Posts Tagged ‘Philip Glass’
Opera Superstars Latonia Moore and J’Nai Bridges Open San Diego Opera’s 2023-2024 Season Wednesday
Two acclaimed opera divas accompanied by the San Diego Symphony under the baton of Bruce Stasyna will open San Diego Opera’s new season.
Read MorePaola Prestini’s Opera ‘Aging Magician’ Finally Makes Its San Diego Debut
Although the COVID endemic cancelled San Diego Opera’s 2020 production of Paola Prestini’s contemporary chamber opera “Aging Magician,” the company will open ‘Aging Musician’ at Balboa Theatre on May 13 & 14, 2022.
Read MorePayare and the San Diego Symphony Score with Familiar Tchaikovsky and Rare Glimpses of Lili Boulanger
Music Director Rafael Payare’s San Diego Symphony program Saturday at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park paired Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony with Gustav Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer” and two tone poems by Lili Boulanger.
Read MoreCamarada Brings Live Performance with Audience (!) Back to Bread and Salt
Titling Camarada’s 2020-2021 season as well as this Sunday concert Unstoppable, their program at Bread and Salt featured engaging but lesser known composers of the 20th and 21st Century—with the exception of a spirited closing number by the adored Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla.
Read MoreNCR’s Excellent ‘All in the Timing’ Fêtes the Genius of David Ives
If nothing else, the human condition is an incredibly generous entity, serving up endless degrees of humor at the drop of a hat. North Coast Repertory Theatre’s excellent ‘All in the Timing,’ in which David Ives chronicles this rather wry observation, is an ideal example.
Read MoreMatt Welch and His Great Highland Bagpipe Conquer Bread & Salt
On Saturday at Bread & Salt, Matt Welch, accomplished performer on the Great Highland bagpipe, served a banquet of dances, marches, and variations from the instrument’s traditional repertory, several of his own takes on these genres, as well as works by contemporary minimalist composers Philip Glass and Anthony Braxton . . .
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