by Julie Riggott | Nov 13, 2015 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
We need contemporary opera. The art form has to continue and evolve. That means opera houses have to challenge us with a “Moby-Dick” as much as they have to comfort us with another “La Bohème.” In that spirit, LA Opera brings us Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s...
by Julie Riggott | Nov 10, 2015 | Entertainment and Events |
Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz (TRK), the performance space at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, presents Márcio Faraco in concert, accompanied by musicians from both Brazil and France, on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. French-Brazilian composer and guitarist Faraco has...
by Julie Riggott | Nov 5, 2015 | Theater and Dance |
From her first performed works in the 1980s, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s activity has been consistent, yet always unexpected. Today she is one of the most prominent artists in contemporary dance. With Rosas: Then & Now, the Center for the Art of Performance...
by Julie Riggott | Nov 3, 2015 | Theater and Dance |
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway were a true odd couple, friends at some points and enemies at others — sometimes both on the same day. It’s a reality probably not too hard to understand when you consider their larger-than-life personalities, their desire for...
by Julie Riggott | Oct 27, 2015 | Theater and Dance |
Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz presents Grim and Fischer by Wonderheads, an award-winning comedy performed wordless and in full-face mask, that will take the audience to a wonderful world of imagination. In this play, the Grim Reaper meets his match in Mrs. Fischer, a...