SDSU Opera
Theatre Presents A Grand Night!, a Celebration of Opera, Operetta and the Golden Age of Musical Theatre
(San Diego, CA) – SDSU
Opera Theatre presents A Grand
Night!, a sparkling celebration of opera, operetta and the golden age of
musical theatre on Fri. Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m., Sat. Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m., and
Sun. Nov. 17 at 3:00 p.m. in Smith Recital Hall, Music Building, SDSU. The program will feature selections
from Cosi Fan tutte, The Bartered Bride, Die Fledermaus, Candide, Brigadoon and Anything Goes, to name a few.
Tickets for A Grand
Night! are $18 general admission and $12 for students and seniors
(60+). An optional $50 Grand Guest ticket for the Sat. Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m.
performance includes a pre-performance champagne reception in the rose garden, a tantalizing
silent auction, exclusive reserved seating and complimentary parking. A
portion of each Grand Guest ticket goes to support future SDSU
Opera Theatre programming.
Tickets can be purchased through the online
box office or at the box office window one hour before performance. More information, a map and downloadable directions
and parking options can be found on the SDSU School of Music and Dance website at musicdance.sdsu.edu.
A Grand Night! is
conceived by SDSU Faculty members Enrique
Toral, Stage Director, and Michiko
Lohorn, Music Director.
Enrique Toral
has won acclaim across North America and Europe for the beauty and incisiveness
of his singing and for his dynamic stage portrayals. He has appeared on
Broadway and with the New York City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Cincinnati
Opera, San Diego Opera, New Orleans Opera, Opera Carolina, New Jersey State
Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera, Opera Tampa, Sarasota Opera, El Paso Opera and
with the Music Festivals at Ravinia and Tanglewood. A passionate voice teacher,
dramatic coach and stage director, Toral has served on the voice faculty at the
SDSU School of Music and Dance since 2006 and served on voice faculty of the
MFA program in the SDSU School of Theatre, Television and Film from 2008 to
2012. As of fall of 2013 he is the new Stage Director for SDSU’s Opera
Theatre.
Michiko Lohorn
is an active San Diego musician trained as a pianist, vocal coach, choral
conductor and musical director. A graduate of San Diego State University,
she works in the School of Music and Dance as musical director of the opera
workshop and vocal coach. Lohorn also serves as organist at First United
Methodist Church of Chula Vista. Her work experiences include elementary
school choral instruction, San Diego Opera Education and Outreach, musical
theatre productions, and many years of local coaching and performance.
SDSU Opera Theatre is a program of the SDSU School of Music and Dance and appears
as part of the School’s 2013-14 season of performing arts offerings. The
SDSU School of Music and Dance presents over 200 concerts, recitals and dance
performances each year, many with free or affordable admission.
Still to come in the season is the brand new SDSU Showcase
Concerts on Sat. Dec. 7, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Patrons will
enjoy a music-festival style afternoon, filled with a captivating array of
music and dance mini-concerts, interspersed by light bite receptions.
Patrons will self-select the mini concerts of their choice from a menu of
delightful offerings including Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Dance, Jazz, Opera,
Choir, and Mariachi and Band, then mingle with friends and other music lovers
to savor a nibble during short interludes between concerts. One-price
tickets are $25 general admission, and $10 for children 12 and under.
For up-to-the-minute news and information about all of the
recitals and performances SDSU School of Music and Dance, visit the School’s calendar
or connect on Facebook
or Twitter.
The study of music was an early area of concentration at San Diego State University. Among the first
seven professors hired in 1898 when the university was chartered, was a music
professor. By 1907 the Department of Music at San Diego State University
began conferring degrees, and a commitment to excellence in artistic innovation
was dedicated. This commitment fostered a long legacy of educational and
musical leadership for the program. Today it flourishes as the SDSU
School of Music and Dance. For more information visit musicdance.sdsu.edu.