Overwhelming success of Taste of Opera leads to a second course!
Wednesday January 21, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Hear Dr. Nicolas Reveles, San Diego Opera’s Geisel Director of Outreach and Education, bring to life one of the noblest gentlemen in literature – Don Quixote. After the lecture and dinner, stay and immerse yourself in a live poetry reading of love sonnets in keeping with the romanticism of Don Quixote.
Currant Brasserie
A modernized version of a French bistro. Here you will find the essence of French cuisine combined with American ingenuity and soul. The mantra is fresh seasonal food with uncompromising quality.
Location and Parking Details: 140 West Broadway; San Diego, CA 92101; (Inside The Sofia Hotel) Street parking or Valet on corner of Front & Broadway. Valet Parking for this event is only $5. Regularly $10
RSVP: Ariane Pardubsky at San Diego Opera. Email Ariane.pardubsky@sdopera.com or call (619)533-7047. Credit card RSVPs only. A $10 cancellation fee will be charged to your credit card for cancellations less than 24 hours.
Menu
$30 per person Prix Fixe menu; 3 courses with one complimentary glass of wine with the first course. Tax and gratuity not included.
First Course
One complimentary glass of wine will be served with this course
Mixed greens salad with lemon vinaigrette, cherry tomatoes and breakfast radishes
Roasted root vegetable soup with cumin crème fraiche
Second Course
Roasted Jidori chicken with braised sunchokes, fingerling potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, pearl onion and marsala reduction
Grilled Chinook salmon, lemon risotto, asparagus, tarragon vinaigrette
Vegetable risotto, candied salsify, arugula, oven dried tomatoes, baby zucchini
Third Course
Dark chocolate hazelnut brownie with butterscotch mousse and dried strawberries
Meyer lemon and cranberry tart with sweet ricotta and crunchy oat topping
NEW Preview Events are a great success!
Thank you for making our first season of Taste of Opera a huge success! From the authentic pub of Churchill’s to the Spanish dancing at La Gran Tapa to the tales from the sustainable fisherman at Sea Rocket Bistro, we hope you were entertained and enlightened. Thanks to our guest lecturer at La Gran Tapa, Ian Gardner of Helix Wind, and a special thanks to everyone’s favorite, Dr. Nicolas Reveles, for whetting our appetites for San Diego Opera’s 2009 season. Check out the event photos below and, if you haven’t already purchased your tickets for our upcoming operas, click here to buy now.
Wish you were here - Event photos
Wednesday November 12, 2008 at 6:30 PM
We’ll reel you in with a chat about Peter Grimes, given by San Diego Opera’s Geisel Director of Outreach and Education, Dr. Nicolas Reveles while you enjoy a Peter Grimes-inspired meal of fresh sustainable local seafood. Afterward, we hope to lure you to stay for a discussion of sustainable fishing practices with a local fisherman.
Sea Rocket Bistro
San Diego residents Dennis Stein and Elena Rivellino recently opened Sea Rocket Bistro, a farm-to-table restaurant in North Park focusing on local and sustainable seafood. Ingredients sourced directly from farms and fisherman, as much as possible, this bistro is already known for serving whole grilled San Diego sardines as well as local sea urchin, both fresh out of the shell and as a bisque, two unique dishes that you won't find anywhere else in the city! Exclusively locally crafted beers, as well as wines mainly from southern California are offered.
Location and Parking Details: 3382 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92104
Limited parking in rear, ample street parking in front.
RSVP: Elena Rivellino – (619) 997-8043
Wednesday November 5, 2008 6:30 pm
Don Quixote and Green Initiatives Evening with San Diego Opera.
Special Guest Speaker Ian Gardner, CEO of Helix Wind, (a Global renewable
energy company) will give a presentation on how a local company is harnessing the wind (think Don Quixote battling giant windmills!) to help make alternative energy.
Enjoy the flavors of Spain with sustainable local Tapas, Spanish music and dancing!
Hear one of the noblest gentlemen in all of opera – Dr. Nicolas Reveles, San Diego Opera’s Geisel Director of Outreach and Education bring to life one of the noblest gentlemen in all literature – Don Quixote.
 La Gran Tapa
Reminiscent of romantic bistros of the late 1800s. Featuring fine wines, regional European gourmet and organic tapas, liqueurs and delicious desserts.
Location and Parking Details:
611 "B" Street, Downtown San Diego, CA 92101
Street parking available
RSVP: Ariane Pardubsky – (619) 533-7047 or ariane.pardubsky@sdopera.com
Wednesday October 22, 2008 6:30 pm
Join us for an interesting tale about Peter Grimes, given by San Diego Opera’s Geisel Director of Outreach and Education, Dr. Nicolas Reveles while delighting in a Peter Grimes-inspired meal of genuine British beer and pub fare. Find out what composer, Benjamin Britten’s San Diego/North County connection is! A friendly darts competition to follow; grand prize is a San Diego Opera logo shirt.
Churchill’s Pub & Grille
British Pub with unparalleled beer selection and not your average pub food, great atmosphere and friendly ambiance.
887 West San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, CA 92069
Parking on site. If full, additional parking adjacent building in back and along the fence, despite the Tow Away signs (signs only apply during normal business hours of 8am-5pm).
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