San Diego Opera
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San Diego Opera has become one of the most well respected opera companies in the world. Since its founding in 1950, this professional operatic company has been host to many well known operatic stars including, Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills, Plácido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto and Renée Fleming. The company also features four productions per calendar year, many which are found within the standard repertory.
Christie has also interviewed internationally known singers Ferruccio Furlanetto and Lado Ataneli and attend a press mixer with 21st century composer Jake Heggie.
Art pieces given to opera singers as gifts:
*Denotes art work created by Christie Grimstad. Please visit Opéra Genre to view these pieces.
OPERAS REVIEWED (in alphabetical order)
Carmen (Georges Bizet) 05 14 11 *
Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss) 04 03 11 *
Don Pasquale (Gaetano Donizetti) 03 10 12
Don Quichotte (Jules Massenet) 02 14 09 *
El Pasado Nunca Se Termina (José 'Pepe' Martinez) 04 25 15
Falstaff (Giuseppe Verdi) 02 18 17
Faust (Charles Gounod) 04 23 11
Florence en el Amazonas (Daniel Catán) 03/17/18
La Bohème (Giacomo Puccini) 01 30 10
La Fille du régiment (Gaetano Donizetti) 01 26 13
La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi) 04 17 10
Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Georges Bizet) 05 03 08 *
Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini) 05 09 09 *
Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini) 04 19 16 *
Moby Dick (Jake Heggie) 02 18 12
Nabucco (Giuseppe Verdi) 02 20 10
Renée Fleming in Concert 03 24 12
Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi) 03 28 09 *
Roméo et Juliette (Charles Gounod) 03 13 10
Salome (Richard Strauss) 01 28 12
The Pirates of Penzance (Sir William Schwenck Gilbert and Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan) 10 14 17
Tosca (Giacomo Puccini) 02 13 16
Tosca (Giacomo Puccini) 01 24 09
Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) 01 29 11
f - Denotes future performances to be reviewed