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On Sunday, San Diego Repertory Theatre will present the world premiere of “Hershey Felder: Puccini,” the Canadian-born playwright/pianist/actor’s latest composer-based play with music, streaming live from his home in Florence, Italy.
The production will feature an international cast of leading opera singers that include American baritone Nathan Gunn, American tenor Charles Castronovo, Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina and Canadian soprano Gianna Corbisiero.
Felder wrote the script and will co-star in the production as its title subject, Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini. The production will feature on-location film shoots in Lucca, the Tuscan city where Puccini was born and raised, and Felder playing the piano on which Puccini composed “Turandot.” The production will feature sung scenes from “La bohème,” “Tosca,” “Madama Butterfly” and “Turandot.”
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The 10th annual San Diego Storytelling Festival will be held online March 18-24 via Zoom this year. Along with compelling performances, starting on March 18 at 6:30 p.m. with a live-streamed show of “Celtic Stories,” some highlights include:
Storyteller Dr. Almena Mozon
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March 19 @ 2 p.m. - “What’s Your Story? Introduction to Personal Narrative Storytelling.” Presented by Tracey Segarra, a New York storyteller and Moth, winner, producer of a storytelling series.
March 19 @ 4 p.m. - “Kids Tell” - Youth from North County tell tales, and youth from City Heights tell their experiences in the neighborhood with puppets.
March 19 @ 6 p.m. - “Pandemic in the Kitchen: Cooking with Stories.” Storyteller, chef and food historian Arlyn Hackett cooks and tells the backstory of Typhoid Mary.