By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor The Two Foscari What an evening! My friend and fellow opera lover Blossom Shores and I had the privilege of enjoying this early and less familiar work of Giuseppe Verdi, which opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on September 15.. As the Los Angeles Times critics Mark Swed so well [...]
By Jean Strauber Entertainment Editor Congratulations to Janai Brugger (pictured right), a member of LA Opera’s Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program, who was one of five winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions on March 18. Ms. Brugger will return to LA Opera in the leading role of Musetta in Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème” on [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor Albert Herring Comes To La Opera Opening Saturday, February 25 is the Benjamin Britten comic opera “Albert Herring.” Based on Guy de Mausassant’s short story “Le Rosier de Madame Husson” (Madame Husson’s Rose King), the action takes place in England, where Lady Billows is organizing the May Day festival. Usually [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Tips LA Opera’s Simon Boccanegra LA Opera’s company premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” opened last Saturday and, unfortunately, will only be here for six more performances through Sunday, March 4th. Giuiseppi Verdi, along with librettist Francesca Maria Pave, first produced the opera in 1857 when it was not well received [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor SHAKESPEARE in PASADENA A Noise Within, the Los Angeles acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, launches the 2011-2012 season with Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night or What You Will” in their new 33,000 square-foot state-of-the-art venue in Pasadena which will run from Saturday, October 29 to Friday, December 16, 2011. “Twelfth Night [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor Perlman at the Bowl Tuesday, September 6 will see famed violinist Itzhak Perlman in an all-Beethoven concert, both as soloist and conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Thursday night program features Beethoven’s two romances, the lighthearted Beethoven Symphony No. 8 and the most recognized piece of classical work, Beethoven’s [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor LA OPERA OPENS 2011/2012 SEASON Placido Domingo, LA Opera’s Elie and Edythe Broad General Director, has announced that LA Opera will open its 2011/2012 season with the company premiere of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” on Saturday, September 17, 2011. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor A “Welcome Back” Evening Out The public is invited to a “Welcome Back” free outdoor gathering from 5- 9:30 p.m. on September 10th at the Encino or Genesta Park (16953 Ventura Blvd, between Genesta and Paso Robles Avenues). You’ll have a great time with the movie Shrek to be shown [...]
By Jeanne Strauber Inside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in the Music Center, there’s a fairy-tale romance that ends happily between two lovers, the widow Anna Glawari and the handsome bachelor Count Danilo. Los Angeles Opera’s production of Franz Lehar’s delightful and entertaining operetta “The Merry Widow”, with a final waltz to the melodic Merry Widow [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Writer What a bargain at LA Opera! For only $20 (regularly $30-$220) you can purchase a ticket for any seat (subject to availability) in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the Friday May 18, 7:30 p.m., performance of Porgy and Bess and the Sunday May 20, 7:30 p.m., performance of The Merry [...]
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