SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera today announced the continuation of Opera on the Concourse, a series of free lunchtime concerts held for the public on the San Diego Civic Concourse with the stars of San Diego Opera’s season. Discontinued in 2007, the program returned last season, and attracted over 300 spectators per performance in a fun and casual concert recital. Opera on the Concourse continues San Diego Opera’s mission of providing accessible performances to the community. These free concerts, which start at noon and are roughly 45 minutes long, feature arias, duets, and ensembles from opera and musicals, picked by each of the performing artists and accompanied by piano.
This season of Opera on the Concourse is sponsored by an anonymous individual donor.
Four concerts are scheduled:
- Thursday, February 18, 2016 at noon featuring the singers of Tosca.
- Thursday, March 10, 2016 at noon featuring singers for Opera Exposed and the San Diego Opera Chorus.
- Thursday, April 21, 2016 at noon featuring the artists of Madama Butterfly.
- Thursday, May 12, 2016 at noon featuring the artists of Great Scott.
“The reappearance last year of Opera on the Concourse after a multi-year hiatus was truly exciting,” shares Dr. Nic Reveles, San Diego Opera’s Director of Education and Community Engagement. “At each of these wonderful outdoor concerts we had 300 people…elderly, parents with kids, opera fans, downtown business folks…all enjoying the singing by principal artists from our seasonal productions.”
In the event of rain or other inclement weather, Opera on the Concourse will be moved inside the Civic Theatre and take place in the Beverly Sills Salon.
Visit http://www.sdopera.org/engage/opera-on-the-concourse for more information.
