Dean Murphy, Jonathan Burton, Stephanie Doche & Guadalupe Paz Lead San Diego Opera’s 2025-26 Season

The San Diego Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci. ” Yves Abel conducts a cast that includes Jonathan Burton, Hailey Clark, and Kidon Choi. Christopher Mattaliano directs. Performance Dates: Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2025 Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” will star Dean Murphy, Minghao Liu, Stephanie Doche, Patrick Carfizzi, and Craig Colclough. Yves Abel conducts the production by {…}

Mar 21, 2024

Opera San José Announces Free Community Events Ahead of ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ Performances

(Photo credit: Simon Pauly) Opera San José brings free music to the community, in celebration of the first Spanish language opera performed on its mainstage. Free community concerts with excerpts from “Florencia en el Amazonas” are offered on March 22 at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, March 24 at the Biblioteca Latinoamericana Library, and at the East San José Carnegie Library {…}

Jan 9, 2024

Marlen Nahhas Leads ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ at Opera San José

Opera San José will conclude its 40th Anniversary season with the Bay Area premiere of Daniel Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas.” The opera, which was co-commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Seattle Opera and which recently made its Metropolitan Opera premiere, will be performed at the California Theatre as Opera San José’s first Spanish-language opera. The opera {…}

Jun 7, 2023

Karina Gauvin & Guadalupe Paz Lead Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería’s Closing Concert

The Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería is set to close its 2023 summer festival with Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. The concert, which will be held at the Sala Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico City will see Carlos Miguel Prieto conduct the famous piece. Soloists will include soprano Karina Gauvin and mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Paz. The Coro de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería will be led {…}

Mar 2, 2023

Melissa Sondhi, Efraín Solís & Joshua Sanders Lead Opera San José’s 2023-24 season

Opera San José has announced its 2023-24 season celebrating the company’s 40th anniversary. The season opens with an all-new production of Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Shawna Lucey. The production will star Indian-American soprano Melissa Sondhi in the role of Juliet and tenor Joshua Sanders as Romeo. Alex Boyer returns to the California Theatre in the role of Tybalt, {…}

Oct 2, 2022

Q & A: Guadalupe Paz & Alfredo Daza in ‘El último sueño de Frida y Diego’

San Diego Opera presents the world premiere of “El último sueño de Frida y Diego / The Last Dream of Frida and Diego” on October 29, 2022, by Grammy Award-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Nilo Cruz. The show features mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Paz in the lead role as iconic painter Frida Kahlo and baritone Alfredo Daza as {…}

Sep 16, 2021

Karen Gardeazabal Headlines Bellas Artes’ ‘Montezuma’

Soprano Karen Gardeazabal is set to make her Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City on Sept. 23, 2021. The soprano will sing the “Montezuma” by Carl Heinrich Graun under Iván López Reynoso. It will be the soprano’s return to her home country since her tour in 2019 with Javier Camarena where she sang in Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Guanajuato. In {…}

Feb 6, 2019

San Diego Opera Returns To Palm Springs For First Time Since 1981

The San Diego Opera has announced that on March 17, 2019 it will be making its first professional appearance in Palm Springs since 1981. The company will showcase “Carmen in the Desert,” a program that includes excerpts from the famed Bizet opera. This showcase will be a prelude to the company’s forthcoming production of the French masterpiece, which kicks off {…}