With a performance that gives tribute to the land and to nature, as well as celebrating the 40th anniversary of the company, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre presents Rice — an elemental depiction of the life cycle of rice and...
Category - Classical
Pauline Adamek
Palm Springs Opera Guild of the Desert holds 32nd Annual Voice Competition
Last weekend, the Palm Springs Opera Guild of the Desert held its 32nd Annual Voice Competition at the Helene Galen Performing Arts Center at Rancho Mirage High School. The Guild, approaching its 50th anniversary, is an...
Ash Revell
“Norma” LA Opera review
Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma arrived at the LA Opera last week for six performances through December 13th. Norma is set during the Roman Empire and tells the story of a Druid priestess in ancient Gaul who has fallen...
Dazzling staging – LA Opera’s “Moby Dick” – Los Angeles opera review
With its themes of insanity, obsession, brotherhood, loss, capitalism, freedom — to name a few — Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is considered one of the great works of American literature. Epic stories naturally lend...
“Luisa Miller” – Opera review of the San Francisco Opera production
The 2015/16 San Francisco opera season opened on September 11th with a revival of Francesca Zambello’s production of Verdi’s Luisa Miller. Luisa Miller, based on the play “Kabale und Liebe” (Intrigue and Love) by...