Somber Elgar and Tchaikovsky Program Offers Solace, Optimism
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With the war in Ukraine still raging unabated into the second week...this week’s somber LA Phil program is a reflection of the world at large.
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Salonen Returns with Something Old and Lots of New
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One of the many pleasures of resuming life post-Covid is seeing the return of beloved former Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, always adventurous and daring in his programming.
Read MoreOne Month in Review - 3 Conductors for 3 Pianists in LA
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On February 5, LA Phil went on to new heights with conductor Philippe Jordan, who gave a brilliant Russian program that would not soon be forgotten
Read MoreThibaudet Plays Debussy With a Passion
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Thibaudet produced some marvelous sonorities in “Voiles” and “Des pas sur la neige”, even injecting the impressionist-colored “Hills of Anacapri” (in Sicily) with heated Latin passion.
Read MoreRussian Week 2: Electric Partnership of MTT and Daniil Trifonov
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To describe 28-year-old Daniil Trifonov as classical music’s brightest young star pianist is in a sense to do him a disservice, for he is above all an artist.
Read MoreA Shockingly Good Russian Week with Dudamel and Pianist Seong-Jin Cho
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Cho, born in 1994, commands the technical brilliance and expressive power to rival and, in some cases, top the best of them. His K-pop star good looks did not hurt, either.
Read MoreThe Magic Returns in LA Opera's 'Flute'
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Kosky’s staging retains the same whimsical delights– a black widow spider Queen, Monostatos & co. turning to the Rockettes, Pamina and Papageno hopping over rooftops like a video game.
Read MoreGreat Music and Singing Bring Life to a Morbid 'La Bohème'
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Barrie Kosky's production is a not-completely-traditional production with a few surprises along the way.
Read MoreSet in the Roaring Twenties, LA Opera's Art Deco 'Traviata' is a Rip-Roaring Success
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Choreographer Kitty McNamee transforms the traditionally gypsy dance in the party scene into a Gatsby-like dance party of flapper showgirls, a jazz band, and fashionable partygoers in their chiffons and velvet.
Read MorePlácido Domingo in Full Control of LA Opera’s ‘Wild Cat’
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In his 151st career role, Maestro Domingo plays the title role of Juanillo, an outlaw known by the nickname “El Gato” (the “wildcat”).
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