Group 2013 February

Classical Music archive for February, 2013

Puns are spontaneously on schedule in Balboa Park

A concert update with a few options in Balboa Park this weekend.

There is cutthroat competition going on Thursday, February the 28th at 6:30 pm. It’s all going down at the at ...

Musica da influenza

Feeling like crap? Here's some music for flu season.

While most of my body continues to function properly and efficiently, I have been forced to turn my attention to ...

San Diego Classical Concerts

What's classical in San Diego this weekend?

There are multiple concerts this weekend in classical music. Samson et Dalila continues at the Civic Theater on Friday the ...

Talking to San Diego Opera's Samson

I talked to Clifton Forbis about everything except Samson.

Samson et Dalila opened at San Diego Opera on Saturday February 16th. I sat down to talk with the man ...

Interview with Dalila at San Diego Opera

Nadia Krasteva talks about going to the opera, other great singers, and Dalila.

An interview with Nadia Krasteva: San Diego Reader: What can opera audiences do to get the full opera experience, to ...

Scheherazade part deux

Conductor Mei-Ann Chen whips Rimsky's beautiful concubine with the help of the San Diego Symphony.

After the intermission I noticed that there was no music stand for the conductor. Hmmm, guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen was ...

When will we get to Scheherazade?

Never have I waited with more impatience for a piece than I did for Scheherazade on Sunday at Symphony Hall. ...

Dalila debut at San Diego Opera

Bulgarian Mezzo Nadia Krasteva sings her first Dalila ever at San Diego Opera

Nadia Krasteva is making her San diego debut as the vengeful seductress Dalila in Saint Saens’ Samson et Dalila at ...

The 49ers are Die Tote Stadt (the dead city) after the Super Bowl

It might be a stretch but here's an attempt to compare Niners fans to Paul in Korngold's Die Tote Stadt.

The Super Bowl is over. Having been born in the Bay Area and having gone to high school near the ...

Platoon Adagio for Strings

Does the movie Platoon make good use of Barber's Adagio for Strings?

The opera chorus is in staging rehearsals for Samson et Dalila this week. In the story of Samson, the Philistines ...