4 stories by "Christian Hertzog"
There was bad news and good news for Friday evening's San Diego Symphony concert. The bad news? Conductor Cristian Măcelaru, whose chemistry with the orchestra has created a local fan bas…
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos made a rare appearance in San Diego Saturday evening at the Balboa Theatre. The Greek virtuoso is well known in Europe, not so much here. His accompanist, however"…
"It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear."
This aphorism appears on the cover of the program to Christopher Cerrone's opera Invisible Cities. Yet in the Industry's fascin…
Immersive theater -- a fancy term for site-specific performing art -- is the rage in the U.S., and this past weekend, the La Jolla Playhouse made its first extended venture into this trend w…