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Earnest Effort Makes ‘The Cake’ at La Jolla

By Welton Jones | February 14, 2018 |

There’s a whiff of headlines in ‘The Cake,’ Bekah Brunstetters new play at the La Jolla Playhouse, but the Supreme Court should wish for litigators as nice as these.

Venezuelan Conductor Rafael Payare New San Diego Symphony Music Director

By Ken Herman | February 13, 2018 |

The 37-year-old Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare made an auspicious debut leading the San Diego Symphony last month, and the San Diego Symphony announced today that Payare will be its next Music Director, filling the vacancy left by maestro Jahja Ling, who retired in May 2017.

Soprano Angel Joy Blue Debuts as Liù in San Diego Opera’s ‘Turandot’

By Ken Herman | February 12, 2018 |

Although Angel Joy Blue is making her debut as Liù in San Diego Opera’s production of Puccini’s Turandot that opens on February 24, the young soprano from Southern California has a long personal history with this famous opera . . .

Patel Leads a Glorious Sibelius Fifth Symphony to Remember

By Ken Herman | February 11, 2018 |

San Diego Symphony Associate Conductor Sameer Patel led a majestic, sonically luxurious account of the Jean Sibelius Fifth Symphony and introduced with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and the orchestra a new violin concerto by Adam Schoenberg.