Looking for something pretty, witty and bright? LA Opera can offer a production of West Side Story when it kicks off its 40th anniversary season in September at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Music ...

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I went into LA Opera’s current offering, Michael Cavanagh’s staging of Mozart’s Così fan tutte without any preconceived notions of the libretto, and the program prepared me for the worst. Notes ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With just over two weeks until opening night of the L.A. Opera's production of Il Trovatore, a major drama is playing out behind the scenes. The performers are ready, the props ...

LA Opera has announced details for the company's 40th anniversary season, which will launch on September 20, 2025. In his 20th season with the company—his final season as Music Director before ...

Different movies, sometimes of totally opposite genres, often employed the very same props, costumes, and even sets. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. There are, in fact, fan ...

After more than four decades leading some of the world’s greatest musicians, there’s not much left on the career bucket list for maestro James Conlon. But this week, the LA Opera music director of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Domingo Hindoyan will succeed James Conlon as music director of the LA Opera and start a five-year contract on July 1, 2026. The appointment of the 45-year-old Venezuelan-Armenian, the ...

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, ...

The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the Bardo” will instead open at New York’s ...

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