(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles) LA Opera has announced that its previously scheduled June 20 recital with Renée Fleming at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion has been reimagined as a cross-genre collaboration with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck. The showcase case, now titled “Renée Fleming with Béla Fleck: The Fiddle and the Drum,” is now set for Sept. 22, 2026 at Walt Disney {…}
(Credit: Cory Weaver) LA Opera’s 40th Anniversary Season concludes with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The company will revive Barrie Kosky’s production with James Conlon conducting, in his 20th and final season as the company’s Music Director. In a statement, Christopher Koelsch, LA Opera’s President and CEO said, “For two decades, James has been the artistic heart of LA Opera. While {…}
LA Opera has announced its fifth annual Los Angeles County Arts and Health Week Summit, set to take place on June 12 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Soprano Renée Fleming, who serves as LA Opera’s Special Projects Advisor and as a World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health, will host and introduce the day-long event, {…}
The LA Opera has announced a cast change for its 2026-27 season of “Candide.” The company said Deanna Breiwick will no longer be able to perform Cunegonde and will be replaced by Meghan Picerno. Breiwick also took to social media an said, “I want to share that I’ll be stepping away from Cunegonde in LA Opera’s upcoming production of Candide {…}
(Photo credit: L2 Artists) LA Opera will present Les Talens Lyriques and countertenor Key’mon Murrah in “Handelian Heroes” at Zipper Hall at The Colburn School on May 24, 2026. Murrah will perform arias from four of Händel’s “Ariodante,” “Julius Caesar,” “Xerxes,” and “Rinaldo.” Also on the program are instrumental works including the Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 2 and the {…}
LA Opera has announced the members of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program for the 2026-27 season, with four new arrivals joining five returning members. New singer members include soprano Alexis Seminario, tenor Samuel Wallace, and baritone Mario Manzo, chosen through preliminary auditions in New York, Cincinnati, and Los Angeles, with finals held before a panel that included Music Director James {…}
LA Opera has announced the 2026 recipients of the Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award. This year tenor Duke Kim and soprano Kathleen O’Mara received the award. The Stern Artist Award was established in 2021 by Eva and Marc Stern, two of the greatest champions and most dedicated supporters in the history of LA Opera. Each artist will receive $25,000. In {…}
The LA Opera’s professional artists will collaborate with more than 300 volunteer members of the Los Angeles musical community to present two free performances of Benjamin Britten’s “Noah’s Flood” at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The work will be conducted by Music Director James Conlon with performances taking place on May 8 and 9, 2026. The performance {…}
(Credit: Robert Millard) LA Opera is set to revive Giuseppe Verdi’s final masterpiece, “Falstaff.” Conducted by Music Director James Conlon and starring bass-baritone Craig Colclough in the title role, the opera will be performed between April 18 and May 10, 2026. The cast also includes soprano Nicole Heaston as Alice Ford and mezzo-soprano Hyona Kim as Mistress Quickly, along with {…}
OperaFest LA returns in 2026, continuing the collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles. The Wallis hosts the “OperaFest LA Kickoff “Panel and Performance. Performance Date:April 11, 2026 (The Wallis) Long Beach Opera presents “Central Park Five.” Performance Date: April 11, 2026 (440 Elm, Long Beach) The Industry hosts “Listening Parties” which blend live performances with recorded work and conversation {…}
LA Opera has appointed violinist Alyssa Park as Stuart Canin Concertmaster of the LA Opera Orchestra. Park, who will make her first appearances in the role in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Falstaff,” opening April 18 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, becomes only the second person to hold the named chair, established in perpetuity by Dunard Fund USA to honor Stuart Canin, who served {…}