Point Loma Opera Theatre

02/13/2018

We hope to see you TOMORROW (the 14th) at 7pm at the La Jolla Community Center for a special Opera Wednesdays Valentine's Day Concert! This performance will feature two PLOT singers, Craig Johnson and Alexandra Rodrick. You don't want to miss this unforgettable evening of some of operas most famous love songs. Free admission and all are welcome!

01/31/2018

Don't miss your chance to hear some incredible singing and piano playing this Saturday! This is going to be a fantastic show and we hope to see you there.

Angelina Reaux sings Leonard Bernstein with Michael Sokol and Ines Irawati! Don't miss it: Saturday, February 3rd at 7pm

01/17/2018

We are thrilled to announce an upcoming concert produced by our friends at Bodhi Tree Concerts: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Anniversary Celebration featuring Angelina Réaux with Michael Sokol & our beloved pianist, Ines Irawati. Ms. Réaux worked with Leonard Bernstein directly and was featured on his famous recordings for West Side Story and La Boheme. Don't miss the opportunity for a fine evening of music on Saturday, February 3rd at 7pm at The Scripps Research institute Auditorium. Click here for tickets: http://www.bodhitreeconcerts.org/copy-of-love-letters-gandhi-irawati-1

11/21/2017

WE'VE CHOSEN A SPRING SHOW.
If you are a PLNU student who would like to be a part of this production come to the Cooper Music room 115 on Wednesday December 6th!! This show is meant to be a bit more modern than others in the past and has many speaking roles as well as singing roles. Come out and have fun with us!
If you would like to know more about Street Scene itself, here is a link to check out:
https://www.kwf.org/pages/ww-street-scene.html

09/12/2017

Come out to hear four PLOT singers perform this Wednesday, September 13th at 7pm at the La Jolla Community Center at Opera Wednesdays. All four of these fantastic, local singers have been seen on our stage before. Free admission and all are welcome! We hope to see you there!

07/10/2017

I spy with my little eye alumnus, Christian Sanders as Mr. Erlanson in Des Moines Metro Opera's production of A Little Night Music!!! Follow Christian's career at https://www.christiansanderstenor.com

07/04/2017

Thank you ALL for the support and love during this incredible ride of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro! Have an incredible Fourth of July from our wacky opera family to yours, photo courtesy of Randall Bills 🇺🇸

07/01/2017

We apologize for any inconvenience, but we have SOLD OUT the house for our Sunday performance of Le Nozze di Figaro! Anyone who has not reserved seats but is still interested in attending is welcome to come and take a seat in the balcony for a reverse, bird's-eye view (seating is ON stage). We'd love to see you there!

06/30/2017

We are excited to have Peter Kozma making his directing debut with us at Point Loma Opera Theatre in our production of The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart! You might recognize him from his work as the founder of Opera NEO. Come out to see our fully-staged production on July 2 at 2pm in Crill Hall at Point Loma Nazarene University!

Mr. Kozma's work has been hailed “free-spirited and inventive, showing an excellent grasp of the drama and the space." Born in Hungary, he has studied stage directing, voice performance, flute, and conducting which allows him to bring a wide ranging experience and broad musical perspective to his innovative and energetic productions.

Mr. Kozma is the founding artistic director of Opera NEO in San Diego. His directorial credits include Don Giovanni, Rinaldo, Agrippina, and L'incoronazione di Poppea for Opera NEO, The Merry Widow for the Szeged Open-Air Festival in Hungary, Don Giovanni for Sarasota Opera, Le nozze di Figaro and Eugene Onegin for Opera San José, Handel’s Serse for Bel Cantanti Opera, Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino and the American premier of Mercadante’s Orazi e Curiazi for Minnesota Opera, and Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo for the Budapest Chamber Opera. He also directed the American premier of Handel’s Faramondo as well as productions of L’elisir d’amore, La Calisto, The Magic Flute and Le nozze di Figaro for The Ohio State University Opera Theater where he served as director of the OSU Opera program.

Mr. Kozma conducted several productions for Opera NEO, including Le nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute, Carmen, The Impresario, and Don Giovanni. He also conducted Faramondo for the OSU Opera Theater, as well as The Magic Flute and Il matrimonio segreto for the Ars Classica Chamber Opera and the Austin Chamber Opera Ensemble. He served as the music director for the Monor Symphony Orchestra, and toured in Italy conducting the Budapest Johann Strauss Orchestra.

Mr. Kozma worked with such directors and conductors as Michael Cavanagh, John Adams, Doug Varone, Garnett Bruce, Thor Steingraber, Balazs Kovalik, Daniel Helfgot and Francesco Maria Colombo. He also worked with opera companies including the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, Boston Lyric Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, and Des Moines Metro Opera. Mr. Kozma served as artistic director for the Ars Classica Chamber Opera in Hungary, where he produced and directed numerous opera productions as well as several outreach performances. He also worked at the Hungarian Television TV2, Hungarian Radio, and the Miskolc Summer Opera Festival. He presented master classes on topics from audition techniques to recitativo interpretation and vocal performance including Boston Conservatory, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Bel Cantanti Opera, Catholic University Summer Opera Festival in Washington DC, Opera Columbus Education and Outreach Program, Point Loma Nazarene University, University of San Diego, and San Diego State University among others.

Mr. Kozma received a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance and Pedagogy at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and a Master of Music degree in Opera Stage Directing from the University of Texas at Austin.

06/29/2017

Meet soprano Sara Womble, our Susanna in our production of The Marriage of Figaro! Sara is a friend of PLOT and was in San Diego last summer singing Zerlina in Opera Neo's Don Giovanni. Get to know a little bit more about her below before you come out to The Marriage of Figaro on July 2nd at 2pm in Crill Hall!

Praised for her dynamic stage presence and warmly expressive vocalism, Sara Womble is a Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artist at Boston Lyric Opera, where she recently made her mainstage debut as Barbarina/Susanna cover in Le nozze di Figaro. Most recently, she sang Lady Ella in Odyssey Opera’s production of Patience. Upcoming roles include the Shepherd Boy in BLO’s Tosca, Countess Ceprano/Gilda cover in North Carolina Opera’s Rigoletto, and the leading role in BLO’s 2018 world premier of Tod Machover’s Schoenberg in Hollywood. In the summer of 2016, she was an Apprentice Artist at Opera NEO, where she sang Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and was praised for her “supple” singing and “volatile emotional vocabulary.” Sara received her Master’s degree from Boston University, where her roles included La Fée in Cendrillon, Rosalba in Florencia en el Amazonas, Ruth Baldwin in Later the Same Evening, and Presendia in Dark Sisters. Before her singing career, Sara graduated Phi beta kappa and Magna cm laude from Duke University, where she double-majored in English and Vocal Performance.

06/28/2017

PLOT alumnus Alexandra Rodrick will be singing the role of Cherubino in our summer alumni production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro! Fun Fact - Alexandra was one of the founding members of PLOT and she is a LEGIT singer who has been singing across the country and overseas. Come hear her in our fully staged production on July 2 at 2pm in Crill Hall at Point Loma Nazarene University!

This season, Ms. Rodrick appears in the title role of Carmen with VEROZA Japan and Maestro Seiji Ozawa’s Music Academy Orchestra, debuts the role of Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with Point Loma Opera Theatre, performs the role of Angelina in Cinderella with The Atlanta Opera and with Opéra Louisiane, and covers the same role while singing Tisbe in La Cenerentola with Opera Delaware.

Other recent engagements include appearances as Dorabella and Hermia in Boston University Opera Institute's mainstage productions of Cosi fan tutte and A Midsummer Night's Dream, respectively, and a return to her hometown of Baltimore for her debut as Roggiero in Tancredi with Baltimore Concert Opera.
Ms. Rodrick is the 2016 recipient of the prestigious Phyllis Curtain Award from Boston University, and a finalist and recipient of an encouragement award from the Deborah Voigt Vero Beach Opera Foundation Inaugural International Vocal Competition, as well as a winner of the 2015 Musical Merit Competition of Greater San Diego, and 2013 Metropolitan National Council Auditions, San Diego District.