Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Looking for something pretty, witty and bright? LA Opera can offer a production of West Side Story when it kicks off its 40th ...

The LA Opera is alive and thriving, with a robust lineup of programs for its 2026/2027 season, reflecting the diversity of Los Angeles. Through imaginative new productions, world premiere commissions, ...

LA Opera President and CEO Christopher Koelsch has announced details for the company's 39th season. Music Director James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other ...

LA Opera has announced details for the company's 40th anniversary season, which will launch on September 20, 2025. In his 20th season with the company—his final season as Music Director before ...

LA Opera announced Tuesday it will present two free performances of Benjamin Britten's "Noah's Flood'' next month at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles, featuring a cast ...

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As an audience member accurately put it, “Akhnaten” is quite a trip. Curtains rose on the LA Opera’s newest masterpiece at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Feb. 28, where it will remain until its sweeping ...

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The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. The label is a fake, but one for which no cultural chemical capable of removing it has yet proved effective. Still, opera populists are trying and ...

James Conlon will conduct that classic as well as productions of ‘Falstaff’ and ‘The Magic Flute’ as he concludes his 20-year run as music director. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Looking for something ...