The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Los Angeles Opera
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Stephen Lawless' production of Il Trovatore at Los Angeles Opera, designed by Benoit Dugardyn, was rather dark and oppressive. Thankfully, the principal singers were adequate and the music is wonderful, so the performance came off well. Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky has pretty voice that is neither piercing nor shrill. Mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick was strong and clear…
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Last Friday I attended a performance of Die Zauberflöte at the Los Angeles Opera. The production left much to be desired. Apparently Los Angeles Opera has the opera confused with something else. Mozart’s last opera is fraught with multiple meanings, but Los Angeles Opera strove to be appealing to the lowest common denominator, to people…
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