Tag: LA Opera
Kitty McNamee Choreographs Her Move Into the Director’s Chair
"In my mind it should have gone smoothly. This should've been a romantic comedy, but the parents had to get in there and society had to get in there."
Kaneza Schaal Takes a Trip Down Highway 1, USA
"We rely on our dreamers and the people who have built worlds when the world was against them."
Librettist Nilo Cruz: “Frida and Diego Belong to the World”
"I think that we have become so cynical that we need something else in order to believe in love again. That's what we do in this opera."
Bass-Baritone Luca Pisaroni Believes There are No Small Parts
Though he's sung the title role of "Don Giovanni" at the Met, he jumped at the chance to sing Don Basilio at LA Opera
Rachel Willis-Sørensen: Desdemona Is Strong
"I just don't see her as weak because I think it's too easy to say that only weak people become the victims of abuse."
Marc Kudisch: Trade Talk
"We are all people that are imprisoned in this novel of fiction that we write in our heads every day of our lives."
Revisiting Best Bets
Two operas, two plays, one jazz concert - all former best bets you have another chance to see
Angel Blue Comes Home with “Tosca”
"Any woman who can put herself into Tosca's shoes, make it through the whole evening and come off stage with their head held high - you've done a great thing."
Jamez McCorkle Contemplates His Role in “Omar”
"I myself am very contemplative about everything. I don't necessarily wear my emotions on my sleeve, but when I'm on stage as an opera singer something just changes and I just become this extremely emotive person."
Conductor Lina González-Granados Considers “Lucia”…
"I honestly think that there is nothing more gaslighting than this opera. Even the orchestra speaks for her before she can."