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Opera NEO’s Compelling ‘Eugene Onegin’ Soars in the Golden Triangle

By Ken Herman | August 9, 2019 |

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.

Opera NEO’s Annual Aria Avalanche Buries Allied Gardens in Operatic Glory

By Ken Herman | July 16, 2019 |

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.