Posts Tagged ‘G. F. Handel’
Opera NEO’s All-Star Vocal Marathon–A Splendid Bouquet of Aspiring Singers
On Sunday, July 18, Opera NEO opened its Summer Opera Festival Sunday with its traditional Opera Marathon, a group recital that gives every singer participating in the festival the opportunity to perform their favorite opera aria
Read MoreConductor Nicholas McGegan Leads a Triumphal Orchestral Finale to La Jolla SummerFest 2019
Following longstanding tradition, the final La Jolla SummerFest program is a chamber orchestra concert. Festival Music Director Inon Barnatan not only upheld the tradition but—as is his wont—improved upon it. Guest Conductor Nicholas McGegan led an impressive list of soloists with this exceptional chamber ensemble Friday, August 23, at The Conrad.
Read MoreMark Morris Dance Group Soars at SummerFest 2019
Eye, ear, and imagination have never been so simultaneously deluged in SummerFest’s 33 years of programming as they were Wednesday, August 21, with the Mark Morris Dance Group taking center stage at The Conrad.
Read MoreMichael Francis and Mainly Mozart Orchestra Illuminate Superb Mendelssohn Fifth Symphony
To headline Saturday’s opening concert of Mainly Mozart’s 2019 Festival Orchestra series, Music Director Michael Francis sagely featured pianist Jeremy Denk in a thrilling account of Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 467.
Read MoreOpera NEO Announces Its 2018 Summer Opera Festival
For Opera NEO’s 2018 Summer Opera Festival and Workshop, San Diego’s younger, adventurous opera company will feature a rare Handel opera, “Partenope,” Franz Lehár’s beloved chestnut “The Merry Widow,” and “Idomeneo,” a Mozart opera most opera lovers know by title only.
Read MoreBach Collegium San Diego Gives Vivid Account of Early Handel Opera
The Bach Collegium San Diego gave a scintillating performance of G. F. Handel’s ‘Acis and Galatea’ Friday (October 20) at All Souls’ Episcopal Church in Point Loma . . .
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