Opera Warhorses

The San Diego Opera premiere of Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” will be considered a milestone in the performance history of this relatively unknown masterpiece of Italian opera. It was the California debut of Albanian singer Ermonela Jaho, already familiar to American audiences in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Detroit. She is scheduled to alternate performances of Violetta in [...]

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There are a number of shorter operas that have been performed together as a single operatic evening (i.e., two operas for the price of one).  Puccini even wrote three operas (collectively known as “Il Trittico”) that he intended for performance on a single evening. We will highlight the “Trittico” when the Los Angeles Opera presents [...]

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The operawarhorses.com has received a very favorable response for our Tom’s Tips for enjoying opera in Los Angeles and San Diego. Thus, we will provide similar information for a venue we have not yet highlighted – Opera Santa Barbara! In late February and early March, characterizing itself as an “Italian Passions Festival”, Opera Santa Barbara [...]

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