Opera Insights Series

 

Saturday, December 7, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.

 

Opera News has called UC San Diego Music Professor Anthony Davis, “A National Treasure,” for his pioneering work in opera. His important contributions also extend to chamber, choral and orchestral music as well as improvised music and jazz. His six operas include works centered on recent historical figures Malcolm X and Patty Hearst. His latest opera, The Central Park Five, an exploration of the infamous wrongful conviction of five teenagers of color in NYC in the 1980s, premiered at the Long Beach Opera in 2019 to international acclaim. Join us for a conversation with Anthony Davis, conducted by UCSD Music professor emeritus Cecil Lytle, exploring the genesis of The Central Park Five and the artist’s duty to reflect on important social and political issues of the day.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 @ 7:00 p.m.

 

Join Nicolas Reveles and his guest, Professor Joseph T. Thomas, Jr. (Director of the National Center for the Study of Children's Literature, SDSU), in a lively discussion of the roots of the tale of Hansel and Gretel, the Grimm Brothers’ version and the story as it appears in the Humperdinck opera. As always, these two scholars will have much to say about the dark edges of meaning hidden in this familiar story and will give the audience plenty to think about! Singers from San Diego Opera's Young Artist's Training Program will join us to sing excerpts from the Hansel & Gretel Opera.

 

Opera Exposed! Directed by Ines Irawati

Sunday, April 26 , 2020 @ 2:30 p.m.

 

Opera Exposed! is a community engagement concert series featuring San Diego Opera's Young Artist Training Program members. These exceptional young artists bring engaging and exciting performances of dramatically charged excerpts from operatic repertoire throughout San Diego. This concert will also feature highlights and discussion of SD Opera’s upcoming performance of The Barber of Seville and The Falling and the Rising.  Indonesian pianist and coach Ines Irawati is Music and Artistic Director.