https://operawire.com/kelli-ohara-heads-to-los-angeles-opera/
(Image provided by Los Angeles Opera) Kelli O’Hara is headed to the Los Angeles Opera on Feb. 1, 2025. The famed Tony Award-winner will perform alongside the LA Opera and conductor Bob Bernhardt in a concert that also features musical direction and a solo piano performance by Dan Lipton. O’Hara is an icon of Broadway, but she has also made {…}
https://operawire.com/los-angeles-opera-unveils-2024-25-legacy-ambassadors/
The Los Angeles Opera has announced its Legacy Ambassadors for 2024-25. Here is a rundown of the Ambassadors: – Lisane Basquiat, founder of Shaping Freedom, co-administrator of the Jean-Michel Basquiat estate – Ingrid Best, founder of IBest Wines, art collector – Shanique Bonelli-Moore, chief diversity and social impact officer of the Clorox Company – Leticia Rhi Buckley, chief executive officer of {…}
https://operawire.com/los-angeles-opera-unveils-members-of-2024-25-domingo-colburn-stein-young-artist-program/
The Los Angeles Opera has announced the 2024-25 members of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. The new members include soprano Gabrielle Turgeon; tenors Nathan Bowles and Yuntong Han; baritone Hyungjin Son; and bass-baritone Vinícius Costa. Soprano Kathleen O’Mara will be a returning artist for her second year with the program. Bowles is set to appear with LA Opera in the {…}
https://operawire.com/knives-out-star-wars-director-rian-johnson-among-new-board-members-of-los-angeles-opera/
Los Angeles Opera has announced three new board members. The board members in question include famed filmmaker Rian Johnson, labor arbitrator Juan Carlos Gonzalez, and Jennifer McCormick, a major CEO. Johnson is an Academy Award-nominated director of such films as “Knives Out,” “Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi,” and “Brick.” Gonzalez, worked as a Federal Mediator from 2000 – {…}
https://operawire.com/los-angeles-opera-reveals-3-recipients-of-2024-stern-artist-award/
The Los Angeles Opera has announced that conductor Louis Lohraseb, director Kaneza Schaal, and administrator Patricia McLeod are the 2024 recipients of the Stern Artist Award. For the award, $75,000 will be split amongst the three recipients. Lohraseb is an alumnus of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program and has conducted the LA Opera Orchestra in numerous performances. He also led {…}
https://operawire.com/los-angeles-opera-announces-new-board-members/
The Los Angeles Opera has announced that Monique Kagan, Gary W. Murphy, Tina Segel, Mimi Won Techentin and Joakim Zetterberg have been elected to the Board of Directors. Kagan has experienced working on the U.S. Senate Judicial Committee for Joseph Biden and Howell Heflin. She has also worked for the L.A. City Council and is a co-chair at the Philharmonic {…}
https://operawire.com/los-angeles-opera-to-live-stream-opening-performance-of-otello/
The Los Angeles Opera is set to present a free live broadcast for the opening performance of Verdi’s “Otello.” The company will showcase the famed opera on May 13, 2023 at the Santa Monica Pier and CSU Dominguez Hills. The gates open at 5:30 p.m. at both location with the opera set to kick off two hours later. There will {…}
https://operawire.com/los-angeles-opera-to-present-handels-solomon/
(Credit: Örjan Jakobsson) The Los Angeles Opera is set to continue its 2022-23 season with a concert showcase of Händel’s “Solomon.” Led by Harry Bicket, the concert will star Ann Hallenberg in the title role alongside Elena Villaón, Niamh O’Sullivan, James Way, Brandon Cedel, and Miah Persson. They will be joined by The English Concert and The Clarion Choir. Bicket {…}
https://operawire.com/los-angeles-opera-releases-statement-following-shooting-in-monterrey-park/
The Los Angeles Opera has released a statement following the mass shooting in Monterrey Park, California. The company said, “our hearts are heavy hearing the news of the shooting in Monterey Park. We send our condolences to the victims, their families, and their loved ones.” The statement by Los Angeles Opera comes as a gunman shot and killed 10 people. {…}