by Julie Riggott | Sep 24, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
LA Opera’s “La Bohème” / Photo by Cory Weaver In 2017, Opéra National de Paris set its “La Bohème” in a spacecraft and on the moon. (The production comes back in 2020.) LA Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducted. It was bold and exciting, and...
by Julie Riggott | Sep 23, 2019 | Theater and Dance |
Lily Bright / Photo by Cheryl Mann When Lilly Bright retches on stage, you feel it in the back of your own throat. Her one-woman show, American Standard: A Story of Enough which premiered at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, follows a years-long battle with...
by Julie Riggott | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorized |
Camera Lucida / Photo courtesy of Philharmonic Society of Orange County The Philharmonic Society of Orange County is offering Culture Spot LA readers 20 percent off tickets to Camera Lucida on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. Comprised of world-class instrumentalists,...
by Julie Riggott | Aug 28, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
Manfred Honeck, the music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, can apparently read my mind and has been doing so for some time now. He seems to know what I want him and the PSO to record on the spectacular Fresh Series from Reference Recordings. For example,...
by Julie Riggott | Aug 27, 2019 | Theater and Dance |
Urban Bush Women / Photo by Hayim Heron IGNITE @ the FORD brings another stellar dance company to its hillside Hollywood location this Friday, Aug. 30, at 8 p.m. Urban Bush Women, now led by Co-Artistic Directors Chanon Judson-Johnson and Samantha Speis, will present...
