Olga Vresca – San Diego Story

Opera NEO’s ‘Merry Widow’ Waltzes into Town with Style

By Ken Herman | August 3, 2018 |

Opera NEO launched its summer season with a flashy, kinetic, cleverly updated production of that warhorse of operettas, Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow. Forget about Paris of 1905–the widow returns to Las Vegas of today.

Opera NEO’s Generous All You Can Hear Opera Buffet in Encinitas

By Ken Herman | July 28, 2018 |

As a tantalizing preview to Opera NEO’s upcoming festival of three staged operas, Friday’s Cabaret concert at the Encinitas Library Concert Hall promises a season of highly charged drama and polished lead singers. This annual program offered a sparkling variety of ensembles and duets from opera, operetta, and musical theater performed by the members of the 2018 festival.