Posts Tagged ‘Ian Campbell’
Soprano Elaine Alvarez Journeys with Opera Composer Daniel Catán into the Jungles of Brazil
Cuban-American soprano Elaine Alvarez is in San Diego preparing to perform the title role in San Diego Opera’s production of Daniel Catán’s opera “Florencia en el Amazonas,” which opens Saturday, March 17, at Civic Theatre.
Read MoreNot Your Grandmother’s Opera Company Any More
David Bennett, the newly appointed General Director of San Diego Opera, opens up his vision for the San Diego company based on his successes as Executive Director of New York City’s innovative Gotham Chamber Opera.
Read MoreDream Cast Soars in San Diego Opera’s Stunning Mozart Production
Beethoven dismissed the theme of Mozart’s Don Giovanni as too frivolous for consideration, but philosophers and theologians have treated the opera as a treasure close to Divine revelation. San Diego Opera’s stunning production of “Don Giovanni” at Civic Theatre not only made an air-tight case for the opera’s dramatic potency, but offered a roster of accomplished singers who gave Mozart his due and then some . . .
Read MoreSan Diego Opera Is Back and Offers an Impressive 2015 Season
Although that storied operatic cliché of the sobbing final aria before the heroine’s sad demise was scripted by the San Diego Opera Board of Directors on March 19 when it voted to shutter the company, Board President Carol Lazier was not singing a farewell aria in her press conference Monday (May 19) in the plaza in front of Civic Theatre where she jubilantly announced the reversal of the Board’s March decision to terminate the company and the raising of $2,116,376 of new money to support the 2015 season . . .
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Where’s the Dignity In Surrender?
San Diego Opera Belongs to Us All
Ian Campbell, like King Louis XV of France, seems to see no possibility of a successful successor. How did that work out, Louie?
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