Opera League of Los Angeles – Pilot Program – Don Giovanni in San Diego – Sunday, February 22, 2015

As in previous years and due to the great demand, the Opera League is once again gearing up for a trek to San Diego.

This time the opera will be Don Giovanni. Check out the cast: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo in the title role, a role he sang earlier this year at the Salzburg Festival; singing Leporello will be Alex Esposito who, like D’Arcangelo, is making his San Diego debut; first-time artists Myrtò Papatanasiu as Donna Elvira and Paul Appelby as Don Ottavio.

The price for this one-day trip includes a ticket to the opera, bus fare and tip, snacks on the bus, a three-course lunch at the famous Westgate Hotel including tip and a glass of wine, an intermission reception, and a $25 donation to the Opera League.

There are two categories of opera tickets: Cat I – Balcony – $345 or Cat II – Orchestra – $395 (all inclusive).

Reservations should be mailed to Brita Millard, PO Box 492330, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Please make out your check to: Opera League of Los Angeles – Pilot Program.

We are looking forward to you joining us for a fun day.

You probably don’t need a summary of this world-renowned magnum opus, but just in case…

Pompous, lustful and masochistic, Don Giovanni is the ultimate bad boy, but is he more? This intense opera stuns as Giovanni stalks his latest conquest, a beautiful young bride. But he cannot escape his past sins – the daughter of the nobleman who he brutally murdered and a woman he carelessly left at the altar – or the ones who try valiantly to bring him to justice. In a shocking conclusion, we find out that the living are not the only ones who can seek vengeance.

Opera League of Los Angeles – Pilot Program – attends “A Masked Ball” at the San Diego Opera, March 2014

Opera League of Los Angeles – Pilot Program – attends “A Masked Ball” at the San Diego Opera, March 2014

Since three years the Opera League of Los Angeles organizes trips for their members and guests to the San Diego Opera, to attend Opera productions not scheduled at the Los Angeles Opera.  Middle of March we attended “A Masked Ball” with a production of 150 performers on stage and what a cast there was: Piotr Beczala, the world famous lyric tenor, Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova, and Stephanie Blythe. So it was no wonder that this Opera League fundraiser event sold out very quickly.

San Diego Opera Spring 2014

It became already a tradition for Opera League’s Pilot Program to help members to attend 2 special Opera performances a year in beautiful San Diego, with a lunch at the traditional Westgate Hotel.  This year it will be Verdi’s “A Masked Ball” and Massenet’s “Don Quixote” with a magnificent cast.  Space is limited so please make you reservations soon.

Find here more Information about the Program & Schedule

Program for 2013 and 2014 in progress

I am planning visits to the San Diego Opera in February and April 2013 as well as our traditional Europe trip in 2014, visiting Vienna & Salzburg. More information will be online soon.

Do you already know Duernstein, King Richard Lionheart and his trustful Servant “Blondel”?

San Diego Opera 2011 – Der Rosenkavalier

Join us for an Opera experience on April 9, 2011. Traveling to San Diego with the Amtrak Train, stay at the Westgate Hotel, attend the behind the stage tour, and after the Opera meet the performers at the cast dinner.

Check out the San Diego 2011 trip and also Opera League of Los Angeles’ upcoming Bravo Magazine (March 2011) for more information.