exciting Moments from Opera and Music Theatre to Bread & Salt
At Friday’s Cabaret held at Bread & Salt, Opera Neo’s local followers experienced this year’s cadre of young singers performing together in an array of ensembles from opera, operetta, and musical theater.
Read MoreEdo de Waart Leads the San Diego Symphony in Beethoven and Kabalevsky at The Rady Shell
Under Edo de Waart, Yao Zhao and the San Diego Symphony performed Dmitri Kabalevsky’s G Minor Cello Concerto Friday at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.
Read MoreOpera Neo Opens Its Summer Festival with Festive Aria Gala at The Conrad
Sunday July 10, 2022, at The Conrad in downtown La Jolla, a baker’s dozen of rising opera stars offered their best arias in Aria Gala, the opening salvo of this year’s Opera Neo Summer Festival.
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