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Alexia Voulgaridou a passionate Tosca at San Diego Opera

By Erica Miner, 14 February 2016
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Reviewed at San Diego Civic Theatre, San Diego on 13 February 2016
Programme
Puccini, Tosca
Performers
San Diego Opera
Massimo Zanetti, Conductor
Lesley Koenig, Director
Alexia Voulgaridou, Floria Tosca
Gwyn Hughes Jones, Mario Cavaradossi
Greer Grimsley, Baron Scarpia
Joel Sorensen, Spoletta
Kristopher Irmiter, Cesare Angelotti, Sciarrone
Scott Sikon, Sacristan
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Erica Miner
Erica Miner

As a Metropolitan Opera violinist Erica performed with James Levine, Leonard Bernstein and countless opera luminaries. Now an award-winning author, screenwriter, arts journalist and lecturer, Erica’s opera presentations include Wagner Societies in California, New York, Boston, North Carolina and Sydney, Australia. Her recently released novel Aria for Murder, the first in her ‘Operatic Mystery’ series, authentically reflects her experiences in the Met Orchestra. Sequels are due in 2023 and 2024. Erica’s personal website is here.