Verdi Chorus To Present Spring Concert In April
This Spring marks the start of the 36th season of the Verdi Chorus, who will present their Spring Concert, L'Amore e la Vita (Love and Life) for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on April 6 and 7. Led by Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum, the Verdi Chorus is the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus. This program, which Ketchum humorously calls the Rom-Com of opera, will feature selections from two Verdi operas I vespri siciliani and Ernani, three Donizetti operas - Don Pasquale, La fille du r giment and L'elisir d'amore, as well as operatic sequences from Bizet's Les p cheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Delibes' Lakm , and Puccini's La rondine.
The Verdi Chorus Announces Spring 2019 Concert Series
This Spring marks the start of the 36th season of the Verdi Chorus, who will present their Spring Concert, L'Amore e la Vita (Love and Life) for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on April 6 and 7. Led by Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum, the Verdi Chorus is the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus. This program, which Ketchum humorously calls the Rom-Com of opera, will feature selections from two Verdi operas I vespri siciliani and Ernani, three Donizetti operas - Don Pasquale, La fille du r giment and L'elisir d'amore, as well as operatic sequences from Bizet's Les p cheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Delibes' Lakm , and Puccini's La rondine.
BWW Review: LA CENERENTOLA at JUDY Bayley Theatre
Cinderella has fled the royal ball having left her bracelet with the Prince as a remembrance. On June 8, 23018, Opera Las Vegas presented a jubilant version of Gioacchino Rossini's LA CENERENTOLA (CINDERELLA) in Las Vegas at the University of Nevada's Judy Bayley Theatre. Director Audrey Chait injected some form of comedy, often slapstick, into every possible situation and the result was an evening of one laugh after another.
Long Beach Opera Presents AS ONE, 5/13
On May 13, 20. & 21, 2017, Long Beach Opera (LBO) will present the highly anticipated Southern California premiere of As One, an inspiring story about identity, authenticity and compassion by composer Laura Kaminsky with librettists Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed.
Center Stage Opera Presents OPERA UNDER THE STARS Tonight
Join us tonight, July 31, 8 pm, for an evening of beautiful music to match the natural beauty and glorious summer night sky of Rivendale Park in Newhall. Soprano Shira Renee Thomas, tenor Dylan F. Thomas, and mezzo-soprano Danielle Marcelle Bond will serenade you with favorites from opera and Broadway.
There's no admission charge, and no reservations required - just come and donate whatever you'd like. Bring a blanket, some folding chairs, perhaps a picnic dinner. Wine will be available for purchase as well.
For directions to Rivendale Park, click here. Opera Under The Stars is part of the LA Summerfest performance series. For details on other LA Summerfest events, click here.
Center Stage Opera to Present OPERA UNDER THE STARS, Today
Join us tomorrow night, July 31, 8 pm, for an evening of beautiful music to match the natural beauty and glorious summer night sky of Rivendale Park in Newhall. Soprano Shira Renee Thomas, tenor Dylan F. Thomas, and mezzo-soprano Danielle Marcelle Bond will serenade you with favorites from opera and Broadway.
There's no admission charge, and no reservations required - just come and donate whatever you'd like. Bring a blanket, some folding chairs, perhaps a picnic dinner. Wine will be available for purchase as well.
For directions to Rivendale Park, click here. Opera Under The Stars is part of the LA Summerfest performance series. For details on other LA Summerfest events, click here.
Center Stage Opera Presents Bizet's CARMEN, Now thru 6/20
From the stirring Overture to the Toreador Song and Habanera, the music of Carmen is among the most widely recognized and beloved in all of opera. Bizet's captivating portrait of the seductive gypsy woman, Carmen, is conveyed through a score that is stunning, magnetic, and unforgettable.
Center Stage Opera Presents Bizet's CARMEN, 6/6-20
From the stirring Overture to the Toreador Song and Habanera, the music of Carmen is among the most widely recognized and beloved in all of opera. Bizet's captivating portrait of the seductive gypsy woman, Carmen, is conveyed through a score that is stunning, magnetic, and unforgettable.
Center Stage Opera Presents LA TRAVIATA, 9/21-28
Tickets for Dylan F. Thomas' new production of Verdi's immortal La Traviata are already going fast! One of the most beloved operas of all time, La Traviata was also the inspiration for the hit film 'Pretty Woman' starring Julia Robers ('Violetta') and Richard Gere ('Alfredo'). But while Hollywood insists on a 'happily-ever-after' ending, opera (and real life) often takes a different direction. La Traviata's moving story and music will be brought to life on The Madrid Theatre stage by an outstanding cast, led by Shira Renee Thomas and Dylan F. Thomas at the Sunday 3 pm matinees (9/21,28), and byRachelle Woolston and Matthew Miles at the 7:30 pm Saturday evening performance (9/27). Brian Onderdonk leads The Center Stage Opera Orchestra through the lush score, and the English translation of the Italian libretto will be projected above the stage.
Long Beach Opera to Present the Southern California Debut of THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER, 3/16-22
Perhaps the most controversial opera of the 20th century makes its Southern California debut when Long Beach Opera (LBO) stages John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer on March 16 and March 22 at the Terrace Theater in downtown Long Beach. This powerful and unsettling work chronicles the 1985 hijacking of the Mediterranean cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinian terrorists and the murder of disabled Jewish-American passenger, Leon Klinghoffer. LBO's production is a partner presentation of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 'Minimalist Jukebox' Festival.