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Lazarideus Foundation

Academy of Sound and Music

Pandeli Lazaridi -- Biography

Opportunities to hear or sing opera

See the Recitals page for details on the following events:

  • Gala Event of Opera and Art, Saturday, September 20th.
  • Recital by CĂsar SĂnchez and Gizel RodrĂ­guez on Sunday, September 21st.
  • Recital by Susanna Poretsky, Mezzo-Soprano, Friday, October 3rd.

Take voice and diction lessons at the Lazarideus Academy of Sound & Music
The Small Opera of San Diego is sponsored by the nonprofit Lazarideus Foundation. It was founded with the purpose of promoting singers in San Diego County and has the following goals:
  1. Create opera workshops where promising opera singers can improve their skills
  2. Provide performing opportunities in shows, demonstrations, and recitals in the schools
  3. Provide singers exposure to opera specialists, such as impresarios, managers, agents, and opera directors
  4. Attract sponsors for singers, recitals, and small opera productions
  5. Bring more opera to San Diego County through:
  • Beautiful shows with the widest repertoire of the operas: solos, duets, and scenes
  • Promoting opera to the general public throughout the year, not just during opera season
  • Making opera accessible and affordable for the masses
  • Encouraging composers by staging their original operas
What's on at the ARK?

See the paintings of Laurie Carlock in the ARK Art Gallery through September 30th.

Read the interview about the ARK published in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

See the Calendar page for more information about music and theatre events.
The ARK Center for the Performing Arts is located west of Little Italy at 3554 Kettner Blvd. near Vine St. See the map for directions. For more information, call (619) 725-0777 or e-mail Lazarideus.

Past Recital and Concert Pages

If you enjoyed hearing Nolyn Cabahug, the Philippine tenor, in February, you can now buy a CD of his performance with Carol Ann Brigette and Steven Chan at Sherwood Auditorium. When you buy the CD at the ARK, $5 of each purchase goes to support the Small Opera of San Diego. This is a beautiful recording that you will want to listen to over and over again.

Links to websites for opera lovers . . .
Want to help? As a new and growing nonprofit organization, the Lazarideus Foundation has many needs, large and small. Check out our wishlist or sponsor a talented student. We thank the Patrons of the ARK for their generous donations of funds and goods.
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