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British Tenor Adam Smith Deconstructs Pinkerton for San Diego Opera’s ‘Madama Butterfly’

By Ken Herman | April 18, 2024 |

British tenor Adam Smith will be featured in the role of Lieutenant Pinkerton in San Diego Opera’s production of Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ that opens April 26, 2024..

Tenor Scott Quinn May be the Villain in San Diego Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’–but He Has the Best Music

By Ken Herman | January 25, 2019 |

Tenor Scott Quinn, a gregarious Texan, can hardly wait for the curtain to go up on San Diego Opera’s production of Giussepe Verdi’s popular opera “Rigoletto.” “The reward of playing the Duke of Mantua in this opera is that I get to sing Verdi’s great music, and the Duke gets all of the best music–or at least the most tuneful music–in this opera.”