SAN DIEGO – As San Diego Opera nears its $1 million fundraising goal from the community ahead of the May 19, 2014, deadline, a group of donors have announced a matching gift challenge to invite the community to double the impact of their contribution to San Diego Opera’s 2015 season. Board Members Gloria Rasmussen and…
SAN DIEGO – Members of the San Diego Opera Chorus will be singing opera arias and art songs as part of the 21st Annual San Diego Sicilian Festival on Sunday, May 18, 2014. The Jazz and Opera Stage at Grape Street will showcase opera in San Diego and raise awareness in support of San Diego…
Congressional candidate and former City Councilman Carl DeMaio continues to be the target of radical right-wing Republicans and Christian fundamentalist extremists who are trying everything they can to defeat DeMaio, who is considered the frontrunner in the upcoming June primary. They have made it clear in their right wing newsletters, blogs etc. that they do…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera’s board of directors elected new officers during a board meeting Monday, April 28, 2014. The new executive committee includes Carol Lazier as president, Courtney Ann Coyle as executive vice president, James A. Merritt, M.D. as vice president of finance and Frances R. Marshall as secretary/parliamentarian. This election fills roles…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera Board Acting President Carol Lazier has announced that Ian Campbell, general and artistic director and CEO of the San Diego Opera, and Ann Spira Campbell, deputy general director, have been placed on leave. April 18, after hearing from a Special Committee of the Board, the newly reconstituted Board announced…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera has announced Carol Lazier, the former secretary of the board, is now the acting president after President Karen Cohn resigned along with 12 other directors in a board meeting that lasted over four hours. At a duly convened meeting April 17, by vote of the directors constituting a majority…
thursday, april 10 Mandate Memories In this taut and witty drama filled with revelations of love affairs, dreams and the founding of Israel, layers are peeled away to reveal the deep hearts of two caring and compassionate human beings. There is a mysterious connection between Gustav Frolich, an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor and Jane Stirling, a…
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…
SAN DIEGO, – San Diego Opera has announced that Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo will open their 2014 season Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 for four performances only. Making his return to the Company to sing the role of the murderous clown Canio, is American tenor Frank Porretta who was last heard as the Duke in Rigoletto in 2002. Soprano…
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…
