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The San Diego Opera

Written by Julie Greiner

Spectacular pageantry, breathtaking vocal fireworks, world-renowned artists, glorious music - the San Diego Opera. The San Diego Opera offers you brilliant products with artists whose fame stretches from new York, Milan, Vienna, Berlin and London. Located in the heart of San Diego's vibrant downtown, San Diego Opera is just minutes from the historic Gaslamp District and the famous Horton Plaza Shopping Center. Surrounded by ample, convenient parking and numerous bars and restaurants, San Diego

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Opera produces 5 main stage productions in the Civic Theatre (3rd and B Street) from January through May.

Ian Campbell - San Diego Opera

Ian Campbell has been the General Director of the San Diego Opera since 1983. Campbell joined the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Assistant Artistic Administrator, and in July 1983, became General Director of San Diego Opera. He is Chairman of Opera America, and locally is a member of the Board of Directors of the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, and an Advisory Council Member of the San Diego-Tijuana Sister Cities Society. As a Guest Professor of Music at San Diego State University in 1986, he conducted annual master classes for singers at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara for seven years, and chaired the judging panel for the Metropolitan Opera auditions in the Sydney Opera House in Australia in August 1989. Campbell was the San Diego Press Club Headliner of the Year for the Arts in 1991, and in 1997 was chosen as one of the Fathers of the Year for San Diego.

The 2002 - 2003 International Season

The San Diego Opera will feature Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, Bellini's tragic Norma, the west coast premiere of Therese Raquin, Verdi's stunning adaptation of Shakespeare's

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Otello and Puccini's all-time classic, Madama Butterfly. Tickets are as low as $20 and english translations are projected right onto the stage, the San diego Opera really does make music worth seeing.

History of the San Diego Opera

The Opera in San diego was founded in 1965 and is currently one of the top ten opera companies in the United States, as rated by "Opera America," a national organization serving the opera community. Under the leadership of General Director Ian Campbell, the Company presents five grand opera productions and special recital and concert events each season featuring major international opera stars and the best of the young American singers.

Turn on your radio, sit back, relax and get ready to relive the excitement of San Diego Opera from the comfort of your home. June is Sand Diego Opera Month n KPBS 89.5 FM (89.1 FM in La Jolla) and to celebrate we're broadcasting each of our five mainstage productions from the 2001-2002 International Season. The opera begins at 7:00 p.m. during each Sunday in June. For more information please call (619) 232-7636.