CITY Opera

11/07/2018

AZPM's Andy Bade speaks with Cynthia Stokes, assistant professor in the Fred Fox School of Music

12/04/2017

http://calendar.ucsd.edu/event/st.-francis-de-los-barriosa-new-opera/

Artistic Director of San Diego City Opera Cynthia Stokes and professors from San Diego State University and the University of California San Diego are the creators of a new rock opera with sharp political overtones that will be staged as a preview showcase at UC San Diego as a showcase to launch the...

12/04/2017

Hey there San Diego CITY Opera friends and family! We are doing a workshop of the first act of ST FRANCIS DE LOS BARRIOS this Wednesday night at 7 pm. Atkinson Hall at UCSD. There will be a reception following the show!
Please join us for this free event!
ST FRANCIS is SDCITY Opera’s first commission -the mighty team of Jospeh Waters, composer and Allan Havis, librettist along with conductor Kristin Roach will wow us all!

12/04/2017

http://www.sdreader.com//events/2017/dec/06/st-francis-de-los-barrios-chamber-o/?et=225631

The new rock opera has St. Francis as an androgynous youth, squatting in empty buildings of Tijuana and selling s*x. Although dying, he heals the sick, becomes an overnight hero, meets the Pope, feared by the government on both sides of the border.

12/04/2017

Hey there San Diego CITY Opera friends and family! We are doing a workshop of the first act of ST FRANCIS DE LOS BARRIOS this Wednesday night at 7 pm. Atkinson Hall at UCSD. There will be a reception following the show!
Please join us for this free event!
ST FRANCIS is SDCITY Opera’s first commission -the mighty team of Jospeh Waters, composer and Allan Havis, librettist along with conductor Kristin Roach will wow us all! Hey there San Diego CITY Opera friends and family! We are doing a workshop of the first act of ST FRANCIS DE LOS BARRIOS this Wednesday night at 7 pm. Atkinson Hall at UCSD. There will be a reception following the show!
Please join us for this free event!
ST FRANCIS is SDCITY Opera’s first commission -the mighty team of Jospeh Waters, composer and Allan Havis, librettist along with conductor Kristin Roach will wow us all!

See you there! Cynthia
For more information http://www.sdreader.com//events/2017/dec/06/st-francis-de-los-barrios-chamber-o/?et=225631

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03/20/2017

Fantastic review by Ken Herman of SanDiegoStory of St. Francis de los Barrios! Thanks for joining us and engaging in the growth of new work! http://www.sandiegostory.com/nweamo-2017-festival-with-swarmius-and-scenes-from-st-francis-de-los-barrios/

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03/16/2017

Thank you Beth Accomando and KPBS for the fantastic story about St. Francis de los Barrios. Great interviews with Joseph Martin Waters (composer) and Allan Havis (librettist). Catch the performance this Friday at 7pm Smith Recital Hall, SDSU. Link to tickets: http://music.sdsu.edu/index.php/site/calendar
https://youtu.be/65prybi8ulY

City Opera champions new and contemporary works in English and Spanish with an emphasis on community building. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando gets an earl...

03/15/2017

Great conversations with Beth Accomando of KPBS with creators Joseph Martin Waters and Allan Havis and performers about CITY Opera's commissioned new opera - St. Francis de los Barrios. Looking forward to seeing the story! Get your tickets for the performance this Friday! http://music.sdsu.edu/index.php/site/calendar

03/14/2017

Fantastic coverage by George Varga of CITY Opera's newly commissioned opera St. Francis de los Barrios, by Joseph Martin Waters of San Diego State University and Allan Havis of UC San Diego. Opera commissioned by CITY Opera Artistic Director, Cynthia Stokes
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sd-et-radar-nweamo-festival-20170310-story.html

The 19th annual NWEAMO Festival may push the envelope harder than ever.

04/06/2016

"The Andrée Expedition" http://www.sdcityopera.org/tickets