Posts by Ken Herman
San Diego Opera’s Drive-In ‘La bohème’ Brings Live Opera Back with Panache
The most persuasive reason San Diego Opera to present the company’s production of Puccini’s “La bohème” in the Pechanga Arena parking lot: this cast it too spectacular to waste!
Read MoreThe San Diego Symphony Performs Beethoven and Mozart Online from The Conrad in La Jolla
Not at all afraid of belaboring the obvious, the San Diego Symphony titled its Friday concert streamed from The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla “The Return to Music.”
Read MoreSan Diego Opera’s “La bohème” Recast As a Symbol of Isolation in a Time of Pandemic
Although opera houses across the continent have been dark since mid-March because of the Covid pandemic, San Diego Opera General Director David Bennett is determined to produce the company’s 2020-2021 season-opening “La bohème” production later this month outdoors in the Pechanga Arena San Diego parking lot.
Read MoreHausmann Quartet Revives the Haydn Voyages Series with Spirited Virtual Concert
San Diego’s Hausmann Quartet performed an online concert on Sunday, September 20, at the Maritime Museum of San Diego’s Berkeley ferry, reviving the quartet’s Haydn Voyages series.
Read MoreVivid Ensembles Fill Opera NEO’s Second Installment of Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’
With its generous buffet of inviting ensembles, Opera NEO’s second installment of Mozart’s earnest yet fanciful moral fable, “The Magic Flute,” made its online debut Saturday, September 5.
Read MoreSummerFest 2020 Signs Off with Exuberant Schubert ‘Trout’ Piano Quintet
SummerFest 2020 signed off Saturday, August 29, with a bit of J. S. Bach and Serge Prokofiev, but centered on an exuberant slalom through Schubert’s “Trout” Piano Quintet, D. 667.
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