Free mariachi festival on the San Diego Civic Concourse, April 25

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera is presenting the second ever mariachi opera, El Pasado Nunca Se Termina (The Past is Never Finished), featuring the world famous Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán and composed by the same team from 2013’s wildly popular mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the…

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San Diego Mariachi Opera returns with ‘El Pasado Nunca Se Termina’

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera has announced that it will  present the second ever mariachi opera, El Pasado Nunca Se Termina (The Past is Never Finished), featuring the world famous Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán and composed by the same team from 2013’s wildly popular mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross…

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San Diego Opera’s 50th anniversary season continues with Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the composer’s take on the tale of the fictional libertine and seducer Don Juan, is San Diego Opera’s second mainstage opera of the 2014-2015 season when it opens  Saturday, Feb. 14 for four performances (Feb. 14, 17, 20 and 22). Don Giovanni is a tale of…

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William Mason named artistic advisor to San Diego Opera

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…

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San Diego Opera announces staff reductions

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…

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San Diego Opera rescinds vote to close and announces 2015 season/over $2 million raised from public

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera’s Board of Directors voted today to rescind the decision to close the Company after nearly two months of careful analysis, deliberation and fundraising. The Company originally announced its closure and the sale of its assets on March 19, 2014. The original closure date was scheduled to occur on April…

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San Diego Opera and Ian Campbell and Ann Campbell end employment relationship with each other

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera announced today that it and General Director and Artistic Director Ian D. Campbell and Deputy General Director Ann Spira Campbell have ended their formal association with each other. In a short press release San Diego Opera stated, “The Opera acknowledges and thanks Ian and Ann for their dedication and…

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The attempts to demonize pro-equality Republicans

Many of you have asked me if the publisher of San Diego LGBT Weekly, Stampp Corbin is obsessed with pro-equality Republicans as his commentary last week was about the twelfth time he has blasted pro-equality Republicans, Mayor Kevin Faulconer and their GLBT supporters. In fact, Stampp has tried to paint Mayor Faulconer’s supporters as “prostitutes”…

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