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The San Diego Opera Association (SDO) is a professional opera company located in the city of San Diego, California. It incorporated in 1965, presenting operas under the name of the San Diego Opera,〔("Company History" ) on sdopera.com. Retrieved 2 June 2014〕 it is a member of the professional association OPERA America, which ranked it among the top ten opera companies in the United States. 〔David Ng (2014), ("San Diego Opera will close, in 'a sign of the times'" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', March 20, 2014〕 The company was founded in 1950 as the San Diego Opera Guild,〔 originally to present traveling productions by San Francisco Opera in the San Diego area. SDO began to stage its own productions in 1965, its first one being ''La bohème''. From the beginning, the company performed at the San Diego Civic Theatre in Downtown San Diego. Until the 2008 recession, it presented five operas each season; in 2008 this was reduced to four productions, scheduled from January to April. In March 2014 the opera board announced that the 2014 season would be its last,〔("SAN DIEGO OPERA TO CEASE OPERATIONS AFTER 2014 SEASON", company press release, March 19, 2014 )〕 but this decision was later rescinded by the company's board of directors, and a cut down version of the already planned 2015 season was announced, reducing the number of titles from four to three.〔David Ng, ("San Diego Opera reverses decision to close, announces 2015 season" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', May 19, 2014〕 ==Administration== The founding SDO general director was Walter Herbert, who served in that position from 1965 until his death in 1975. Tito Capobianco served as general director from 1976 to 1983, during which time he "expanded the season to six productions, featuring renowned superstars such as Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti and Beverly Sills",〔 as well as beginning an annual two-opera Verdi Festival〔 which ceased in 1984 after his departure. The resident conductor of SDO is Karen Keltner. Since 2005, SDO's principal guest conductor has been Edoardo Müller. Between 1983 and May 2014, the general director was Ian Campbell who achieved considerable success as well as creating financial stability for the company.〔 Campbell left the company in May 2014, following his contentious recommendation to shut down the opera. Following Campbell's departure, it was announced on May 30 that former director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, William Mason, had been appointed to the newly created position of artistic adviser to SDO. 〔John von Rhein, ("Former Lyric chief to advise San Diego Opera" ), ''The Chicago Tribune'', May 30, 2014 on chicagotribune.com〕 Mason commented, "They want me to help guide the company though the next season or two....I'll finalize some artistic and production details, help reduce expenses and get the board and the staff working together to figure out what the company can and should do as it moves forward."〔 In March 2015 the company announced the hiring of David Bennett, executive director of the Gotham Chamber Opera, as General Director of the San Diego Opera. He will start on June 15, 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Diego Opera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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