Stephen Costello – San Diego Story

Stephen Powell’s Star Shines Brightly in San Diego Opera’s “One Amazing Night”

By Ken Herman | May 16, 2019 |

“One Amazing Night,” the San Diego Opera program featuring tenor Stephen Costello, baritone Stephen Powell, and members of the San Diego Symphony, offered a pleasant potpourri of arias, three flashy duets, and a few orchestral interludes Wednesday, May 15, at the Balboa Theatre.

Changes in San Diego Opera’s 2018-2019 Season

By Ken Herman | July 18, 2018 |

Over the weekend, San Diego Opera announced some changes in the 2018-19 season: Hansel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck’s delightful fairy tale opera, will be replaced by performances of Peter Rothstein’s All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 as part of the company’s dētour series.

Stunning Duo Recital Opens a Revived San Diego Opera

By Ken Herman | September 6, 2014 |

The audience streaming into the Balboa Theatre Friday night (September 5) may have been drawn to the duo recital presented by San Diego Opera because of soprano Ailyn Pérez and tenor Stephen Costello, but this musical event also marked the rebirth of a major U.S. opera company . . .