Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that sporting events and concerts may not resume until 2021 due to the coronavirus. In an interview with CNN, Garcetti said, “It’s difficult to imagine us getting together in the thousands anytime soon, so I think we should be prepared for that this year.” He added, “I think we all have never wanted science {…}
LA Opera has announced the slate for its LAO at Home program for the week starting on April 20, 2020. The week kicks off with tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz providing a living room recital in both English and Spanish. The recital kicks off at 4 p.m. PDT. On Tuesday, the company is providing Opera Family Time with soprano soprano Jamie Chamberlin {…}
The Los Angeles Opera has announced its scheduled for LAO at Home during the week of April 13-16. The company will showcase a living room recital on Monday, April 13 at 7 p.m. PDT / 10 p.m. EDT featuring such artists as Morris Robinson, Janai Brugger, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, and Erin Morley, with a focus on what they are doing to {…}
The LA Opera has announced that choreographer John Todd has died. In a social media post the company announced the news stating, “We are so saddened to learn about the passing of director and choreographer, John Todd, who choreographed our 2016 run of “La Bohéme” and was an associate choreographer for several productions.” Todd grew up in the Carolinas and {…}
The LA Opera has unveiled the slate for its “LAO at Home” program for the week between April 6-10. The weekly streaming service will kick off on Monday with a living room recital headlined by soprano Janai Brugger. The recital starts at 4 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. ET. On Tuesday at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET, the {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / LA Opera) The LA Opera is looking to add to its current slate of online streaming by including performances of past productions. The company recently kicked off a series of Living Room Recitals with a number of young artists, but it will now start giving audiences opera showcases, starting with Bizet’s “Carmen” starring Ana María Martinez {…}
The LA Opera is slated to present living room recitals online starting on March 17 all the way through March 21, 2020. All the programs will kick off at 4 p.m. local time and will run until 5 p.m. All concerts can be viewed via the company’s official Facebook page. The recital program kicks off on March 17 with Erica {…}
The LA Opera and Philadelphia Orchestra have canceled upcoming performances due to the coronavirus. In a statement the LA Opera announced that “the performance of ‘Roberto Devereux’ for Saturday, March 14th has been cancelled due to the statewide effort to curb spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).” The company also noted that the “LA Opera takes the safety and health {…}
(Credit: Karen Almond/ Dallas Opera) “…[A] dramatist of considerable dramatic sophistication, capable of great irony in his musical treatment,” so says Stephen Lawless of Gaetano Donizetti. The comment appears in a director’s note in the program booklet for Los Angeles Opera’s production of Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux” which opened Feb. 22 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. A Stunning Production & Leader {…}
There is a famous painting by Gustave Moreau called “Thracian Girl Carrying the Head of Orpheus on His Lyre” from 1865. The foreground shows exactly what the title describes. The background is harder to make out: some people are gathered on a cliff, one of them playing an aulos. Small tortoises walk near the Thracian woman’s feet, happily sauntering about {…}
(Credit: Fay Fox) The LA Opera has announced that Angela Meade will be performing the role of Elizabeth I in its upcoming production of “Roberto Devereux.” Meade will be replacing Davinia Rodriguez, who was originally scheduled to take on the run, but is withdrawing due to illness. Rodriguez is the third high-profile cast change for this production after the withdrawal {…}