Numi Opera and its inaugural production — Alexander Von Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg based on a story by Oscar Wilde — is...
Classical Music and Opera
Discount tickets to Philharmonic Society of Orange County concert with Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk
The Philharmonic Society of Orange County is offering Culture Spot LA readers a discount on tickets to its Thursday,...
Review: Salonen Conducts the Pines of Rome
LA Phil’s Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Solenen was still in town this past weekend from his two-week Stravinsky...
Review: Salonen conducts Stravinsky
On Saturday night, Esa-Pekka Salonen returned (did he ever really leave?) to Southern California to conduct his old...
Review: Pacific Opera Project’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ at the Aratani Theatre
The libretto for Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” is in Italian, but the characters are American and Japanese. What if,...
Review: Cameron Carpenter plays Bach at Disney Hall
On Sunday night the American organist Cameron Carpenter wowed and dazzled what one organ series subscriber called the...
Review: Mozart’s ‘The Clemency of Titus’ at LA Opera
Though commissioned to celebrate the coronation of Leopold II in Prague in 1791, and based on Titus Flavius...
Review: Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s Ninth
This past weekend, Gustavo Dudamel undertook the Herculean task of conducting Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 in D...
Review: Pianist Dang Thai Son Performs at Cal State Fullerton
One doesn’t often get the chance to hear a performance by a First Prize winner and Gold Medalist of the International...