The LA Philharmonic stages an opera performance in concert at the Hollywood Bowl every summer. This year, that opera was Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata (“The Fallen Woman”). Based on Alexandre Dumas’ “La dame aux...
Category - Classical
Ash Revell
Warner Bros. Presents Bugs Bunny At The Symphony – 25th Anniversary! At the Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles concert review
WEEKEND SPECTACULARS at the Hollywood Bowl continue this summer. For 25 hilarity-filled years, Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes pals have teamed up with live orchestras playing those phenomenal Carl Stalling scores in...
Pauline Adamek
Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015 – travel festival review
World class ballet dancers, top flight wines, seasoned jazz musicians, divine fare from fine restaurants — even on this, its final weekend, the Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015, continues to impress with the...
Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015 – Annual Gala 2015 Auction Preview – travel festival report
Countdown! The Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the region’s cultural vitality, is happening soon! The 10-day festival runs from July 17-26, 2015 and is comprised of...
“The Trojans” – San Francisco Opera mounts spectacular production of Berlioz masterpiece – Opera review
Hector Berlioz felt a strong connection to Virgil’s epic poem Aeneid and so when he began to compose his opera The Trojans / Les Troyens, based on Books 2 & 4 of the poem, it was a labor of love. Berlioz wrote the...