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The image of the barrel-chested, horn-helmeted, sword-swinging opera singer dies slowly. Making opera less exotic and more believable is a preoccupation of opera companies and singers around the globe. San Diego Opera will open its 2013 season with a smartly updated production of Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera The Daughter of the Regiment, transforming its garrison of French soldiers stationed in a quaint Swiss mountain village at the turn of the 19th century to a platoon of American GI’s in France during World War II. “When I was given my costume,” said tenor Stephen Costello, “I thought, ‘I haven’t dressed like this…
Wars hot and cold dominated the 20th century, stirring composers’ imaginations in myriad ways. Stravinsky’s 1918 “The Soldier’s Tale” portrayed war as class conflict cynically abetted by religion, while Benjamin Britten’s 1962 “War Requiem” lamented the utter futility of armed conflict. On the other hand, Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” and Samuel Barber’s “Symphony Dedicated to the Air Forces” were written as unabashed musical propoganda during the Second World War. San Diego Symphony Music Director Jahja Ling and the orchestra gave a rich, probing account of Carl Nielsen’s Fifth Symphony at Copley Hall Friday (Jan. 11), a lesser…
The versatile dancer Trystan Loucado has made waves in performances with San Diego’s top contemporary and ballet companies. Known for his long limbs and skilled partnering, the term multi-talented is an understatement. He’s also become a formidable dancer en pointe. You read that right. Trystan Loucado flexes his feet. Fold all of the toes back the other way and imagine he is wearing pointe shoes. Photo courtesy of San Diego Dance Theater. Since last summer, he’s been touring internationally with Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the all-male troupe that parodies ballet classics en travesti, ballet in drag. Not bad for a…
The La Jolla Playhouse announced at a press conference today that its inaugural Without Walls Festival will be staged October 3 – 6. The Playhouse portion of the University of California, San Diego, campus, will serve as a festival village for a series of performances and events presented in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and the UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance.
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