Posts Tagged ‘Jules Massenet’
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 MoreBelgian Choral Ensemble Vox Luminis Celebrates Two Centuries of Sacred Music by the Bach Family
Vox Luminis, the formidable Belgian vocal ensemble, offered an astonishing concert of 17th and 18th-century German Lutheran choral music Sunday at La Jolla’s St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.
Read MoreTenor Piotr Beczala’s Thrilling Recital Opens San Diego Opera’s New Season
Celebrated Polish tenor Piotr Beczala gave a recital at the Balboa Theatre Saturday to open the 2016-17 San Diego Opera season . . .
Read MoreStunning Duo Recital Opens a Revived San Diego Opera
The audience streaming into the Balboa Theatre Friday night (September 5) may have been drawn to the duo recital presented by San Diego Opera because of soprano Ailyn Pérez and tenor Stephen Costello, but this musical event also marked the rebirth of a major U.S. opera company . . .
Read MoreLast Knight at the Opera
Following the lead of bass superstars from the great Russian Fyodor Chaliapin to the American Samuel Ramey, Italian basso Ferruccio Furlanetto counts the title role of Jules Massenet’s Don Quixote as one of his signature roles, which he reprised for San Diego Opera Saturday (March 5) to thunderous, well-deserved acclaim . . .
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