Posts Tagged ‘Verdi’
Opera Neo’s Cabaret brings Exciting Moments from Opera and Music Theatre to Bread & Salt
At Friday’s Cabaret held at Bread & Salt, Opera Neo’s local followers experienced this year’s cadre of young singers performing together in an array of ensembles from opera, operetta, and musical theater.
Read MoreSan Diego Opera’s Brilliant ‘Roméo et Juliette’
San Diego Opera opened its brilliant production of Charles Gounod’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’ on Saturday at San Diego Civic Theatre.
Read MoreJoshua Guerrero Brings His Passion and Golden Tenor Voice to San Diego Opera’s One Amazing Night
San Diego Opera will present Joshua Guerrero and soprano Ailyn Pérez in “One Amazing Night,” a concert slated for Wednesday, December 11, at the Balboa Theatre. Here is my interview with the lauded Mexican-American tenor.
Read MoreG.W. Pabst’s ‘Pandora’s Box’ and Organist Russ Peck Mark 90 Years at the Fox Theatre
To celebrate the 90th birthday of the Fox Theatre, now the Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall, JD Smith, curator of silent films for the symphony, chose “Pandora’s Box,” a film released in 1929, the year the Fox opened. Russ Peck, the series’ regular silent film organist, provided his reliably exhilarating and beautifully tailored accompaniment to this classic silent film.
Read MoreOpera NEO’s Captivating Cabaret in Encinitas
Opera NEO presented Cabaret at the Encinitas Library on July 26 & 27, 2019, featuring some 30 young, promising opera singers in short scenes from grand opera to operetta to musical theater.
Read MoreStephen Powell’s Star Shines Brightly in San Diego Opera’s “One Amazing Night”
“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.
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