Founded by local soprano and voice teacher Abla Hamza, the company plans to produce one fully staged and affordably priced opera every year
Most long-established American opera companies have struggled to rebuild their audiences post-pandemic so they have cut back their seasons and their staffs. So it takes a great deal of optimism and bravery to start a new opera company from scratch. But if Opera À La Carte San Diego's debut production of 'La bohème' is any indicator for the future, that optimism is well placed.
'La bohème' is directed by local soprano Angelina Réaux, who has moved the story of bohemian starving artists in Paris from the 1840s to 1942 during the German occupation. Réaux's husband, baritone Michael Sokol, plays two roles including Alcindoro, a wealthy politician who in this production is a vain and foolish Nazi commandant. To rest the singers' voices between performances, the demanding roles of the four principal characters have been double-cast.
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