United States Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: LA Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Eun Sun Kim (conductor. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 5.3.2020. (DD)
LA Opera’s Roberto Devereux features superb singing and their outstanding orchestra
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Depth, wit and something to chew on in Los Angeles Opera’s new Eurydice
United States Matthew Aucoin, Eurydice: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Los Angeles Opera / Matthew Aucoin (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. 1.2.2020. (HS)
(Photo: Cory Weaver, courtesy Los Angeles opera)
In Los Angeles, a Beethoven rarity from Camerata Pacifica
United States Beethoven, Nielsen, Dvořák: Camerata Pacifica (Jasmine Choi [flute], Nicholas Daniel and Claire Brazeau [oboe], Jose Franch-Ballester and Pascal Archer [clarinet], Judith Farmer and William Short [bassoon], William Wood [contrabassoon], Martin Owen, Steven Becknell and Amy Sanchez [French horn], Ani Aznavoorian [cello], Timothy Eckert [bass]), Zipper Concert Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles. 16.1.2020. (LV)
The Death of Orpheus comes to life in East Hollywood
United States Landi, The Death of Orpheus (La morte d’Orfeo): Soloists, Guest musicians and members of the LA Opera Orchestra / Stephen Stubbs (conductor). Los Angeles Opera, El Cid, Los Angeles, 18.1.2020. (DD)
A visual bag of tricks: Barrie Kosky’s The Magic Flute returns to LA Opera
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 16.11.2019. (JRo)
In Los Angeles, the Mariinsky Ballet in Balanchine’s sparkling Jewels
United States Fauré, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, George Balanchine’s Jewels: Artists of the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra / Alexei Repnikov (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 26.10.2019. (JRo)
Renata Shakirova in ‘Rubies’. Photo by Natasha Razina © State Academic Mariinsky Theatre
A quartet of formidable artists collaborate on THE DAY at UCLA’s Royce Hall
United States David Lang, THE DAY: Maya Beiser (cello/performance), Wendy Whelan (dancer), Lucinda Childs (choreographer), Center for the Art of Performance, Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, 19.10.2019. (JRo)
(c) Reed Hutchinson and CAP UCLA
In Los Angeles, chamber music from the Philharmonic
United States Haydn, Lowell Liebermann, Beethoven: Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic: Catherine Ransom Foley (flute), Nathan Cole, Michelle Tseng, Akiko Tarumoto, Stacy Wetzel (violins), Minor L. Wetzel, Ben Ullery (violas), Ben Hong, Jonathan Karoly, Dahae Kim (cellos), Stephen Vanhauwaert (piano). Disney Hall, Los Angeles, 3.10.2019. (LV)