Colin Ramsey – San Diego Story

San Diego Opera’s Brilliant ‘Roméo et Juliette’

By Ken Herman | March 27, 2022 |

San Diego Opera opened its brilliant production of Charles Gounod’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’ on Saturday at San Diego Civic Theatre.

San Diego Opera’s Drive-In ‘La bohème’ Brings Live Opera Back with Panache

By Ken Herman | October 25, 2020 |

The most persuasive reason San Diego Opera to present the company’s production of Puccini’s “La bohème” in the Pechanga Arena parking lot: this cast it too spectacular to waste!

La Jolla’s Magnificent Festival Performance of the Verdi Requiem

By Ken Herman | March 20, 2017 |

Yes, it seemed like the Day of Judgement was about to occur when the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus under Steven Schick launched into the “Dies Irae” of Verdi’s Requiem this weekend at UC San Diego’s Mandeville Auditorium . . .