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Long before Gounod’s famous Faust, a 26-year-old French composer named Louise Bertin took on Goethe’s epic drama and created something entirely her own. Fausto, receiving its American premiere with Opera Neo, is an astonishingly rare work, seen only at its 1831 Paris premiere, its modern revival in Essen, Germany, and now here in San Diego. Bertin’s score is raw, visceral, and unfiltered, blending Mozartian classicism, Italian opera, German magic opera, and emerging French Romanticism into a strikingly eclectic yet deeply personal musical voice. The opera follows an aging and disillusioned scientist’s desperate bargain with the Devil to reclaim youth and pleasure, posing eternal questions about the value of knowledge and the price of love. Both bold and deeply human, Fausto invites audiences to rediscover a forgotten masterpiece and encounter a uniquely youthful female perspective on one of Western culture’s most enduring stories.

Fausto

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

Scalia/Ginsburg is a comic opera written by lawyer  Derrick Wang that explores the lively, unexpected friendship between Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. When Scalia’s fiery dissents land him in a cosmic “prison,” his unlikely ally Ginsburg arrives to help him out (and, of course, debate along the way). Through musical sparring, legal philosophy, and wit, Scalia/Ginsburg celebrates two brilliant minds finding common ground—one opera aria at a time.

Scalia/Ginsburg

Marquette University

Florentine Opera at Summerfest

Aurora Pavilion 

Join us for an evening of arias featuring the Florentine Opera’s Summer Studio Ensemble. These emerging voices bring classics to a gorgeous home in Whitefish Bay!

Al Fresco: Summer Studio Ensemble

Whitefish Bay

Tevye’s hopes for his family are tested as love, tradition, and change collide. This enduring story of family, faith, and resilience features unforgettable songs including “Matchmaker,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” and “Sunrise, Sunset.”

Mezzo-soprano

Grace Ryan

Events

Upcoming events

14 - 20 Mar, 2027

Fiddler on the Roof · Detroit Opera

Past events

26 - 27 Jun, 2026

Fausto · Opera Neo

18 - 20 Jul, 2025

Scalia/Ginsburg · The Florentine Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Chava in Fiddler on the Roof by Bock

Detroit Opera

Fausto (cover) Ensemble in Fausto by Bertin

Opera Neo

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