Ana María Martinez, Erica Petrocelli, James Conlon Headline LAO At Home For Week of June 22

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The Los Angeles Opera has announced its schedule for LAO at Home streaming for the week of June 22. It all kicks off with a living room recital featuring soprano Erica Petrocelli and pianist Louis Lohraseb. They will perform Schumann’s “Frauenliebe und Leben” and Debussy’s “Cinq Poèmes de Baudelaire.” Streaming Date: June 22, 2020 at 4 p.m. PDT Jeremy Frank {…}

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Paolo Petrocelli Nominated for Friends of Europe’s 40 Most Influential Young Personalties in Europe

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Italian cultural manager Paolo Petrocelli has been nominated for the Friends of Europe’s 40 Most Influential Young Personalities in Europe. Petrocelli has quickly made a name for himself as a cultural manager, academic, and researcher. He is the founder of leading arts and culture non-profits including Stauffer Center for Strings of Cremona, EMMA for Peace (Euro-Mediterranean Music Academy, and the {…}

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Forging A New Operatic Culture & Identity – Author & Performing Arts Manager Paolo Petrocelli on the Development of Opera in MENA

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When the world of opera speaks of its development into the future, that evolution usually centers on conversations taking place in traditional opera settings, including Europe and North America. But the Middle East has not often been a major focal point of that conversation. Paolo Petrocelli, author of “The Evolution of Opera Theatre in the Middle East and North Africa” {…}

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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (10/19-21)

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There aren’t any world premieres on the docket for this weekend, but there are a plethora of unique performances set to take place. So here are our picks for this weekend’s operas to see (in alphabetical order by company). Satyagraha – LA Opera Philip Glass’ masterpiece will get a showcase in an excellent production by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch. {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Rihab Chaieb, Patti LuPone, Joshua Guerrero, Juliana Grigoryan, Angela Meade & Lawrence Brownlee Lead LA Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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LA Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the MainStage and LA Opera Off productions. Mainstage Rihab Chaieb, Joshua Guerrero, Kathleen O’Mara, and Liam James Karai lead a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen“ by Thaddeus Strassberger. Domingo Hindoyan conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-Nov. 7, 2026 Lina González-Granados conducts Bernstein’s “Candide“ with Duke Kim, Deanna Breiwick, and Patti LuPone. Francesca Zambello {…}

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Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Unveils Holiday 2025 Program

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(PHOTO CREDIT: Ricardo Mendoza) The Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) has announced its slate of holiday performances. The ensemble’s Winter Concerts take place on Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Pasadena and on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. They feature more than 400 singers from six LACC ensembles. The Dec. 6 {…}

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Janai Brugger Headlines LA Opera’s ‘La Boheme’

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(Credit: Ken Howard) LA Opera is set to celebrate its 40th Anniversary Season in Herbert Ross’ production of “La Bohème.” Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados leads the opera for six performances between Nov. 22 and Dec. 14, 2025, and will star Janai Brugger, Erica Petrocelli, Oreste Cosimo, Gihoon Kim, William Guanbo Su, Emmett O’Hanlon, and Rod Gilfry. In a statement, Christopher {…}

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Bard’s Summerscape Festival 2025 Review: Dalibor

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Many who visit OperaWire regularly have their various interests in what one might call, operatic “rarities”–works that have achieved, to an extent, legendary status despite being seldom staged. As an avid lover of Hector Berlioz’s archetypal romantic career, I devoured both the Barzun and Cairns biographies of the composer more than once. And such a rarity mentioned was Spontini’s “La {…}

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Cadie J. Bryan & John Matthew Myers Chime in on Joining Bard Summerscapes’ ‘Dalibor’

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(Photo credit: Jiyang Chen / Daniel Welch) Bard Summerscape’s hotly anticipated production of “Dalibor” is just one week away. Opening on July 25, 2025 and running through August 3, the Smetana opera, which had its world premiere in 1868 in Prague, will be receiving its first fully-staged American production. The opera follows the story of the eponymous knight who is {…}

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Ana María Martinez, Erica Petrocelli, James Conlon Headline LAO At Home For Week of June 22

Paolo Petrocelli Nominated for Friends of Europe’s 40 Most Influential Young Personalties in Europe

Forging A New Operatic Culture & Identity – Author & Performing Arts Manager Paolo Petrocelli on the Development of Opera in MENA

Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (10/19-21)

Sondra Radvanovsky, Rihab Chaieb, Patti LuPone, Joshua Guerrero, Juliana Grigoryan, Angela Meade & Lawrence Brownlee Lead LA Opera’s 2026-27 Season

Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Unveils Holiday 2025 Program

Janai Brugger Headlines LA Opera’s ‘La Boheme’

Bard’s Summerscape Festival 2025 Review: Dalibor

Cadie J. Bryan & John Matthew Myers Chime in on Joining Bard Summerscapes’ ‘Dalibor’