Dress yourself to the nines, toast yourselves with champagne, and treat your date to two operas for the price of one in the lustrous Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at The Music Center as LA Opera presents Highway 1, USA and The Dwarf in six performances Feb. 24 to March 17.
And what would opera—or love, for that matter—be without tragic stories of heartbreak?
In the first of the two short titles, Highway 1, USA, a long-awaited LA premiere from “the Dean of African-American composers” William Grant Still, a hardworking couple sees years of sacrifice shattered after a devastating betrayal from a family member.
After intermission, enter a gorgeous world out of Oscar Wilde’s imagination with Alexander Zemlinsky’s The Dwarf, a gothic fairytale of one-sided love and tragic heartbreak at the hands of a Spanish princess.
The titles are both important features in LA Opera’s “Recovered Voices” initiative that is dedicated to showcasing works from composers that have been historically neglected or censored due to oppression.
For more information and tickets, visit https://www.laopera.org/performances/202324-season/highway-1-usa-the-dwarf/