Sinister, menacing and timely—LA Opera’s 2025 revival of Rigoletto reconceives Verdi’s 1851 tragedy with a dark, noir aesthetic that feels both politically charged and emotionally potent. Conceived as a fever dream of...
“California knows how to party” The chill grooves of the mid-nineties were on display last night at the famed Hollywood Bowl. On Saturday, June 8, the Hollywood Bowl transformed into a time machine, transporting...
The Getty has announced the completion of a complex, three-year conservation treatment of a rescued Artemisia Gentileschi painting. Five years after surviving a massive explosion in Beirut, the large-scale masterpiece...
In my most recent review on this site, I discussed my general wariness about imposing new directorial takes or twists on Shakespeare works. Once in a rare while, these changes can illuminate the piece in an...