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Placido Domingo and Renee Fleming Return to LA Opera in THAIS and STREETCAR, 5/17

By: Apr. 18, 2014
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Two of opera's greatest superstars-Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming-will return to LA Opera in May, each starring in a major LA Opera premiere.

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From May 17 through June 7, Plácido Domingo performs the role of Athanaël in the Company premiere of Jules Massenet's Thaïs,opposite soprano Nino Machaidze in the title role. Massenet specialist Patrick Fourniller conducts an opulent production directed by Nicola Raab. The most beautiful courtesan in Alexandria, Thaïs holds an entire city in her thrall. One man alone, the monk Athanaël, weeps for her sins, but his pilgrimage to save the sinner's soul becomes a tortured journey of erotic obsession.

On May 18, 21 and 24, soprano Renée Fleming performs the iconic role of Blanche DuBois in the Los Angeles premiere of André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire, in performances conducted by Patrick Summers and directed by Brad Dalton. A highly charged adaptation of Tennessee Williams' classic play, the opera also stars bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as the hotheaded Stanley Kowalski, with soprano Stacey Tappan as Stella and tenor Anthony Dean Griffey as Blanche's guileless suitor Mitch.

Thaïs Performance Dates:
There will be six performances of Thaïs at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion:

  • Saturday, May 17, 2014, at 7:30pm
  • Sunday, May 25, at 2:00pm
  • Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 7:30pm
  • Sunday, June 1, at 2:00pm
  • Wednesday, June 4, at 7:30pm (KCRW Night)
  • Saturday, June 7, at 7:30pm (ARIA Night; Hispanics for LA Opera Night; Plácido Domingo Awards Dinner)

For complete casting and additional information about Thaïs,please click here.

Streetcar Performance Dates:
There will be three performances of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion:

  • Sunday, May 18, 2014, at 5pm
  • Wednesday, May 21, at 7:30pm
  • Saturday, May 24, 2014, at 7:30pm

For complete casting and additional information about A Streetcar Named Desire, please click here.

Address and Ticket Information:
Performances will take place at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, located at 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90012. Tickets for Thaïs (starting at $19) and for A Streetcar Named Desire(starting at $17) are now on sale at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Box Office, by phone at 213.972.8001 or online atwww.LAOpera.org. For disability access, call 213.972.0777 or email laopera@laopera.org.

Concert Performance of Thaïs in Orange County
Additionally, Segerstrom Center for the Arts will present a concert performance of Thaïs on May 27 at 7:30pm with the same soloists, as well as the LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus, under the baton of Maestro Fournillier. For more information about this performance, please click here.



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