Making its highly anticipated world premiere this past weekend, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new opera Hildegard, about an important medieval composer and mystic, proved a dazzling experience. Musically, dramatically, and...
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Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw”
Benjamin Britten’s chilling mid-century opera The Turn of the Screw is a haunting psychological thriller that transforms Henry James’ ghost story into an intense chamber opera of ambiguity and dread. With its spare...
Grand Ave Arts: All Access – October 25 DTLA
Grand Ave Arts: All Access is happening on October 25! This annual, one-day event will be staged along Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, from Temple to 6th Street, between 11 am–4 pm. Dive into a vibrant arts and...
LA Opera’s “West Side Story” – reviewed
Possibly the greatest musical ever created, West Side Story – a modern version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set on the mean streets of New York during the turbulent fifties – is now playing at the...
World premier of “Hildegard” – coming to the Wallis in November
LA Opera’s Off Grand performances this year include the world premiere of Hildegard, a new opera by Sarah Kirkland Snider based on the writings of composer and mystic Hildegard von Bingen, to be presented at The...