About Author: Erica Miner
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Former Metropolitan Opera violinist Erica Miner turned to writing as her creative muse when injuries suffered in a car accident forced her to give up her musical career as a violinist with the Metropolitan Opera. She has won awards for her screenplays, novels and poetry, including the Fiction Prize in the Direct From The Author Book Awards for her novel, 'Travels With My Lovers.' Erica has drawn upon her 21 years at the Met for her latest novel, 'Murder In The Pit.' Her work has become known through book signings, interviews and speaking engagements, and she has been named a ‘top-rated’ lecturer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
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San Diego Opera closed its hugely successful 2013 season with a production of Verdi’s perennial masterpiece that was both stirring and captivating to watch. The performance...
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She pioneered British fashion in the 1970s, has dressed some of the world’s most famous women, was made a Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of...
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In part one of my recent interview with international superstar Ferruccio Furlanetto, he shared his insights and experiences about creating the role of Thomas Becket in the San...
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Since his 1985 San Diego Opera debut starring in Verdi’s early opera Oberto, internationally renowned bass Ferruccio Furlanetto has mesmerized audiences here with his artistry...
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When award winning set designer, Ralph Funicello, first graced the San Diego Opera stage with designs for Don Quixote in 2009, he brought with him expertise gathered over...
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This week, San Diego Opera general director Ian Campbell goes behind the curtain to direct the west coast premiere of twentieth century composer Ildebrando Pizzetti’s powerful...
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There is no great artist he has not worked with. His recent triumph as King Philip in Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Met was lauded as, “… remarkable... the highest point of the...
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When it comes to Samson et Dalila, one often thinks in terms of biblical drama. I suspect its French composer, Camille Saint-Saëns, and librettist Ferdinand Lemaire, might have...
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Lesley Koenig has worn many hats. From Stage Manager for San Francisco Opera at the age of seventeen to the youngest-ever stage director at the Metropolitan Opera at twenty-three,...
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Donizetti’s comic operas are true epicurean delights: delicious, satisfying, always enjoyable and almost as decadent as eating dessert first. After years of performing “The...
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