Posts Tagged ‘Jared Lesa’
Humor and Serious Drama Cohabit Amiably in Opera NEO’s Production of Handel’s ‘Serse’
On Friday, August 13, Opera NEO opened G. F. Handel’s opera ‘Serse’ based on the Fifth Century B.C. Persian King usually called Xerses I.
Read MoreOpera NEO’s Mozartean Vocal Feast: the Company Attempts Once Again to Get Poor Figaro Properly Married
Opera NEO opened its annual Summer Opera Festival Friday, August 6, with a spirited production of Mozart’s opera buffa “The Marriage of Figaro,” the opera that launched this enterprising San Diego company ten years ago.
Read MoreOpera NEO’s All-Star Vocal Marathon–A Splendid Bouquet of Aspiring Singers
On Sunday, July 18, Opera NEO opened its Summer Opera Festival Sunday with its traditional Opera Marathon, a group recital that gives every singer participating in the festival the opportunity to perform their favorite opera aria
Read MoreOpera NEO Festival’s Opening ‘La Cenerentola’ Glows in the Golden Triangle
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.
Read MoreOpera NEO’s Annual Aria Avalanche Buries Allied Gardens in Operatic Glory
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.
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