Concert and opera reviews from Southern California.
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 MoreBarrie Kosky's production is a not-completely-traditional production with a few surprises along the way.
Read MoreChoreographer 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 MoreIn his 151st career role, Maestro Domingo plays the title role of Juanillo, an outlaw known by the nickname “El Gato” (the “wildcat”).
Read MoreVisually, the LA Opera production is a stunner. The grand mise-en-scène of Thaddeus Strassberger, dramatic lighting of JAX Messenger, and brilliant costumes by Mattie Ullrich all come together to evoke the classical grandeur of Ancient Rome.
Read MoreKorean lyric soprano Yunah Lee is a touching, detailed and delicate Cio-Cio-San, more adapt, perhaps, in emotional force and tragic power of Acts II and III than as a fifteen-year-old Geisha girl of Act I.
Read MoreDoug Fitch's production features colorful visuals – fantastical creatures of the forest, lush sylvan scenery, fanciful costumes and elaborate video projection special effects.
Read MoreLA Opera’s 2018 staging of Glass’s “Satyagraha” is a down-to-the-details revival of Phelim McDermott’s highly acclaimed production first unveiled at the ENO in 2007
Read MoreAt age 78, Mr. Domingo is neither the most elegant of Verdi baritones nor the most lustrous, but his tones are so personal, the expression so warm in humanity, that make his Rodrigo so memorable.
Read MoreFor the Sunday performance of Verdi’s “Otello”, the sound engineers clearly flattered the dynamic conducting of Gustavo Dudamel. The results were some incredibly exciting passages…
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