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Camarada’s Musical Tribute to Frida Kahlo at Park & Market

By Ken Herman | October 28, 2022 |

Thursday at UC San Diego Park & Market in the East Village, the ensemble Camarada presented a concert titled ‘Frida Dreams’– a cabaret confection of Mexican and Latin American music that was popular during Frida Kahlo’s heyday.

Tenor Arturo Cruz-Chacón Cruz Triumphs in Escondido

By Ken Herman | December 5, 2021 |

Mexican Tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz gave a captivating concert at Escondido’s California Center for the Arts on Friday, December 3.

Pérez and Guerrero Triumph in Ecstatic Concert of Opera Favorites and Traditional Mexican Romantic Music

By Ken Herman | December 12, 2019 |

Wednesday night’s formidable San Diego Opera concert “One Amazing Night” at the Balboa Theatre featured soprano Ailyn Pérez, tenor Joshua Guerrero, and pianist Abdiel Vázquez, although “One Amazing Night” was more like “One Incendiary Night,” or “One Stupendous Night,” or “One Impassioned Night.”