Broadway legend Audra McDonald returns to LA Opera backed by the LA Opera Orchestra and her four-piece ensemble (led by musical director Andy Einhorn) December 2, 2023. Be prepared to experience the ...

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The Los Angeles Opera has scrapped plans for the world premiere of Mason Bates' "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" this fall because of finances. The work will instead open with a student ...

On Saturday, October 3, LA Opera presented Opera at the Beach, a live broadcast in high-definition from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to the big screen at the Santa Monica Pier. Over 4,000 people ...

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Southern California isn't exactly known as Cloak Country, the sort of chilly and misty destination where dramatic capes and cloaks are found in every closet. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, ...

2 Photos: First Look at the Metropolitan Opera’s New Production of Bellini’s I PURITANI 3 Review Roundup: I PURITANI at the Metropolitan Opera 4 Video: Lisette Oropesa Sings Act II Aria From I ...

Based on the Academy Award-winning 1994 Italian film andthe 1985 novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skarmeta, Il Postino tells the story of a young postman who discovers the courage to pursue his ...

For L.A. Opera’s production of “Akhnaten,” countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo has to sing in English, ancient Egyptian, Biblical Hebrew and Akkadian for up to 10 minutes straight while sustaining many ...

The embattled opera singer Plácido Domingo resigned Wednesday as general director of LA Opera, the company that he helped found and that he led for more than 15 years. The news broke in the midst of ...

Thirty is not old in opera. An art form that’s been around for more than three centuries, it is also an art form that takes the long view. Classic 1950s and 1960s opera recordings of standard ...