tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25134907201894357102024-03-05T17:16:14.368-08:00ARIA SERIOUS?San Diego Opera's official blog.
We focus on the serious and not-so-serious world of opera with behind-the-scenes looks at our productions, artists and news.San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-16265844144744181392019-01-23T11:31:00.001-08:002019-01-23T11:41:57.805-08:0010 Questions with Stephen Powell
San Diego Opera Audiences have gotten to know baritone Stephen Powell pretty well over the last two decades (made his SDO debut in 1997) and practically needs no introduction. With that being said, it's great to have him back, even better as the title role in Rigoletto! Stephen was kind enough to answer some casual questions during his time in between rehearsals. 1. What was your last gig San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-38170600152338749432019-01-18T12:49:00.001-08:002019-01-18T12:52:58.425-08:0010 Questions with Alissa Anderson
We're excited to have Alissa Anderson back in San Diego! Alissa first joined us for Rossini's La Cenerentola (2016) and since then she's kept busy with Opera in the Heights, Utah
Opera, Arizona Opera, the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra, and Opera Santa Barbara. Before she sings Maddalena for us in Rigoletto, Ms. Anderson was kind enough to answer some casual questions for us to get to know San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-57522175820968375002019-01-02T14:49:00.001-08:002019-01-02T14:56:31.287-08:0010 Questions with Kyle Albertson"Renowned not only for his luxurious voice, confidence, and style, but
also for his versatility and ability to bring a character to life on
stage, bass-baritone Kyle Albertson is taking the business by storm. His
recent debut as Wotan in Wagner’s epic masterpiece Die Walküre with the Dallas Symphony was met with critics calling him “the most impressive aspect of [the] performance” (San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-44183959723905183432019-01-02T14:25:00.000-08:002019-01-02T14:25:20.359-08:0010 Questions with Alisa Jordheim Lyric, coloratura soprano Alisa Jordheim will make her company debut as Gilda in Rigoletto in the beginning of February. Native of Appleton, Wisconsin, Alisa comes to us with a variety of experience in opera, oratorio, and musical theater performance; and prioritizes her health and exercise to maintain an active career. Recent appearances include: Opéra national de Paris, Palm Beach Opera, and San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-17773762350291421022018-09-28T16:41:00.003-07:002018-09-28T16:44:56.730-07:0010 Questions with Evan Hughes
American bass-baritone Evan Hughes is making his San Diego Opera debut next month as Figaro, fresh off singing the role in at The Semperoper in Dresden, Germany. As an alumnus of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Evan's career has already led to great international success including performing roles with companies like the MET, Santa Fe Opera, National San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-79071166863399095122018-09-27T16:14:00.001-07:002018-09-28T08:58:40.236-07:0010 Questions with Sarah Shafer
When you look at Soprano Sarah Shafer's diverse performance resume, it's hard to find a better example of a successful artist in 2018. Her unique ability to sing a variety of vocal and operatic repertoire keeps her busy. In the midst of singing as a soloist for chamber music concerts around North America, and less than a year after her debut at the MET, she is making her San Diego Opera as San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-42031060313822978542018-09-21T13:56:00.001-07:002018-09-21T13:56:05.383-07:0010 Questions with Caitlin Lynch It's hard to argue a better fit for the role of The Countess than American soprano, Caitlin Lynch. Caitlin is making her SDO debut next month after performing the role with the Metropolitan Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Seattle Opera,
Glimmerglass Opera, Lyric Opera Baltimore, Michigan Opera, and Opera
Lyra Ottawa. We asked her ten (11) questions to get to know her better before she arrives in San San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-79157072041083927542018-09-21T10:02:00.000-07:002018-09-24T09:24:58.093-07:0010 Questions with Emily FonsWisconsin native
mezzo-soprano Emily Fons made her debut with SDO in 2015 as Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Her success in opera has included appearances with the Atlanta Opera, Kentucky Opera, the Berlin Philharmonic, Opéra de Lille, and the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy in Tokyo, Kyoto. Emily also created the role of Ruby in Santa Fe Opera's world premiere of Jennifer Higdon's GRAMMY nominated Cold San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-90071487909724715702018-08-06T10:56:00.000-07:002018-08-06T10:56:58.800-07:0010 Questions with Susanne Mentzer
American mezzo-soprano and graduate of The Julliard School, Susanne Mentzer made her Company debut as Rosina in 1987’s The Barber of Seville and returned to sing Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier in 1992. We're excited to have here back this season to play Marcellina in our Fall production of The Marriage of Figaro (October 20,23,26,28). Boasting an impressive career that features her voice on overSan Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-11446347117075136682017-02-17T12:48:00.002-08:002017-02-17T12:48:24.058-08:00Artist Night at Falstaff: Julie HamptonFor Falstaff rehearsals we once again invited a group of painters, sketchers, and comic book artists to live sketch the action on stage. You can find many of them on our Facebook page. <!--[if gte mso 9]>
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San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-54385522648470722872016-10-26T12:41:00.002-07:002016-10-26T12:41:31.772-07:00Artist Night at the Opera - Kathleen Kane-Murrell Kathleen has had a life long interest in art, education and the creative
process. She is an artist in residence at three elementary schools in
San Diego. Her award winning children’s art program, Fine Artists™,
has trained hundreds of art docents and brought classroom fine art to
thousands of children for the past 20 years. Kathleen has studied
techniques and art history through college San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-22131445027499323792016-10-25T11:44:00.000-07:002016-10-25T11:44:04.092-07:00Artist Night at the Opera - Eric ShanowerIt was a bittersweet night last week when artist Eric Shanower, San Diego Opera's unofficial official cartoonist, came to live sketch Cinderella. It was his last time doing so, as he is relocating to Portland, OR. Luckily they have an opera company and here's a little fact nobody knows - we totally stole the "artist night at the opera" idea from them years and years ago. So here's to new San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-2910356264165850642016-10-24T15:32:00.002-07:002016-10-24T15:32:46.435-07:00Artist Night at the Opera - Marjorie Taylor<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-85814706979274510892016-10-24T11:29:00.001-07:002016-10-24T11:29:10.368-07:00Artist Night at the Opera - Meredith GimbelAs a grub, Meridth McKean Gimbel could
be found reading books during math class, writing stories during
lunchtime, and drawing pictures all over her arms and legs (if she ran
out of paper). She was pretty delighted when she found out you could do
that sort of thing for a living. So she got a BFA in Illustration from
BYU. While at college, she had the good fortune of interning with BradSan Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-13377620596031277372016-10-21T12:08:00.002-07:002016-10-21T12:08:42.662-07:00Artist Night at the Opera - Laurel Latto<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-1008299826435173592016-10-20T10:58:00.000-07:002016-10-20T11:00:57.102-07:00Ten Questions with Lauren McNeese
Photo by Kelly Williams
The elegant Lauren McNeese shows poise on and off the stage. We asked ten questions to get to know her better. 1. What was your last gig before coming to San Diego? My last job was Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Intermountain Opera in Bozeman Montana2. Can you tell us a little about your role in Cenerentola?I play the role of Cenerentola. I like to think of her as aSan Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-43102187169155756872016-10-06T13:36:00.000-07:002016-10-06T13:42:45.700-07:00Ten Questions with David Portillo
David Portillo, Tenor. Photo by Brian Kuhlmann
With a smile a mile wide and a humble personality, it's been a treat to get to know Houston native David Portillo this week. The cast arrived on Monday morning for the first day of music rehearsals with only two and a half weeks until opening night. While it's easy to get caught up in the pressure of learning staging, staying healthy, San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-22944755577019938652016-09-29T12:23:00.000-07:002016-09-29T12:25:38.173-07:0010 Questions with Gary Thor Wedow
(Photo by Jonathan Timmes)
With such an impressive track record, it's hard to believe that it's taken this long to bring Gary Thor Wedow to San Diego. Wedow is currently a faculty member of the Julliard School and has been a frequent guest of Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Canadian Opera
Company, Glimmerglass Opera, Portland Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Berkshire
San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-56358597285862275072015-06-15T09:09:00.000-07:002015-06-15T09:09:14.997-07:00Podcast - The Operas of the 2016 SeasonIn the first podcast of the season, Director of Community Engagement
Nicolas Reveles takes an overall look at the operas coming up: Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Great Scott. We've got a lot to look forward to!
San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-70987412462590802502015-03-19T10:07:00.000-07:002015-03-19T10:07:26.624-07:00NIXON IN CHINA by Batton LashDapper cartoonist extraordinaire, Batton Lash, stopped by our Nixon rehearsals last week and below you can find his drawings. For those not keeping up with Batton, Batton
Lash is the
creator of the humor/horror series Supernatural Law (aka Wolff
& Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre). Lash has also written for Archie Comics and Bongo Comics. His latest project is The First Gentleman of the San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-50513170095589003652015-03-17T10:13:00.001-07:002015-03-17T10:13:28.004-07:00NIXON IN CHINA By Eric ShanowerSan Diego Opera's official unofficial cartoonist, Eric Shanower, was back last week live sketching our rehearsal of NIXON IN CHINA and below you can see the fruits of his labor.
For those of you who have not been keeping up, Eric is still writing Age of Bronze, his comic
book series that tells the complete story of the Trojan War, published by Image
Comics. Currently being puclished by IDW also San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513490720189435710.post-82968592162894031112015-03-10T15:50:00.003-07:002015-03-10T15:50:40.803-07:00Podcast - Meet our Nixon in China director, James RobinsonStage Director James Robinson makes his debut with San Diego Opera as the director of John Adams' Nixon in China. Robinson originated this production, created for Opera Theatre St. Louis, in 2004. Listen to him in this interview with Nicolas Reveles, as he speaks about the challenges of mounting this exciting production.
San Diego Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10799108777587021394noreply@blogger.com0