Posts Tagged ‘Benjamin Bayl’
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 MoreOpera Neo Collaborates with Hungarian State Opera in 2022 Summer Opera Festival
San Diego’s Opera NEO has announced the repertory for its 2022 Summer Opera Festival: Mozart’s early comic opera ‘La finta giardiniera’ and Handel’s esteemed but rarely staged ‘Ariodante’.
Read MoreRare Francesco Cavalli Opera Sighted on Stage in the Golden Triangle
Opera NEO’s last offering of its 2019 Summer Festival, Francesco Cavalli’s 1651 “La Calisto,” opened in a smart production Friday at the Four Flowers Theater at La Jolla Country Day School.
Read MoreA Handel Triumph for Opera NEO
If you are going to produce a rarely staged G. F. Handel opera, it is a good thing to have a few Handel operas under your belt. Opera NEO’s vibrant, superbly sung “Partenope” this past weekend (August 3 & 5) revealed how confidently this company has succeeded in making these Baroque operas as dramatically engaging as the popular verismo warhorses.
Read MoreOpera NEO Announces Its 2018 Summer Opera Festival
For Opera NEO’s 2018 Summer Opera Festival and Workshop, San Diego’s younger, adventurous opera company will feature a rare Handel opera, “Partenope,” Franz Lehár’s beloved chestnut “The Merry Widow,” and “Idomeneo,” a Mozart opera most opera lovers know by title only.
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