SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 season comes to a close with one of opera’s most beloved classics, Verdi’s La traviata which opens Saturday, April 22 at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Additional performances are April 25, 28, and 30. A roster of young American singers will bring Verdi’s tragic opera to life….
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 season comes to a close with one of opera’s most beloved classics, Verdi’s La traviata which opens Saturday, April 22 at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Additional performances are April 25, 28, and 30. A roster of young American singers will bring Verdi’s tragic opera to life….
Breanna Sinclairé has become the first transgender woman to sing the national anthem at a professional sporting event. The history-making event happened Wednesday night at the Oakland Coliseum as Sinclairé belted out the “Star-Spangled Banner” in her powerful soprano, at the A’s LGBT Pride night. Sinclairé, by her own admission not much of a sports…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera has announced the engagement of William Mason as artistic advisor, effective immediately. Mason will work closely with the production department on repertoire and casting, and work with the administrative staff exploring economies and efficiencies while setting the Company’s budget. Additionally, he will offer guidance in fundraising and corporate governance. Mason…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera has announced staff reductions affecting 13 individuals. The Company will be implementing additional cost cutting measures in the following weeks such as pay cuts, moving offices to save at least $400,000 per year in rent, and implementing other economies and efficiencies in its day-to-day business. Each of these steps…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Opera (Opera) will wind down operations upon the conclusion of its final performance of Don Quixote April 13 according to Opera General & Artistic Director, CEO Ian D. Campbell. “After nearly 50 years as a San Diego cultural cornerstone providing world-class performances, we saw we faced an insurmountable financial…
Opera combines many art forms and, for the price of one ticket, you’ll see incredible drama, hear the world’s greatest singers with a full symphony orchestra, amaze at gorgeous ballet, stage combat, dazzling special effects and larger-than-life sets. Now in its 49th season, San Diego Opera is one of the top ten opera companies in…
The Newsroom returns to HBO July 14, and before then you can binge on the first season of Aaron Sorkin’s sometimes comic drama about the backstage goings on at a cable news show hosted by a truth-telling independent. Sorkin, who created The West Wing and wrote The Social Network, has a practically patented style of…
On Saturday night, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis will premiere Terence Blanchard and Michael Cristofer’s Champion, the story of gay welterweight champion Emile Griffith’s bout with Benny “The Kid” Paret in 1962 that left Paret comatose for ten days before he died. Prompted by an anti-gay slur, Griffith bashed Paret in the head 17 times in…
