Posts Tagged ‘Richard Wagner’
SummerFest Looks for Richard Wagner’s Fingerprints in Chamber Music
“The Wagner Effect” proved a clever title for Sunday afternoon’s SummerFest concert at The Conrad. The eclectic collection of pieces performed to illustrate this concept—not so clever.
Read MoreGoerne and Cho Soar in Their Sublime Liederabend at The Conrad
The La Jolla Music Society presented the seasoned German baritone Matthias Goerne with the young Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho in a transcendent German art song recital at The Conrad.
Read MoreOpera NEO’s All-Star Vocal Marathon–A Splendid Bouquet of Aspiring Singers
On Sunday, July 18, Opera NEO opened its Summer Opera Festival Sunday with its traditional Opera Marathon, a group recital that gives every singer participating in the festival the opportunity to perform their favorite opera aria
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony’s Bold Programming at the New Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
Friday, May 21, 2021, turned out to be a red letter day for the San Diego Symphony. In the morning, the orchestra unveiled four months of pops and classical orchestra programming it will present at the new Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, and Friday evening the organization released online the first San Diego Symphony concert, with Music Director Rafael Payare conducting, from this new venue on San Diego Bay.
Read MoreSummerFest’s Glowing Concert of French Music from Gounod to Ravel
The La Jolla SummerFest concert on August 21 presented a beautifully performed program that captured that late Romantic flowering of French chamber music from Charles Gounod to Maurice Ravel.
Read MoreLise Lindstrom and Greer Grimsley Easily Exceed the Billing of ‘One Amazing Night’ for San Diego Opera
Let no one claim that San Diego Opera does not know how to have a good time! The Saturday, May 5, concert–“One Amazing Night”–at the Balboa Theatre featured opera stars soprano Lise Lindstrom and bass-baritone Greer Grimsley accompanied the San Diego Symphony in a program that ranged from arias and scenes from grand opera to Viennese operetta and American musical theater.
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