3 wins for L.A. Opera, Pacific Opera Project, Independent Opera
If Los Angeles has a reputation for opera, it is as an outlier, a city freed from encrusted tradition and eager to invent. Long Beach…
Gustavo Santaolalla gives Spanish ‘Dracula’ new life for L.A. Opera
When L.A. Opera invited Gustavo Santaolalla to write a new score for the Spanish version of the 1931 film “Dracula” to be performed live with…
David Hockney’s magnificent ‘Turandot’ is reborn at L.A. Opera
When the curtain rises Saturday evening on Los Angeles Opera’s “Turandot,” composer Giacomo Puccini’s last work will feature the L.A. debut of the production’s biggest…
L.A. Opera defies elitist label with ‘La Traviata,’ ‘Noah’s Flood’
The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. The label is a fake, but one for which no cultural chemical capable of removing it…
James Conlon to exit as L.A. Opera music director in 2026
James Conlon, the second music director in Los Angeles Opera’s almost 40-year history, will step down from his role after the 2025-26 season, the company…