BWW Review: GIANNI SCHICCHI/L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES at Occidental College
by Maria Nockin - Feb 3, 2020
On February 2, 2020, Pacific Opera Project (POP) presented Giacomo Puccini and Giovacchino Forzano's 1918 Gianni Schicchi with Maurice Ravel and Colette's 1925 L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (The Child and the Magic Spells), a pair of lesser known operas, to a most receptive audience at Occidental
Verdi Chorus To Present Spring Concert In April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2019
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
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2019
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
by Maria Nockin - Jun 11, 2018
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's THE INVENTION OF MOREL Comes to The Beverly O'Neill Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2018
Long Beach Opera (LBO) presents the co-world premiere of 'The Invention of Morel,' by Stewart Copeland, co-founder and drummer of The Police, and the London-based actor, director and playwright Jonathan Moore, who also directs the production. LBO Artistic & General Director Andreas Mitisek conducts the opera.
BWW Interview: Kaminsky, Campbell and Reed Are AS ONE, Showing More Lives than a Cat with Opening at New Orleans Opera
by Richard Sasanow - May 31, 2017
You don't have to be transgender, or even an opera-lover, to be moved and haunted by AS ONE, the chamber opera by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed having its local debut June 2 at the New Orleans Opera. It's a work that will reach anyone who has come to terms with growing up, learning to live with themselves, dealing with the short-comings of others. In other words, all of us.
Long Beach Opera Presents AS ONE, 5/13
by Christina Mancuso - Apr 20, 2017
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
by BWW News Desk - Jul 31, 2015
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
by Matt Smith - Jul 30, 2015
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
by BWW News Desk - Jun 6, 2015
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
by BWW News Desk - May 7, 2015
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.
MARILYN FOREVER Makes U.S. Premiere with Long Beach Opera Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Mar 21, 2015
Long Beach Opera (LBO) takes on the private world of the most public life ever lived. The U.S premiere of Gavin Bryars' Marilyn Forever will be performed tonight, March 21 and March 29, 2015 at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro.
Center Stage Opera Presents LA TRAVIATA, 9/21-28
by BWW News Desk - Aug 18, 2014
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
by Diana Heisroth - Feb 20, 2014
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.