WELCOME San Diego Opera is back and better than ever. Whether you are a newbie or an aficionado, we have something for everyone… so join us and see what all the buzz is about!
2014–15 INTERNATIONAL SEASON La bohème
Giacomo Puccini January 24, 27, 29, February 1 (m), 2015
Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart February 14, 17, 20, 22 (m), 2015
Nixon in China
John Adams March 14, 17, 20, 22 (m), 2015
SPECIAL EVENTS We’ll meet again: The Songs of Kate Smith
Stephanie Blythe & Craig Terry December 11, 2014
50th Anniversary Celebration Concert April 18 & 19, 2015
El Pasado Nunca se Termina (The Past is Never Finished)
Music by José “Pepe” Martínez, Libretto by Leonard Foglia April 25, 2015 at 2pm & 7pm
You are invited to exciting opera events around town, designed just for you!
SDOPERA O F F S TA G E Hosted by Dr. Nicolas Reveles, San Diego Opera’s Director of Education and Community Engagement
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS Curious about La bohème’s Mimì and her malady? Or wonder what a ’sexpert’ says about the sex and power struggle in Don Giovanni? Free, thought– provoking collaborations with diverse experts discussing the powerful themes in our season. Visit www.sdopera.com/c2
TASTE OF OPERA Creatively–themed pairings of cuisine and opera discussions at restaurants like Wang’s North Park, The Flight Path, Tapenade and Solare Ristorante, plus cooking classes at Great News Cooking School. Visit www.sdopera.com/experience/tasteofopera
OPERA EXPOSED Partnering with voice students from San Diego State University, Point Loma Nazarene University and the University of San Diego, we’ve created a hot young ensemble to spread opera throughout the community! Visit www.sdopera.com/education/SDOU
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JOURNEY BACK IN TIME TO YOUR FIRST LOVE Young love…nothing is more all-consuming and passionate. Share the struggles, joys and ultimate tragedy of bohemian friends and the passion of a couple whose love is so intense it is unbearable to be apart, yet impossible to be together. Sat Jan 24 7pm Tue Jan 27 7pm Thu Jan 29 7pm Sun Feb 1 2pm
San Diego Civic Theatre In Italian with projected English translations
Mimì Alyson Cambridge Rodolfo Harold Meers Musetta Sara Gartland Marcello Morgan Smith Schaunard Malcolm MacKenzie Colline Christian Van Horn Conductor Karen Keltner
New production never before seen at San Diego Opera! sdopera.com • (619) 533-7000
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Ildebrando D’Arcangelo debuts as Don Giovanni Photo © Uwe Arens - Deutsche Grammophon
DESCEND INTO THE DISTURBING MIND OF MOZART’S SERIAL WOMANIZER Pompous, lustful and masochistic, Don Giovanni is the ultimate bad boy, but is he more? In this intense opera, Giovanni stalks his latest conquest, but he cannot escape his past sins. In a shocking conclusion, we find that the living are not the only ones who can seek vengeance.
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Feb 14 7pm Feb 17 7pm Feb 20 7pm Feb 22 2pm
Don Giovanni Ildebrando D’Arcangelo Leporello Alex Esposito Donna Anna Ellie Dehn Donna Elvira Myrtò Papatanasiu Don Ottavio Paul Appleby Zerlina Emily Fons Masetto Kristopher Irmiter Commendatore Reinhard Hagen Conductor Daniele Callegari
San Diego Civic Theatre In Italian with projected English translations. sdopera.com • (619) 533-7000
A HANDSHAKE THAT BROKE 25 YEARS OF SILENCE An opera of fact and fiction about the historic goodwill meeting in Peking in 1972 between U.S. President Richard Nixon and China’s Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. Experience this whirlwind diplomatic trip that changed history. Richard Nixon Franco Pomponi Pat Nixon Maria Kanyova Chou En-Lai Chen-Ye Yuan Mao Tse-Tung Chad Shelton Henry Kissinger Richard Paul Fink Madame Mao Tse-Tung Kathleen Kim Conductor Joseph Mechavich Director James Robinson
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Mar 14 7pm Mar 17 7pm Mar 20 7pm Mar 22 2pm
San Diego Civic Theatre In English with projected English supertitles
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The great Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán returns with an entirely new mariachi opera from the same team which created Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, the 2013 sold-out hit. In 1910, Halley’s Comet appeared in the sky over Mexico and many believed it foretold bloodshed and upheaval to come. Smoldering restlessness fueled by abject poverty force cultural clashes and impact generations to come in El Pasado Nunca se Termina.
Music by José “Pepe” Martínez Libretto by Leonard Foglia Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 2:00pm & 7:00pm San Diego Civic Theatre Sung in English and Spanish with projected translation.
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TWO SPECIAL EVENTS
We’ll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith
STEPHANIE BLYTHE & CRAIG TERRY ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY!
Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 7:00pm Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Avenue, Downtown San Diego Come experience opera star Stephanie Blythe and pianist Craig Terry in the acclaimed show “We’ll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith”. Ms. Blythe made her tour de force debut last season in A Masked Ball and sang in Verdi’s Requiem. In this powerful and uplifting recital, they celebrate great American singer Kate Smith, whose bold and beautiful voice inspired a nation through the Great Depression and devastating wars with popular standards like We’ll Meet Again, When You Wish Upon a Star and God Bless America.
“A once-in-a-generation opera singer has arrived…” The New York Times
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50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONCERT Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 7:00pm Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 2:00pm Jacobs Music Center - Copley Symphony Hall 750 B Street, Downtown San Diego Celebrate our 50th Anniversary and new beginning with an amazing concert filled with favorite arias, duets, ensembles and choruses with the San Diego Symphony at the Jacobs Music Center - Copley Symphony Hall. Featuring soprano Lise Lindstrom, mezzo-soprano Marianne Cornetti, baritone Stephen Powell, tenor RenĂŠ Barbera, tenor Sean Panikkar, bass Reinhard Hagen and bass-baritone Scott Sikon with Karen Kamensek conducting.
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LA BOHÈME DON GIOVANNI NIXON IN CHINA San Diego Civic Theatre 1100 Third Avenue, Downtown San Diego
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50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONCERT Copley Symphony Hall Balcony Mezzanine Main-4 Main-3, Grand Tier-3 Main-2, Grand Tier-2 Main-1, Grand Tier-1
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April 2015
(The Past is Never Finished)
EL PASADO NUNCA SE TERMINA
April 2015
50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONCERT
December 2014
STEPHANIE BLYTHE & CRAIG TERRY
We’ll meet again: The Songs of Kate Smith
Special Events
March 2015
NIXON IN CHINA
February 2015
DON GIOVANNI
January–February 2015
LA BOHÈME
2014 –15 International Season
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