LA Opera’s Music Director James Conlon conducted a vibrant and emotionally charged performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello based on William Shakespeare’s play Othello at the Music Center. Conlon explained in a pre-performance talk that Verdi had evolved away from the traditional
LA Opera continues its 2022/23 season at The Music Center with a revival of “Tosca,” Giacomo Puccini’s riveting drama of love, jealousy, depravity, and violence within a backdrop of religious and political turmoil. Soprano Angel Blue captivates as Tosca with her range
LA Opera continues its 2022/23 season with a revival of Tosca, Giacomo Puccini's enthralling tale of love, deception and corruption. In her U.S. debut, trailblazing Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv leads a heart-pounding production staged by the legendary director John Caird. Performances will take place from November 19
On March 19, 2022, LA Opera will present two performances of Carla Lucero's "The Three Women of Jerusalem" (Las tres mujeres de Jerusalén), conducted by Music Director James Conlon and performed by a cast of hundreds in a monumental staging at
Opening night was exciting from the moment I walked up the stairs of the Music Center and continued as I entered the plaza level. I could feel the excitement and magic in the air as many theatergoers including myself were back
An enthusiastic vaccinated and masked audience welcomed opening night of the LA Opera’s original production of Richard Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” conducted by James Conlon with tenor Issachach Savage in the leading role. Yulia Matochkina as Venus and Issachah Savage as Tannhauser
Just in time for the holidays, LA Opera presents Gioachino Rossini's fairytale romance “Cinderella” (La Cenerentola) from November 20 through December 12 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This delightfully entertaining spin on the ultimate rags-to-riches tale finds our spunky heroine (no damsel in distress
For the first time since 2013, the music of Richard Wagner has returned to LA Opera with a masterpiece of 19th-century German Romantic opera, “Tannhäuser.” The show opened on October 16, and will run through November 6, 2021. Read a review
The Broad Stage presents Birds in the Moon, a new chamber opera by Mark Grey and Júlia Canosa i Serra. Birds in the Moon is a fantastical story with live music, soundscapes and video projections that conveys the urgency and hope that
LA Opera presents the online world premiere of Death, a new Digital Short showcasing the music of one of the most celebrated composers of our time, Tyshawn Sorey. The project unites Sorey, a 2017 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (unofficially known as
