Sugar Plum Fairy – San Diego Story

Bach Collegium San Diego’s Renaissance Christmas

By Ken Herman | December 15, 2014 |

Long before Baroque oratorio, ballet’s Sugar Plum Fairy and Rudolph defined our Christmas musical celebrations, the Christian Church cultivated an extensive choral tradition that probed the season’s profound mystery. Saturday (Dec. 13) at St. Brigid’s Church in Pacific Beach, Bach Collegium San Diego offered a resplendent concert of Gregorian chant and Renaissance motets for Advent and Christmas . . .

California Ballet’s Old ‘Nutcracker‘ Needs a Makeover

By Kris Eitland | December 21, 2013 |

As we watched the production on Thursday (Dec. 19) at the Civic Theatre, my companions and I were struck by the old faded sets and costumes. The choreography was even less inspired than I remembered from 2011.