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Romeo et Juliette
By Michell Thitathan, Published March 14, 2010
March is a fatally romantic month at the San Diego Opera, which kicked off its first performance of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette since 1998. Using the beautiful traditional set and costumes from Utah Opera, Cynthia Stokes ...
Bell on Bruch
By Michell Thitathan, Published March 13, 2010
Friday's concert at Copley Hall offered music by Dvorak, Bruch, and Tchaikovsky. If many in the audiences weren't familiar with Bruch before, they left the show humming his tunes rather than those of the two better-known ...
Screen-Glow Soundscapes
By Elizabeth Salaam, Published March 10, 2010
“I went rock climbing this morning,” says Daniel Shapira of the Bitwise Operators, a “laptop ensemble” from the University of California San Diego. “I went skiing last weekend,” says Cooper Baker, another member. Here’s the thing: ...
They Got Rhythm
By Michell Thitathan, Published March 7, 2010
Marvin Hamlisch and pianist Kevin Cole were in town to jazz up the symphony season with two evening performances of Gershwin tunes. Aside from the ... More Post a comment
Rained In
By Michell Thitathan, Published Feb. 28, 2010
Even a bout of rain didn't deter classical music lovers from flocking to Copley Hall for a concert of Richard Strauss's Don Juan, Mozart's Concerto ... More Comment (1)
Now Here, Now There
By Beatwoven , Published Feb. 23, 2010
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson's performance with the San Diego Symphony featured Chopin’s "Andante spianato et grande polonaise brilliante," Opus 22, and "Piano Concerto No. 2 in ... More Post a comment
Verdi's Nabucco
By Michell Thitathan, Published Feb. 21, 2010
This opera is seldom performed because a soprano who can and is willing to sing the vocally schizophrenic part of Abigaille, Nabucco's brutal elder but ... More Post a comment
Watch the Guitarists Breathe
By Elizabeth Salaam, Published Feb. 10, 2010
“Everybody wants to play in a group that has an international career,” says Luiz Mantovani of the Brazilian Guitar Quartet. “Some people think, ‘Wow, you ... More Post a comment
A Trusted Guide
By Elizabeth Salaam, Published Jan. 13, 2010
When Marc-André Hamelin walked onstage at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Sherwood Auditorium on December 18, only the high shine of his shoes looked the ... More Post a comment
Sonic Scenes of Soviet Russia
By Michell Thitathan, Published Jan. 9, 2010
Concertgoers attending the San Diego Symphony's performance of Prokofiev's 5th Symphony on January 7 were greeted by the composer himself, or rather, his very convincing ... More Post a comment
Blowing in the Wind
By Moss Gropen, Published Dec. 16, 2009
Conductor Robert Zelickman hopped on the podium and performed an impromptu jig — or was it the twist? With that, he fiddled with the microphone ... More Post a comment
The Deafening Immortality of Beethoven's Ninth
By Michell Thitathan, Published Dec. 5, 2009
Ludwig Van Beethoven was too deaf to hear his ninth symphony while he lived, but his most complex symphonic composition has acquired a deafening degree ... More Post a comment
The Spontaneous Quartet
By Elizabeth Salaam, Published Nov. 24, 2009
The origins of Quartetto Sorrento date back to the latter half of 2008, when Paula Simmons — violist, concert conductor, and co-owner of the Violin ... More Post a comment
Luscious Sound
By Dave Good, Published Nov. 18, 2009
“Whenever I see pop groups perform,” says John Stubbs, “I wish that I could see that same level of fun at classical music performances.” Stubbs ... More Post a comment
All Shostakovich
By Michell Thitathan, Published Oct. 17, 2009
Dmitri Shostakovich paid a visit to Copley Symphony Hall this weekend in the haunted form of his first cello concerto and tenth symphony. Composed after ... More Comments (2)
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