Whether camping it up with a debauched La Calisto, or playing it straight outdoors atop church rooftops in Tosca,...
Classical Music and Opera
Free Tickets to Los Angeles Master Chorale
Adding a final flourish to the holiday season, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by Artistic Director Grant Gershon,...
Review: Dudamel Conducts Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky
After more than a month’s absence from the LA Phil, Dudamel returned in late November to conduct his final series of...
Review: ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ at LA Opera
I was reminded while watching LA Opera’s latest production, Florencia en el Amazonas, of the 1982 film Fitzcarraldo,...
Review: Cristian Macelaru Conducts Ravel, Elgar and Penderecki
There has been a lot of subbing at the LA Phil recently. A little less than a month ago the young pianist Behzod...
Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen and LA Phil Perform “Visions of America: Amériques”
If revolutions require a spark to ignite, then a logistical glitch during the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s preparation...
Two New Scarlatti Discs From Igor Kamenz and Orion Weiss
The keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti have undergone somewhat of a revival as of late, with multiple artists...
Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Heroic ‘Eroica’ With the LA Phil
They say that you can never go home again, but 30 years after his U.S. conducting debut with the Los Angeles...
Review: ‘Dido & Aeneas’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’
What connects a 17th-century English Baroque opera, Dido & Aeneas, to an early 20th-century Hungarian opera based...