San Diego Opera To Present ‘All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914’

By Francisco Salazar

 San Diego Opera is set to join Bodhi Tree Concerts and SACRA/PROFANA to present the choral opera “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” at the Balboa Theatre.

The company will present the work for three performances on Dec. 7, 8, and 9, 2018 and will feature tenors Jon Keenan, Chad Frisque, Alexis Alfaro, Timothy Simpson, Bernardo Bermudez, Daniel Moyer, Victor Morris; baritones Michael Sokol, Anthony Whitson-Martini, Andrew Konopak, Jonathan Nussman, Matthew Fallesen; and basses Shelby Condray, Joshua Arky, Walter DuMelle, and Christopher Stevens.

SACRA/PROFANA Artistic Director Juan Carlos Acosta will conduct the performances and Alan E. Hicks, the new Director of Opera Theatre, will make his Company directing debut.

This family-friendly acapella opera was created Peter Rothstein, with musical arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach.

All is Calm” will be broadcast live on KPBS2 on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at 7 p.m. You will be able to watch the opera online at www.kpbs.org.

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