Brendan Nguyen – San Diego Story

‘Paradise TBD’—the Brave New World of Opera at Bread & Salt

By Ken Herman | May 28, 2022 |

Clint McCallum’s new opera “Paradise TBD” at Bread & Salt on Friday fused an existentialist plot with a purely digital score and five amazing vocalists.

Brendan Nguyen Presents Impressive Recital of Music by Women Composers

By Ken Herman | January 30, 2022 |

In San Diego, January has turned out to be a banner month for classical pianists Emanuel Ax, Zoltán Fejérvári, George Li, and on Saturday, January 29, at La Jolla’s St. James by the Sea Episcopal Church, Brendan Nguyen.

A Mad Monarch–Could This Musical Drama Have Any Contemporary Relevance?

By Ken Herman | June 26, 2017 |

Peter Maxwell Davies amazing monodrama “8 Songs for a Mad King” brought together avant-garde music, Expressionist drama, and political commentary in one powerful vehicle–precisely what any San Diego International Fringe Festival contribution should do!