San Diego Opera’s Main Stage season continues Feb. 24, 2018 with Puccini’s ‘Turandot’

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2017-2018 season continues with Puccini’s beloved Turandot Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 with additional performances Feb. 27, March 2, and March 3 (matinee), 2018. This bold and visual production comes from The Lyric Opera of Chicago and has never been seen by San Diego Opera audiences. The costumes come…

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San Diego Opera presents ‘Taste of Opera’ as introduction to the San Diego Opera season

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera has announced a series of communitywide events designed to offer a fun and casual introduction to San Diego Opera’s 2017-2018 season offerings for both the operaphile and opera curious. Centered on themes that are covered in the Company’s season –As One, Maria de Buenos Aires, Turandot, and Florencia…

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San Diego Opera’s transgender opera, ‘As One’ opens Nov. 10

AS ONE – Promotional Trailer 2016 from American Opera Projects on Vimeo. SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2017-2018 season continues Nov. 10 at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre with As One, part of the Company’s dētour Series. San Diego Opera’s dētour Series premiered in the 2016-2017 season and is dedicated to exploring lesser…

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San Diego Opera presents ‘As One’, an opera about transgender acceptance and identity

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2017-2018 season continues on November 10, 2017 at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre with As One, part of the Company’s dētour Series. San Diego Opera’s dētour Series premiered in the 2016-2017 season and is dedicated to exploring lesser known operas and works that fall outside of the Company’s…

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San Diego Opera joins Fort Worth Opera in the co-commission of ‘The Last Dream of Frida and Diego’

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Fort Worth Opera and San Diego Opera will formally announce the 2020 world premiere of The Last Dream of Frida & Diego in Mexico City on Aug. 24, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz and Latin Grammy winner, pianist, and classical composer Gabriela Lena Frank. A co-commission with Fort Worth…

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San Diego Opera announces 2017-2018 season

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Bold productions, timeless classics, and topical and relevant operas comprise San Diego Opera’s diverse 2017-2018 season. The Company will continue to present three main stage operas at the San Diego Civic Theatre and will expand the theaters it performs in for the dētour Series which premiered last year and is dedicated…

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San Diego Opera’s season continues with Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s mainstage season continues Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 with Verdi’s Falstaff. An international cast of opera stars brings the story of Falstaff, Shakespeare’s beloved character from his plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, to life in Verdi’s final opera he composed and only his second comedy….

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Verdi’s Falstaff continues San Diego Opera’s mainstage season Feb. 18, 2017

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera’s mainstage season continues Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 with Verdi’s Falstaff. An international cast of opera stars brings the story of Falstaff, Shakespeare’s beloved character from his plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, to life in Verdi’s final opera he composed and only his second comedy. Falstaff…

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San Diego Opera and Council announce return of ‘My Voice in the Arts’

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera and the San Diego City Council announced Thursday the second year of My Voice in the Arts, an educational program that provides free season subscriptions to San Diego Opera performances to middle or high-school students (plus their chaperones) in each of the nine San Diego city council districts….

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