Posts Tagged ‘Patrick Murray’
A Handel Triumph for Opera NEO
If you are going to produce a rarely staged G. F. Handel opera, it is a good thing to have a few Handel operas under your belt. Opera NEO’s vibrant, superbly sung “Partenope” this past weekend (August 3 & 5) revealed how confidently this company has succeeded in making these Baroque operas as dramatically engaging as the popular verismo warhorses.
Read MoreOpera NEO’s ‘Merry Widow’ Waltzes into Town with Style
Opera NEO launched its summer season with a flashy, kinetic, cleverly updated production of that warhorse of operettas, Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow. Forget about Paris of 1905–the widow returns to Las Vegas of today.
Read MoreGluck’s Rarely Seen Opera ‘Armide’ — A Feast For Ear and Eye
Opera NEO Artistic Director gave San Diego opera buffs a chance to experience Christoph Willibald Gluck’s rarely staged 1777 tragedy “Armide” . . .
Read MoreTantalizing Opera Buffet at Opera NEO’s Cabaret Night in Encinitias
As Opera NEO approaches its season opening next week, July 28, the company presented its customary Cabaret evening of scenes and ensemble songs from a wide variety of opera, operetta, and musical theater at the Encinitas Library Concert Hall . . .
Read MoreOpera NEO’s Avalanche of Arias
As Opera NEO Artistic Director Peter Kozma welcomed Saturday’s (July 15) audience to his company’s season-opening Aria Marathon program, he offered his humorous take on the event. “Aria Marathon—or as some call it, death by aria!”
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