The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Los Angeles Opera
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* Notes * Los Angeles Opera is nearly done with a run of a new Le nozze di Figaro, with a final performance this Sunday. The charming co-production with Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra national de Lorraine, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, and Opéra de Lausanne features a ladder into the orchestra pit and ramps…
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September 26- October 18 2020: Il TrovatoreOctober 18– November 7 2020: TannhäuserNovember 21–December 13 2020: La CenerentolaJanuary 30– February 21 2021: Don GiovanniFebruary 27- March 21 2021: Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves April 15-18 2021: Du Yun’s In Our Daughter’s EyesApril 30 2021: Tamerlano (concert version)May 15- June 5 2021: Aida Los Angeles Opera announced…
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* Notes * Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito is nearly through a run at Los Angeles Opera. The singing is top-notch with strong support from the orchestra and a sumptuous staging. The new production, directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, who also designed the scenery, is recalls the Pre-Raphaelites, especially Frederic Leighton. There are many projections, and this…
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September 14- October 6 2019: La BohèmeOctober 12–20 2019: The Light in the PiazzaNovember 16–December 15 2019: The Magic FluteFebruary 1–23 2020: Matthew Aucoin's EurydiceFebruary 22- March 14 2020: Roberto Devereux May 1-3 2020: Du Yun's Angel's BoneMay 2-23 2020: Pelléas et MélisandeMay 8 2020: Rodelinda (concert version)June 6–28 2020: The Marriage of Figaro Los…
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* Notes * Choreographer John Neumeier's production of Orphée et Eurydice (final ovation pictured left) opened at Los Angeles Opera last week. Dance companies seem to love this opera by Gluck, and this co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet is no exception. The reworking of the libretto to be contemporary, with Orpheus…
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September 22- October 14 2018: Don CarloOctober 20–November 11 2018: SatyagrahaOctober 27–31, 2018: Joby Talbot’s VampyrNovember 17–December 15 2018: Hansel and GretelNovember 29–December 2 2018: Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkin’s Prism February 22-23 2019: David Lang’s the loserMarch 2–24 2019: La Clemenza di Tito April 27–May 19 2019: Manuel Penella’s El Gato MontésJune 1–22 2019:…
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* Notes * LA Opera just did a short but sweet run of Philip Glass' La Belle et la Bête with the Jean Cocteau film at the ACE Hotel Theatre. It is hard to imagine a cooler venue for the production, the flagship movie house of United Artists is glorious in its 1920s splendor, decked…
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September 9-23 2017: CarmenOctober 7-28 2017: The Pearl FishersOctober 14-November 19 2017: NabuccoOctober 28-31 2017: La Belle et la BeteNovember 9-12 2017: Keeril Makan's PersonaJanuary 27- February 18 2018 Bernstein's Candide March 10-25 2018: Orpheus and EurydiceMay 12- 31 2018: RigolettoMay 26 2018: Matthew Aucoin's CrossingJune 22-24 2018: Gordon Getty's Usher House and Canterville Ghost…
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* Notes *Los Angeles Opera's recent Akhnaten, which closed last Sunday with a matinee performance, was nothing short of spectacular. With Philip Glass' hypnotic score, an excellent cast, and a grand production featuring acrobats and a flexible, multi-level set, it was hard to look away from the stage for even a second. This is the…
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September 17- October 16 2016: MacbethOctober 19-23 2016: Ted Hearne’s The SourceOctober 29-31 2016: Nosferatu with score from Matthew AucoinNovember 5-27 2016: AkhnatenDecember 2-5 2016 Bernstein’s Wonderful Town (semi-staged)January 28- February 19 2017: The Abduction from the SeraglioFebruary 18- March 19 2017: SalomeMarch 25- April 8 2017: The Tales of HoffmannApril 22- May 13 2017:…
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