San Diego Opera Podcast

Bel canto is a much misunderstood operatic/vocal term. If you're not familiar with the term, you're in luck because toda... Read more

We're hearing lots of folks wondering what the music of Murder in the Cathedral is like. We suspect that they might be j... Read more

The wonderful young stage director Kyle Lang brought us terrific productions of The Pirates of Penzance and As One in th... Read more

Join the Geisel Director of Education and Outreach for San Diego Opera, Nicolas Reveles, in a brief exploration of the 2... Read more

Camille Saint-Saens took his time turning his idea for an opera on this biblical subject (originally conceived as an ora... Read more

Grand French Romanticism at its best! That's the finest description that we can think of when trying to capture the esse... Read more

Andrea Catan, the widow of composer Daniel Catan, is a thoughtful and passionate advocate for her late husband's works, ... Read more

Last week this podcast reviewed some of the commedia roots of Donizetti's Don Pasquale. This week Education Director Nic... Read more

It's taken awhile for the entrancing, intimate and alternative opera Maria de Buenos Aires to make it to San Diego Opera... Read more

Ildebrando Pizzetti is not a composer known to most U.S. operagoers, but his opera Murder in the Cathedral which premier... Read more

Well, folks, it's here: 2011, and we open our season in four weeks!  Let's take some time to survey the wonderful musica... Read more

A little summer diversion: there are so many good recordings of Tosca out there, but which ones are best?  I'm not sure,... Read more

Luckily for us, Puccini's opera Turandot premiered in 1926, well after the invention of sound recording.  So even though... Read more

Nabucco was Verdi’s third opera and his first true success.  But what was the measure of success in opera in 1840s Italy... Read more

Get ready for a delightful conversation with tenor, Scott Quinn, singing the role of the Duke of Mantua in San Diego Ope... Read more

The orchestra is a very active participant in Strauss's Salome, detailing the stage action at every moment in the drama.... Read more

Maestro Steven White is making his debut with San Diego Opera in this production of Rigoletto. (He also happens to be ma... Read more

Now here's a sample of wonderful music from operas that I'm sure you've either never seen or never WILL see!  You'll hea... Read more

Herb Kellner is directing our upcoming production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville in a production original conceived ... Read more

Although the story is English, influenced by English history and literature, the opera Murder in the Cathedral is Italia... Read more