United States Various: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal / Rafael Payare (conductor). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 27.10.2026. (LV)
Rafael Payare and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal light up Disney Hall
Los Angeles
An ornate, obscure Carmen at the Los Angeles Opera
United States Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 25.10.2026. (JRo)
Tiler Peck leads an exhilarating Jerome Robbins program in Los Angeles
United States ‘Ballet Festival: Jerome Robbins’: Dancers of New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet. Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 23.10.2026. (JRo)
Music and art align in Harvest, Yvette Janine Jackson’s avant-garde soundscape
United States Yvette Janine Jackson, Harvest: Artists of Radio Opera Workshop / Yvette Janine Jackson (conductor). The Nimoy at UCLA, Los Angeles, 2.10.2026. (JRo)
Webern Quartet’s romantic Robert Schumann highlights a summer afternoon at LA’s Music Guild
United States ‘Time and Texture’ – Haydn, Schubert, R. Schumann: Webern Quartet (Benjamin Hoffman, Chiai Tajima [violins], Alex Granger [viola], Stella Cho [cello]). Music Guild, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 2.8.2026. (LV)
Hugo Marchand leads a stellar troupe of dancers from Paris Opera Ballet in Los Angeles
United States ‘BalletNOW, Superstars of Paris’: Dancers of Paris Opera Ballet, Elena Bonnay (piano), Julie Sévilla-Fraysse (cello). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 1.8.2026. (JRo)
New York City Ballet returns to LA with two Balanchine works and ballets by Peck and Wheeldon
United States Various: Dancers of New York City Ballet, NYCB Orchestra / Andrew Litton (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 27.6.2026. (JRo)
Superb cast and Dudamel’s vigorous conducting make three-evening Die Walküre a winner in Los Angeles
United States Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel / (conductor). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 19-21.5.2026. (HS)
