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Opera NEO Festival’s Opening ‘La Cenerentola’ Glows in the Golden Triangle

By Ken Herman | August 3, 2019 |

San Diego’s Opera NEO opened its 2019 summer festival slate of operas on Friday, August 3, with a commanding production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola in the Four Flowers Theater at La Jolla Country Day School.

Opera NEO’s Annual Aria Avalanche Buries Allied Gardens in Operatic Glory

By Ken Herman | July 16, 2019 |

We know that the Opera NEO Summer Workshop and Festival is truly under way when Artistic Director Peter Kozma stages his annual Aria Marathon. Sunday, July 14, each of the 28 singers from this year’s festival offered their favorite aria, accompanied by the accomplished festival staff pianists, at Palisades Presbyterian Church in Allied Gardens.