PERSONA - LA Opera at REDCAT
November 10-12
The work of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman has inspired a musical (Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music), a Woody Allen comedy (Love and Death) and now an opera. Persona is one of Bergman’s most memorable films and now LA Opera is presenting an opera written by Keeril Makan with a libretto by Jay...
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