Posts Tagged ‘Malcolm MacKenzie’
Strong Voices Grace San Diego Opera’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’ Vividly Staged with Forest Creatures of Day and Night
Saturday, February 8, San Diego Opera opened an unusually imaginative, ingratiating, dramatic production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 fairy tale opera “Hansel and Gretel” at San Diego Civic Theatre.
Read MoreMezzo-Soprano Blythe Gaissert as Hansel Takes Cues from Young Sons Bringing ‘Hansel and Gretel’ to San Diego Opera’s Production of the Beloved Fairy Tale Opera
San Diegans impressed with the vocal and dramatic skills of mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert in San Diego Opera’s 2017 production of Laura Kaminsky’s challenging contemporary chamber opera As One should rejoice. Gaissert is back in town to sing the role of Hansel in the company’s production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 fairy tale opera Hansel and Gretel that opens February 8 in the Civic Theatre.
Read MoreSan Diego Opera: 50 Down and 50 to Go
San Diego Opera’s vibrant ensemble production of “La bohème” Saturday (Jan. 24) at Civic Theatre not only opened the 2015 season, but marked the company’s rebirth after a near-death experience last spring . . .
Read MoreBrilliant New Soprano Electrifies Donizetti Gem
San Diego Opera opened its production of Gaetano Donizetti’s exuberant opera buffa “The Elixir of Love,” an operatic puff pastry that features the exciting young coloratura soprano Tatiana Lisnic . . .
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