San Diego Opera has announced that it has been awarded four California Arts Council grants totaling $77,000. A total of $38,000 from two grants will be used for the “Words and Music” program. The first grant will place an emphasis on the summer and after-school program at La Maestra Center for Youth Advancement in City Heights while the second will {…}
(Image Source: San Diego Opera Official Website) The San Diego Opera has announced that performances of “Aging Magician” have been canceled. The showcase, which was to be the west coast premiere of the opera, was set for March 13 and 14, 2020 at the Balboa Theatre. One major reason given for the cancelation of the event centered on the concerns {…}
(Image Source: Official Website) The San Diego Opera will close out its mainstage 2019-20 season with a production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” starting on April 25, 2020. The opera, written by Cesare Sterbini, will feature David Pershall in the title role with Carlos Santelli as the Count Almaviva. Rounding out the principal trio will be Emily Fons taking {…}
San Diego Opera is set to conclude its 2019-20 season with a production of Zach Redler’s “The Falling and the Rising” this May. The opera, which is a co-commission between San Diego Opera, the US Army Field Band and Soldier’s Chorus, Seattle Opera, Arizona Opera, Opera Memphis, TCU, and Seagle Music Colony, will appear at the Balboa Theater on May {…}
Sarah Brenda Marsh-Rebelo has been named Honorary Life Director of the San Diego Opera, according an official statement. She is now just the seventh person to be given this distinction in the company’s 55-year history. Marsh-Rebelo has served as the San Diego Opera board member for the past 28 years, and Opera Ball Chair for the past two years. San {…}
The San Diego Opera is set to present the West Coast premiere of “Aging Magician” starting on March 13, 2020, with matinee and evening performances scheduled on March 14 at the Balboa Theatre. The opera-theatre hybrid will be produced by Beth Morrison Projects and will also feature the Brooklyn Youth Chorus in its company debut. The opera tells the story {…}
The San Diego Opera is set to resume its 2019-20 season with a new production of Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” The famed opera, which will open on Feb. 8, 2020 at the San Diego Civic Tehatre, will feature Blythe Gaissert as Hansel, with soprano Sara Gartland as Gretel. Other cast members include Malcolm MacKenzie as the Father with tenor Joel {…}
(Source: Columbia Artist Management) The San Diego Opera has added “Bel Canto Trio” to its 2019-20 season. The one-night-only event set for March 4, 2020 at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center will feature an evening of song with Joshua Guerrero, Hailey Clark, and Nicholas Brownlee. The concert will honor the original “Bel Canto Trio” which was formed in 1947 {…}
(Credit: Beth Morrison Projects) San Diego Opera is set to present “The Aging Magician,” with Beth Morrison Projects producing. The production, which will take open on March 13, 2020 at the Balboa Theatre, will feature Rinde Eckert in his company debut as Harold. Julian Crouch will direct with Dianne Berkun Meanaker conducting; both will also be making their San Diego {…}
Opera America has announced that it has awarded $220,000 to develop new American operas with seven different companies. The recipients of the grants include The American Opera Project and Seagle Music Colony, Beth Morrison Projects, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Diego Opera, and The Dallas Opera. The American Opera Project and Seagle Music Colony are working together {…}
San Diego Opera is set to present “Hansel and Gretel” this February. The opera will run for four performances between Feb. 8-16 with mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert as Hansel and soprano Sara Gartland as Gretel. Gaissert appeared with the company in 2017’s “As One,” while Gartland was Musetta in the company’s 2015 production of “La Bohème.” Baritone Malcolm MacKenzie will appear {…}