'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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L.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 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.
Read MoreLA Opera's 'Traviata' has fine singing, high drama and opulent staging
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Rachel Willis-Sørensen, the Violetta, is a vivid and passionate artist, with a gleaming presence, a voice both flexible and lustrous, and strong musical and dramatic instincts.
Read MoreL.A. Opera’s Double-bill Highway 1 and Dwarf a Giant Success
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Delving deeper into the music and libretti, however, the connoisseur discovers both works are neither about the blackness nor the Jewishness of their respective subject matter.
Read MoreIn L.A. Opera’s ‘Otello’, revisionist staging cannot dampen firestorm in the pit and voices
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In John Cox’ revisionist staging, portable heat lamps replaced campfire in “Fuoco di gioia”; a desk and chairs replaced Desdemona’s bed and pillows…
Read MoreOmar Is an American Operatic Masterpiece
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Rhiannon Giddens’ libretto successfully condenses Said’s book into a series of dramatic scenes that culminate in the unforgettable Act II slave auction scene…
Read MoreThe Magic Returns in LA Opera's 'Flute'
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Kosky’s staging retains the same whimsical delights– a black widow spider Queen, Monostatos & co. turning to the Rockettes, Pamina and Papageno hopping over rooftops like a video game.
Read MoreGreat Music and Singing Bring Life to a Morbid 'La Bohème'
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Barrie Kosky's production is a not-completely-traditional production with a few surprises along the way.
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