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The latest news on performances of Classical Music in San Diego.

Mainly Mozart's SOMMELIER SERIES to Continue With Dallas Symphony's Alexander Kerr
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 06, 2025

Mainly Mozart is launching a new chamber music series to launch in Fall 2024 at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...

Review: The La Jolla Music Society Presents the SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA at The Conrad
by Ron Bierman - December 18, 2024

What did our critic think of THE LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS THE SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA at The Conrad? The La Jolla Music Society has featured exceptional musicians in many genres over the years. Best known for staging classical concerts, since the opening of its intimate home at the Conrad th...

Review: San Diego Symphony Perform Richard Strauss and Shostakovich at The Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - December 13, 2024

This year’s final subscription concert at the new Jacobs Music Center began with Richard Strauss’s tone poem Don Juan and ended with his equally familiar Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. In between, Inon Barnatan was featured in two 20th Century piano concertos by Dimitri Shostakovich. The usual p...

Review: SAN DIEGO OPERA PRESENTS LA BOHÈME at San Diego Civic Center
by Ron Bierman - November 06, 2024

What did our critic think of SAN DIEGO OPERA PRESENTS LA BOHÈME at San Diego Civic Center? San Diego Opera celebrated the opening of its 60th season with Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème, the same opera the company staged to open its first season. Its magnificent melodies, a touchingly tragic love story...

North Coast Repertory Theatre to Present 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS
by Blair Ingenthron - November 02, 2024

By popular demand, North Coast Repertory Theatre will bring back the joyful family pleasing 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS to brighten the holiday season. Get ready for an interlude of riotous laughter as Richard Todd Adams and Matthew McGloin take us on a musical comedic journey about their would-be careers as c...

Review: SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY PERFORMS MENDELSSOHN, BRUCH AND TCHAIKOVSKY at the Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - November 01, 2024

The music that people enjoy the most, whether they are fans of classical or hip hop, is music that evokes emotion. The San Diego Symphony under guest conductor Antonio Méndez took note of that with a concert of proven favorites, Mendelssohn’s Ruy Blas Overture, Bruch’s first violin concerto, and Tch...

San Diego Opera Unveils Five Year Plan Ahead of 60th Season Launch
by Joshua Wright - October 25, 2024

San Diego Opera will commence its 60th anniversary season on November 1 with a performance of Puccini's 'La bohème,' the same opera that inaugurated the company on May 5, 1965, at the San Diego Civic Theatre....

Review: San Diego Symphony Presents A Concert Of Works By Mahler And Larcher
by Ron Bierman - October 10, 2024

What did our critic think of SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY PERFORM WORKS BY MAHLER AND LARCHER at the Jacobs Music Center? There were only two pieces on the San Diego Symphony’s program for the second weekend of the new season, the first after the renovation of the Jacobs Music Center. But one of them was Mah...

Review: San Diego Symphony Shines at New Jacobs Music Center Opening
by Ron Bierman - October 02, 2024

What did our critic think of SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY SHINES AT NEW JACOBS MUSIC CENTER OPENING! Shortly after the waterfront’s Rady Shell opened in 2021, I was standing in a short line behind San Diego Symphony CEO Martha Gilmer and complimented her on the Rady’s awesome state-of-the-art sound system. T...

Len Cariou, Santino Fontana and More Join SONDHEIM TONIGHT! With The San Diego Symphony Orchestra
by A.A. Cristi - July 30, 2024

Tony Award-winner Santino Fontana, Emily Skinner, Tony Yazbeck, Amy Owens, and special guest vocalist: Len Cariou will join the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in a celebration of Stephen Sondheim next month. ...

Review: San Diego Opera Presents Andrea Carroll and Joshua Guerrero in Recital at Balboa Theatre
by Ron Bierman - June 14, 2024

About halfway into her two-hour plus recital with tenor Joshua Guerrero, soprano Andrea Carroll gave a well-earned compliment to their accompanist Stephen Hopkins for his technique and versatility. Both were challenged during the unusually varied program the two singers had fashioned....

Review: OPERA À LA CARTE'S PRODUCTION OF LA BOHÈME at Tenth Avenue Arts Center In East Village
by Ron Bierman - May 22, 2024

The first act of Opera À La Carte’s production of La bohème featured costuming and well-used furniture that made Rodolfo’s bohemian Parisian garret seem more real than the elaborate expensive sets and costumes of many other productions. After all, Rodolfo (tenor Adam Caughey) and his three friends a...

SACRA/PROFANA Honors National Pride Month with A SPACE TO BELONG
by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2024

SACRA/PROFANA will present the world premiere of 'All We Need: Meditations on Queer Being,' exploring themes of identity and community through music. Join this unique choral experience celebrating queer voices....

San Diego Symphony Announces 2024-25 Season In Transformed Jacobs Music Center
by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2024

Discover the SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY's 2024-25 season in the newly renovated Jacobs Music Center. Experience the milestone season in the revitalized, century-old theater transformed into an intimate concert venue....

Villa Musica & La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Partner For Carnegie Hall's Link Up Program
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2024

Join Villa Musica and La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, as they collaborate for Carnegie Hall's Link Up Program. Over 375 3rd and 4th grade students will perform at the Epstein Family Amphitheatre at UCSD on May 11th....

Local Ensemble to Present BOUND FOR BACHFEST, A Preview To Performance In Germany This Summer
by Blair Ingenthron - April 14, 2024

Bach Collegium San Diego (BCSD), one of the country's leading ensembles, will perform at the BachFest 2024 in June in Leipzig, Germany. Receiving a coveted invitation to BachFest is a very prestigious honor, and Bach Collegium San Diego is only one of five American choirs who were invited....




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