The LA Philharmonic stages an opera performance in concert at the Hollywood Bowl every summer. This year, that opera was Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata (“The Fallen Woman”). Based on Alexandre Dumas’ “La dame aux...
Category - Opera
Ash Revell
“The Trojans” – San Francisco Opera mounts spectacular production of Berlioz masterpiece – Opera review
Hector Berlioz felt a strong connection to Virgil’s epic poem Aeneid and so when he began to compose his opera The Trojans / Les Troyens, based on Books 2 & 4 of the poem, it was a labor of love. Berlioz wrote the...
“Dog Days” LA Opera at REDCAT – Los Angeles opera interview
Opening tonight, and making its West Coast Premiere, is Dog Days, a deeply unsettling 2012 operatic work that blends classical vocalism with dark, heavy metal influences. In the aftermath of an unimaginable catastrophe...
Pauline Adamek
LA Opera presents “Hercules vs. Vampires” – Los Angeles opera report
For four nights only, starting this Thursday, April 23, LA Opera is presenting their most offbeat presentation ever. Hercules vs. Vampires combines opera and midcentury pop culture, synchronizing live music with the...
La Opera’s ‘Figaro Unbound’ season draws to a close: Another “Barber Of Seville” – Los Angeles opera review
LA Opera’s season-long Figaro Unbound tribute to the characters created by French playwright Pierre Beaumarchais is drawing to a close, but its latest event is among the most interesting in the season long program:...
