Posts Tagged ‘Gary Payne’
Opera NEO’s Compelling ‘Eugene Onegin’ Soars in the Golden Triangle
Opera NEO’s production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at La Jolla Country Day School’s Four Flowers Theater revealed consistently polished singing coupled with a compelling, well-focused dramatic arc.
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 MoreSplendor and Sarcasm in Latin American Baroque Music
Bach Collegium San Diego’s concert “An Empire of Silver and Gold” opened the exciting and sexy frontier of Baroque music from Latin America . . .
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