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Joseph Waters’ Revised St. Francis Opera and SWARMIUS Ensemble Bring NWEAMO 2019 to Completion

By Ken Herman | May 1, 2019 |

A portion of Joseph Waters’ opera “El Colibrí Mágico” (“The Magic Hummingbird—A California Story”) was given a semi-staged performance at Sunday’s, April 28, 2019, NWEAMO 2019 concert in San Diego State University’s Smith Recital Hall.

Shakespeare and Purcell Converge in Opera NEO’s Magical Production of ‘The Fairy Queen’

By Ken Herman | August 7, 2016 |

San Diego’s Opera NEO Summer Festival and Workshop opened its season August 5-6, 2016, with a charming, inventive production of Henry Purcell’s rarely produced masque “The Fairy Queen” . . .