San Diego Opera

The San Diego Opera Association (SDO) is a professional opera company located in the city of San Diego, California and is a member of OPERA America. [ [http://www.operaamerica.org/about/membership/states/ca.asp OPERA America — The National Service Organization for Opera ] ] It was founded in 1950 to present productions by San Francisco Opera in the San Diego area. SDO began to stage its own productions in 1965, with its first staging of "La bohème".

The founding SDO general director was Walter Herbert, who served in that position from 1965 until his death in 1975. Tito Capobianco served as general director from 1976 to 1983, and began an annual Verdi Festival. Since 1983, the SDO general director has been Ian Campbell.

The resident conductor of San Diego Opera is Karen Keltner. Since 2005, SDO's principal guest conductor has been Edoardo Müller. Since 2005, musicians from the San Diego Symphony have performed as the pit orchestra for San Diego Opera. [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060122/news_1a22turegano.html Preston Turegano, "The opera's proving to be a boon for symphony's musicians". "San Diego Union Tribune", 22 January 2006.] ]

San Diego Opera performs at the San Diego Civic Theater in Downtown. The season goes from late January to mid-May, featuring five productions a year.

References

External links

* [http://www.sdopera.com San Diego Opera's official website]
* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060212/news_1a12donors.html Preston Turegano, "Pay to play". "San Diego Union Tribune", 12 February 2006.]
* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060811/news_1c11show.html Preston Turegano, "Playhouse, Opera get $1.3 million in grants". "San Diego Union Tribune", 11 August 2006.]