'Akhnaten' Returns to L.A. Opera with Spellbinding Force
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Countertenor John Holiday as the titular pharaoh, an otherworldly figure both physically and vocally. Holiday's instrument is a marvel.
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LA Opera's 'La Bohème' Revival Sparkles with Glorious Voices and Sumptuous Visuals
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Under the spirited baton of Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados, this revival of a 30-year-old production radiates with fresh energy and high emotions.
Read MoreLA Opera’s ‘West Side Story’ Is Finger-Snapping Good
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The LA Opera staging recreates the original 1950’s New York set and costumes from Chicago...The blue jeans and tenement housing fire escapes onstage contrasted sharply with the elegantly dressed opening night audience
Read MoreA Powerhouse ‘Rigoletto’ Ends L.A. Opera Season
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Lots of social media buzz surrounded a cast change announced in May, adding the celebrated Cuban-American coloratura soprano Lisette Oropesa as the first Gilda and relegating Kathryn Lewek, the original Gilda, to the second.
Read MoreOrange County Strikes Rhine Gold in Pacific Symphony’s Beautiful ‘Ring’
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In transcribing Mr. Zvulun’s operatic staging to the Pacific Symphony’s concert stage, director Gregory Luis H. Boyle admitted having to redesign the video projections and the sets, but keeping the same costume and storytelling concept.
Read MoreL.A. Opera’s 'Così' Is a Delightful Italian Screwball Rom-Com
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This new-to-L.A. production of Mozart’s rom-com Così fan tutte is at once serious, moving, and entertaining. It is also thought-provoking.
Read MoreLise Davidsen Returns to Santa Monica in a Powerful, Wide-Ranging Concert
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The acclaimed Norwegian soprano returned to Santa Monica to once again shake up the Broadstage with her powerful voice.
Read MoreBenjamin Bernheim: A Masterful Journey Through French Mélodie
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French baritone Benjamin Bernheim made his West Coast debut at the Wallis in Beverly Hills, in a spellbinding recital of French art songs.
Read MoreLA Opera Revives Its Enchanting ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with a Winning Cast
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The large international cast are stylish in their French singing and idiomatic in conveying the French text despite not one singer is French…
Read MorePuccini Goes to Hollywood in L.A. Opera’s High Gloss New ‘Butterfly’
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The actions take place on a Burbank soundstage in the 1930’s,...everything appears glossy, glitzy and artfully designed, down to the Art Deco Tiffany panels that look more Hollywood than Nagasaki.
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