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Soprano Lise Lindstrom Returns to San Diego Opera Singing her Acclaimed, Signature Turandot

By Ken Herman | February 19, 2018 |

When San Diego Opera General Director David Bennett signed soprano Lise Lindstrom to sing the title role in Puccini’s “Turandot,” he was not exactly going out on a limb. She had performed it with acclaim at her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2009, not to mention a well-received San Diego Opera production in 2011 . . .

A Globe ‘Uncle Vanya’ Worth a Niche in the Chekhov Wing

By Welton Jones | February 18, 2018 |

A careful new translation and a distinguished cast and design staff make Richard Nelson’s staging of Chekhov’s masterpiece for the Old Globe Theatre a collector’s item.

Earnest Effort Makes ‘The Cake’ at La Jolla

By Welton Jones | February 14, 2018 |

There’s a whiff of headlines in ‘The Cake,’ Bekah Brunstetters new play at the La Jolla Playhouse, but the Supreme Court should wish for litigators as nice as these.

Venezuelan Conductor Rafael Payare New San Diego Symphony Music Director

By Ken Herman | February 13, 2018 |

The 37-year-old Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare made an auspicious debut leading the San Diego Symphony last month, and the San Diego Symphony announced today that Payare will be its next Music Director, filling the vacancy left by maestro Jahja Ling, who retired in May 2017.

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