by David Maurer | Jun 5, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
It’s not often that operagoers get as many “firsts” as Dulce Rosa offers up at the Broad Stage. To begin with, this is the world premiere of an opera 10 years in the making; it is the first Isabel Allende story made into an opera; it is also the first full opera the...
by David Maurer | May 24, 2013 | Featured, Theater and Dance |
Theatergoers familiar with Antaeus in North Hollywood know that the renowned classical theater ensemble double casts its productions — as a way for the actors both to learn from each other and to better make a living by being available for work in TV and film. But...
by David Maurer | May 22, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
Sometimes the simplest recipes yield the most delicious results. In Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca we have love, lust and murder — a torrid triumvirate of terms cooked up by the marketing department at LA Opera. Yet it describes quite succinctly the dramatic feast that...
by David Maurer | Apr 19, 2013 | Theater and Dance |
For all you armchair adventurers out there, here’s a tip: sharpen your machete and hack a path down to the Ivy Substation in Culver City. There, the Actors’ Gang is mounting an extraordinary version of Joseph Conrad’s classic novel Heart of Darkness. Brian T. Finney...
by David Maurer | Mar 26, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
One of the pressing tasks of a modern opera company is to figure out how to put younger fannies into their seats as the Geritol generation gradually fades away. In the case of LA Opera, they can’t fail to notice that their elephantine competitor for entertainment...
