Posts Tagged ‘Tasha Koontz’
Laureate Conductor Jahja Ling Returns to San Diego Symphony to Conduct Brahms and Grieg
Jahja Ling, Conductor Laureate of the San Diego Symphony, returned to the podium Saturday at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park to conduct the orchestra in a program devoted to Brahms and Grieg.
Read MoreThe Coronavirus Challenge to the Art and Performance of Choral Music
All performing arts organizations are facing the daunting challenge of surviving during the current quarantine, but San Diego’s choirs and choruses are in a unique crisis.
Read MoreStellar Cast Leads San Diego Opera’s Unusual Presentation of Verdi’s ‘Aïda’
San Diego Opera opened its production of Verdi’s beloved grand opera “Aïda” Saturday, October 19, 2019, at San Diego Civic Theatre with as winning a cast of “Aïda” singers as you will hear just about anywhere. The production runs through October 27, 2019.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Offers Stirring Mozart and Middling Mendelssohn
This week’s San Diego Symphony concert featured Víkingur Ólafsson’s smart, spirited Mozart Piano Concerto in C Minor, K 491, and Felix Mendelssohn’s complete incidental music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op. 61.
Read MoreGinger Costa-Jackson’s Nonpareil Carmen Scores for San Diego Opera
San Diego Opera General Director David Bennett wisely hired Ginger Costa-Jackson to sing the title role of his company’s recently opened production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” Vocally and dramatically, Costa-Jackson’s Carmen is simply nonpareil.
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