“The San Diego Symphony will start a bold new chapter with the July 10 opening of its new, year-round $45 million outdoor concert and events venue, The Shell,” writes George Varga is Saturday’s (2/8) San Diego Union-Tribune. “It replaces the symphony’s longtime seasonal Bayside Summer Nights venue, which was located at the same downtown Embarcadero Marina Park South site but had to be set up from scratch each June and then completely disassembled each September. The Shell is named both for its design and in honor of its waterfront location.… The new venue will boast a 13,015-square-foot outdoor stage, ensconced by a 57-foot steel shell.… To celebrate the debut of The Shell, the 111-year-old symphony will host the longest summer-and-beyond outdoor concert season in its history. Confirmed artists include jazz guitar great Pat Metheny … Motown singing legends Smokey Robinson and Gladys Knight, and Broadway singing stars Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters and Jennifer Hudson. Rafael Payare, who last fall debuted as the symphony’s new music director, will conduct at least two concerts this summer at The Shell, starting with the July 10 season-opener. ‘The Shell will add greatly to the vibrancy of our city,’ said symphony CEO Martha Gilmer.”
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