San Diego Opera Announces Winning Proposals for ‘Opera Hack 2.0’

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San Diego Opera has chosen three proposals as the winners of the company’s “Opera Hack 2.0,” with each winning proposal awarded $5000. This year’s winners are Lisa Szolovits, Ian Garrett, and Charles Coes’ “Real-Time Theater Engine: XR Show Control for Unity,” Kristen P Ahern and Amy Sutton’s “Performance Stock Exchange,” and Camilla Tassi and John Horzen’s “MusiCue.” San Diego Opera’s {…}

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Michelle Bradley, Stephanie Blythe, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Gihoon Kim, Pene Pati Headline San Diego Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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San Diego Opera has announced its 2021-22 season. The California-based opera company’s season will kick off with “Stephanie Blythe in Concert” at the Balboa Theatre. The mezzo will perform music from the operatic and Broadway repertoire. Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2021 Soprano Michelle Bradley will perform at the Baker Baum Recital Hall in the Conrad Performing Arts Center. She will {…}

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San Diego Opera Awarded Significant Grant

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San Diego Opera has announced that it will be the recipient of an award from The Conrad Prebys Foundation for $350,000, making the foundation the Season Sponsor for the company’s 2021 Spring and Fall Seasons. San Diego Opera’s season will continue April 24, with a drive-in presentation of “One Amazing Night,” a concert of songs written in response to the {…}

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San Diego Opera Announces Spring Season

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The San Diego Opera has announced a Spring season made up of Drive-In events. The Spring Season opens on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 7:30 PM with “One Amazing Night,” the company’s annual concert of arias and duets with the San Diego Symphony. This year’s one-night-only event will feature soloists from the San Diego Opera chorus and will be conducted {…}

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San Diego Opera Announces Return of Opera Hack Competition

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San Diego Opera has announced “Opera Hack 2.0,” an online interdisciplinary event for performing arts and technology experts to share and explore developments in regards to production, presentation, and consumption of opera. The event will be held online and will take place from June 4 to July 2, 2021. Last year’s Opera Hack saw three winning proposals win $40,000 in {…}

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San Diego Opera Presents Drive-In Event ‘All is Calm’

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The San Diego Opera’s 2020-2021 season will continue with a drive-in showcase of the 2018 “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914,” on Monday, December 21, 2020. Preceding the screening will be a concert featuring members of the San Diego Opera chorus as they showcase of holiday favorites at the drive-in of Del Mar Fairgrounds parking lot. Created by director {…}

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Q & A: Soprano Ana María Martínez on Singing Mimì in San Diego Opera’s Drive-In ‘Bohème’

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Opera fans in San Diego have a real treat in store. Ana María Martínez, one of opera’s foremost interpreters of Mimì, the beloved heroine of Puccini/Illica’s “La Bohème,” has come to town to wow audiences at the Pechanga Arena Parking Lot from October 24 – November 1. The Grammy Award® winning soprano has sung Mimì for nearly 25 years to {…}

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Ana María Martinez Takes Over Drive-In ‘Bohème’ at San Diego Opera

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(Credit: Tom Specht) Ana María Martinez will be joining the cast the San Diego Opera’s upcoming drive-in production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Martinez will be replacing Angel Blue, who was originally cast in the production but has since withdrawn for personal reasons. The announcement comes along a similar notice that Rafael Payare will be conducting the performances, which are scheduled {…}

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Minnesota Opera, ADA Artist Management, Austin Opera, Berkshire Opera Festival, Opera Colorado, San Diego Opera Team Up for ‘The Trial of Susan B. Anthony’

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Minnesota Opera, ADA Artist Management, Austin Opera, Berkshire Opera Festival, Opera Colorado, and San Diego Opera are teaming up to present the world premiere of “The Trial of Susan B. Anthony” on Oct. 26, 2020. The song cycle by Steven Mark Kohn will star mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala in multiple roles accompanied by pianist Myra Juang. “We find ourselves at a {…}

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San Diego Opera Announces Winning Proposals for ‘Opera Hack 2.0’

Michelle Bradley, Stephanie Blythe, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Gihoon Kim, Pene Pati Headline San Diego Opera’s 2021-22 Season

San Diego Opera Awarded Significant Grant

San Diego Opera Announces Spring Season

San Diego Opera Announces Return of Opera Hack Competition

San Diego Opera Presents Drive-In Event ‘All is Calm’

Q & A: Soprano Ana María Martínez on Singing Mimì in San Diego Opera’s Drive-In ‘Bohème’

Ana María Martinez Takes Over Drive-In ‘Bohème’ at San Diego Opera

Minnesota Opera, ADA Artist Management, Austin Opera, Berkshire Opera Festival, Opera Colorado, San Diego Opera Team Up for ‘The Trial of Susan B. Anthony’