Tag: LA Opera
Janai Brugger Looks at La Bohème from Both Sides Now
"Having done Musetta helps me bring things into Mimì, and if I do Musetta again, Mimì will inform her too."
Best Bets: November 3rd – November 9th
Cultural Attaché's Best Bets: November 3rd - November 9th is bursting at the seams. We open with a world premiere opera and follow that...
Best Bets: February 17th – February 23rd
With the holiday weekend in the United States, this week’s Best Bets truly begin on Tuesday the 18th. But why break tradition now? Here...
Kelli O’Hara in the Role of a Lifetime…Herself
"I've never thought that any of this was expected. I probably spend more time wondering when it might go away. "
Top 12 of 2024: KANEZA SCHAAL
The acclaimed opera direct talks about William Grant Still and the future for operas by Black composers.
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."