Conductor James Conlon likes his deal in Los Angeles well enough to sign-on for another five years at LA Opera. Details from the local California paper right here. (Photo courtesy of LA Opera) Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media and PR
Via your Public Television station, KERA. On “Great Performances” this coming Friday evening (Nov. 25th), it’s “Il Postino from LA Opera,” a presentation of the world premiere performance of acclaimed Mexican composer Daniel Catan’s fourth and final opera. The new work starred Placido Domingo as Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and tenor Charles Castronovo (remember our romantic [...]
The well-received world premiere of “Il Postino” has prompted LA Opera to bring the postman, if not to your door, close enough. The company has announced plans to present two pre-taped outdoor screenings of the new work to audiences in Downtown L.A. and Costa Mesa. There are only about 300 seats left for the remaining [...]
Part of a long-term project to revive works touched by Nazi tyranny…Is LA Opera’s latest for the birds? Photo courtesy of Robert Millard/Los Angeles Opera. This 1920′s take on a delightful comedy from classical antiquity (thank you, Aristophanes) was a big hit for composer Walter Braunfels but is little known and even less likely to [...]
