{"id":236652,"date":"2014-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/opera-in-the-opera-house\/"},"modified":"2014-01-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T08:00:00","slug":"opera-in-the-opera-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/opera-in-the-opera-house\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d3pera en el teatro de la \u00f3pera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlene Baldridge | Noticias del Centro<\/p>\n

Time flies for opera lovers, who can believe it\u2019s been almost 50 years since the establishing of San Diego Opera (SDO). The well-run, highly successful company opens its four-opera 49th season at the Civic Theatre January 25 with Ruggero Leoncavallo\u2019s great one-act tragedy, \u201cPagliacci.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A scene from \u201cA Masked Ball,\u201d which opens on March 8 (Photo by Dan Rest\/ Lyric Opera of Chicago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A great choice for first-time opera goers, it\u2019s the one in which the titular clown, Canio, sings an aria about donning his costume (\u201cVesti la giubba\u201d), laughing on the outside while crying on the inside because his young wife Nedda is cheating on him. He stabs her to death during a performance of the commedia in which they both appear, horrifying villagers and flushing out Silvio, the baritone she loves. Pagliacci dispatches him as well, and the curtain falls on one of the Italian verismo period\u2019s best-known and most parodied operas. Say what you will: it is luscious.<\/p>\n

Directed by Andrew Sinclair, the \u201cPagliacci\u201d company includes American tenor Frank Poretta as Silvio, Romanian soprano Adina Nitescu as Nedda, American baritones David Adam Moore as Silvio, and Stephen Powell as Tonio. Franco-Canadian Yves Abel conducts the San Diego Symphony. The opera is sung in Italian with English supertitles. Additional performances: 7 p.m. Jan. 28 and Jan. 31 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb, 2.<\/p>\n

Also featuring an international company, Gaetano Donizetti\u2019s comical \u201cThe Elixir of Love\u201d follows Feb. 15, 18, 21 and 23. Moldovan soprano Tatiana Lisnic portrays Adina, a wealthy young woman beloved of Nemorino, Italian tenor Giuseppe Filianoti, who takes the magic elixir touted by Dr. Belcore, who is portrayed by the great American buffo bass-baritone John Del Carlo, who sings regularly with the Metropolitan Opera and made his SDO debut in 1978. Others in the company are American baritone Malcolm MacKenzie and San Diego-raised soprano Stephanie Weiss. Karen Kamensek conducts and Stephen Lawless directs.<\/p>\n

Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s less familiar and wondrous \u201cA Masked Ball\u201d plays March 8, 11, 14 and 18. It stars riveting Polish tenor Piotr Beczala, also a Metropolitan Opera regular, in his first return since debuting here in La boh\u00e8me. He sings the role of Swedish King Gustav III, beloved of Amelia Anckarstr\u00f6m (Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova, referred to as \u201cthe Stradivarius of sopranos\u201d), who is the faithful wife of Count Anckarstr\u00f6m (Greek baritone Aris Argiris). In her SDO debut, extraordinary American mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe portrays Mme. Arvidson and Korean-American soprano Kathleen Kim debuts in the trouser role of Oscar. Massimo Zanetti conducts and Lesley Koenig directs.<\/p>\n

April 5, 8, 11 and 13 marks the return of the popular SDO production of Jules Massenet\u2019s \u201cDon Quixote,\u201d once again a vehicle for the amazing acting and vocal talents of renowned Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto. Argentinean bass-baritone Eduardo Chama returns to charm audiences as Sancho Panza, and German mezzo-soprano Anke Vondung makes her role debut as Dulcinea for the first time. Karen Keltner conducts, Keturah Stickann directs, and Kristina Cobarrubia is the choreographer. It\u2019s a far cry from and ever so much deeper than the familiar Broadway musical.<\/p>\n

This season\u2019s not-to-be-missed event is a single performance of Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s \u201cRequiem\u201d at 7 p.m., March 20. At press time, fewer than 200 seats remained, so hurry on this one if you wish to partake in what\u2019s bound to be a fine performance by Stoyanova, Beczala, Furlanetto and Blythe. Conducted by Zanetti, the \u201cRequiem\u201d features the San Diego Opera Chorus, the San Diego Master Chorale and San Diego Symphony.<\/p>\n

The really good news, according to General\/Artistic Director Director Ian Campbell, is as follows: \u201cWe\u2019ve got some great operas this year and some extraordinary singers. Opera in the cinema may be grand, but when you come to the Civic Theatre you get to watch the singer you want to watch, not the shot determined by a director. Aurally and visually, opera in the opera house is a totally different experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

For further information regarding the singers, conductors and productions, to hear excerpts, and to purchase single or season tickets, go to sdopera.com or phone 619-533-7000. Single tickets range from $45 to $200. Some sections are sold out, so hurry.<\/p>\n

Charlene Baldridge moved to San Diego from the Chicago area in 1962. She\u2019s been writing about the arts since 1979, and has had her features, critiques, surveys and interviews included in various publications ever since. Her book \u201cSan Diego, Jewel of the California Coast\u201d (Northland Publishing) is currently available in bookstores. She can be reached at charb81@gmail.com.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

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