by Stephi Wild - February 20, 2025
GRAMMY-nominated Lebanese-American tenor Roy Hage made his LA Opera debut this week, joining the original cast of Adoration for its West Coast premiere in collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects. ...
by A.A. Cristi - February 11, 2025
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 becoming Conductor Laureate—James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other m...
by Andrew Child - February 02, 2025
O’Hara has approached the entire evening with such severe gravitas and humble respect that familiar messages seem to land fresh on even jaded ears. How else are we meant to keep singing right now?...
by Shari Barrett - January 16, 2025
Oklahoma native Kelli O'Hara won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of The King and I. She then went on to win accolades for reprising the role in London and Tokyo. A frequent performer on PBS's live telecasts...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 23, 2024
LA Opera will present the revival of Gounod's ROMEO AND JULIET, marking Kitty McNamee's directorial debut. McNamee will also choreograph, promising a fresh take on the classic. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...
by Andrew Child - May 22, 2024
A sharp blade wielded threateningly, forced perspective creating looming palatial walls, the rotting heads of failed suitors, and a princess literally shrouded in mystery quickly orient us within Puccini’s iconic fairytale....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 09, 2024
LA Opera will present the world premiere of a major new commission: the orchestral song cycle Fire and Blue Sky by Emmy-winning composer Joel Thompson and librettist Imani Tolliver. Learn how to purchase tickets !...
by Joshua Wright - April 08, 2024
Get a first look at LA Opera's production of Giuseppe Verdi's beloved romantic tragedy, La Traviata, starring soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen - now on stage through April 27th, 2024....
by BWW Contests - April 08, 2024
Enter to win two tickets to see Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes at LA Opera on April 20th, 2024. The prize includes a pair of tickets. Transportation to and from the venue and lodging are not provided....
by Stephi Wild - April 05, 2024
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2024/2025 Season programming lineup. Learn more about the lineup here!...
Adoration makes its West Coast premiere at LA Opera, featuring GRAMMY-nominated tenor Roy Hage in his debut role as Sami. Composed by Mary Kouyoumdjian with ...
Two feuding families rule Verona, with the Montagues and Capulets each determined to write their victory in blood. A chance meeting between Romeo Montague and ...
Lights, camera, action: An American officer in turn-of-the-century Japan wants a bride, and a greedy marriage broker obliges, assuring him that the union can be ...
Gather your blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic baskets to come experience the music and drama of Madame Butterfly under the stars. This opera gets a ...
He's a beloved leader, a distinguished military commander and a devoted husband. But when an envious subordinate introduces the notionjust the slightest whispered hintthat Othello's ...
Free live broadcast of LA Opera's Otello at Santa Monica Pier. Gather your blankets and lawn chairs, pack your picnic and come ...
Free live broadcast of LA Opera's Otello at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Gather your blankets and lawn chairs, pack your picnic and come experience the ...
Lost in the forest, a prince encounters an ethereal beauty with a mysterious past (and lush locks that would make Rapunzel envious). But after she's ...
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something threatening to throw Figaros wedding plans into disarray. Count Almaviva's wandering eye has landed on his wife's ...
Floria Tosca, the famous opera singer, seems to have it all. Audiences cherish her artistryand adore hearing about her tempestuous offstage romances. But as storms ...
In 1807, a 37-year-old scholar living in West Africa was captured and forced aboard a slave ship bound for Charleston, South Carolina. Omar Ibn Said's ...
We're back for our hugely popular annual Halloween mash-up of film and opera at the Theatre at Ace Hotel. This time weve got the Boris ...
Lucia is trapped in an impossible situation. Her abusive brother hates the man she loves. Worse, he's forcing her to marry someone else in a ...
Relationships are hard work. Especially when it's between a prisoner of war and her captor. Oh, and their love has to remain a secret (for ...
Awe-inspiring in its complexity, universal in its appeal, Bach's St. Matthew Passion is considered by many to be the single greatest masterpiece of western sacred ...
In this comedy, true love conquers all even a pompous stepfather and two self-absorbed stepsisters.Rossinis delightfully entertaining spin on the ultimate rags-to-riches tale finds our ...
After escaping an erotic entrapment with the goddess Venus, Tannhuser returns to the real world to pursue the virtuous love of a mortal woman. But ...
Dangerous passions, fatal mistakes and terrible secrets leave two families filled with a bitter thirst for revenge. To make matters worse, two brothers unwittingly fall ...
Stravinsky based Oedipus Rex on the ancient Greek tragedy of the same name by Sophoclesyes, the one where Oedipus unknowingly kills his own father and ...
LA Opera has announced that the new Digital Shorts series will launch with The Five Moons of Lorca (Las cinco lunas de Lorca) by composer ...
The Anonymous Lover will be the inaugural presentation of LA Opera's On Now initiative to make streaming a permanent part of its programming. Under the ...
The Anonymous Lover will be the inaugural presentation of the company's new LA Opera On Now platform. After becoming the first major American Opera Company ...
On tap for the week to come is a performance from Craig Colclough on Thursday, NOVEMBER 5, at 4pm PT. A frequent performer with LA ...
Join host Jeremy Frank (LAO's associate chorus master) at the piano, pour yourself something tasty to drink, and enjoy this week's Halloween-themed episode of Opera ...
Baritone Michael J. Hawk, a member of the company's young artist program, partners with pianists Nino Sanikidze, Brendon Shapiro and Louis Lohraseb for a recital ...
Music Director James Conlon hosts an informal morning chat about all things opera, taking on audience questions. Readers are invited to submit questions by clicking ...
Gather the kids for a fun-filled musical adventure with soprano Jamie Chamberlin and tenor Nathan Granner (and Esther the opera dog!). On this episode of ...
Kelsey Grammer and Christine Ebersole star in Bernstein's round-the-world romp! Freewheeling and funny, satirical and soaring, Candide takes the audience on a whirlwind tour of ...
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RENT in Concert
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Porn Rock: The Obscenity Trial of Jello Biafra
Eastwood PAC (3/1 - 3/23) | |
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Jaxx Theatre (3/13 - 3/29) | |
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Tchaikovsky & Schubert
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/14 - 3/16) | |
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RHINESTONE COWBOYS
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (3/22 - 3/23) | |
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Bella Notte
Bella Cucina Italian Restaurant (11/23 - 3/15) | |
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JUNO BIRCH: THE PROBED TOUR
White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs (5/28 - 5/28) | |
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Parade
Ahmanson Theatre (6/17 - 7/12) | |
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The Linkin Park Tribute and Tribute To Nirvana
The Canyon – Agoura Hills (3/13 - 3/13) | |
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Henry Mancini at 100
Bram Goldsmith Theater at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (5/22 - 5/22) | |
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