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Category: Die Vögel

  • LA Opera’s The Birds Media Round-Up

    Production Web Site | Press Photographs Reviews: The Opera Tattler | Out West Arts | OC Register | Variety | FT.com | LA Times | New York Times

  • The Birds at LA Opera

    * Notes * Walter Braunfels' Die Vögel opened at LA Opera last night. Unfortunately, the production did not cohere. Good Hope and Loyal Friend were dressed in a nondescript early twentieth century manner, they looked more American than Athenian. The Birds, on the other hand, were garishly dressed, some were adorned with Isis Wings, invoking…

  • LA Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 6-26 2008: Il TritticoSeptember 7-26 2008: The FlyOctober 2-18 2008: Madama ButterflyNovember 15- December 14 2008: CarmenJanuary 10-25 2009: Die ZauberflöteFebruary 21- March 15 2009: Das RheingoldApril 4-25 2009: Die WalküreApril 11-26 2009: Die VögelMay 21- June 21 2009: La Traviata Two U.S. premieres and the company's first Der Ring des Nibelungen. Quite a…