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Everybody knows what’s supposed to happen in ‘Peter Pan.’ Some of it does in the raucous La Jolla Playhouse version. Some doesn’t.
Given the shocking cancellations by major San Diego performances slated for this week by San Diego Opera and the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, it was a minor miracle that Art of Élan presented its chamber concert Tuesday, March 10, at the San Diego Museum of Art.
Among the welcome changes Rafael Payare has brought to the San Diego Symphony is a revitalization of the orchestra’s repertory. Major works the orchestra had not previously performed—and not just new compositions—are now center stage. In January, 2019, when Payare was still Music Director Designate, he conducted the orchestra and cellist Alisa Weilerstein in Benjamin Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68, and this weekend—now that Payare is the orchestra’s Music Director—guest conductor Bramwell Tovey brought Britten’s earlier Violin Concerto, Op. 15, to Copley Symphony Hall with Concertmaster Jeff Thayer as soloist. These are impressive, probing orchestral offerings that…
“5 Soldiers” takes place at the White Box Theater at Liberty Station. The intimate space is ideal for Rosie Kay’s intimate, intense take on soldiers training, living, and ultimately risking their lives together. It’s ideal, as well, given Liberty Station’s history as a Naval training facility and whatever psychic resonance from those eager, scared, brave young sailors lingers in the walls. And it’s running here for two more nights. Go!
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