In the last post on this website, we presented Tom’s Tips for opera lovers looking to enjoy performances of the Los Angeles Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Now we want to encourage you to consider the San Diego Opera performances at the San Diego Civic Theater in the Continental United States’ Southwestern metropolis.
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Entries from January 2008
Tom’s Tips for the San Diego Opera Scene
January 20th, 2008
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California Does Wagner – 2008
January 12th, 2008
California’s three major opera companies are each mounting a Wagner work in the first half of 2008. Two of the companies, the Los Angeles and San Diego Operas, most likely by coincidence, are offering their Wagner productions simultaneously. Except for some performances of “Fliegende Hollaender” in venues of various sizes, the only scheduled performances of [...]
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Vargas, Podles Brilliant in Puzzle Box “Ballo”: Houston – November 2, 2007
January 6th, 2008
The Houston Grand Opera’s first offering of their 2007-08 season was Verdi’s “Ballo in Maschera”. The cast proved a worthy one, with strong performances from Ramon Vargas (Riccardo), Ewa Podles (Ulrica), Carlo Guelfi (Renato) and Lyubov Petrova (Oscar), and an auspicious role debut from Houston Grand Opera studio alumna Tamara Wilson. Patrick Summers conducted.
The production [...]