Florencia in el Amazonas was the first Spanish-language opera to be commissioned by major United States opera houses.
Author: maria_n
Viva la Mamma!: A Fun Evening at POP
Gaetano Donizetti wrote a comedy or dramma giocoso called Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (The Conventions and Inconveniences of the Theater), which is also known by the shorter title, Viva La Mamma!.
LA Opera Norma: A Feast for the Ears
Vincenzo Bellini composed Norma to a libretto that Felice Romani had fashioned after Alexandre Soumet’s French play, Norma, ossia L’infanticidio (Norma, or The Infanticide).
Moby-Dick Surfaces in the City of Angels
On Saturday evening October 31, 2015, the Nantucket whaling ship Pequod journeyed to Los Angeles Opera and began its sixth voyage in the attempt to kill the elusive whale called Moby-Dick.
Arizona Opera Premieres K·lm·n’s Arizona Lady
Arizona Lady is the last operetta that Hungarian Jewish composer Emmerich K·lm·n (1882-1953) wrote. A student at the Budapest Academy of Music, he learned from the same teachers as BÈla BartÛk and Zolt·n Kod·ly. After successfully staging an operetta in Budapest, K·lm·n moved to Vienna.
Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar at REDCAT
On October 8, 2015, Los Angeles Opera presented Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt at REDCAT, the Roy and Edna Disney Cal Arts Theater in Walt Disney Concert Hall. The opera was part of L A O’s “Off Grand Program” which features chamber works in spaces smaller than the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Falstaff at Forest Lawn
Sir John Falstaff appears in three plays by William Shakespeare: the two Henry IV plays and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Viva Verdi at Opera Las Vegas
On September 9, 2015, Opera Las Vegas presented James Sohre’s production of Viva Verdi at the Smith Center’s Cabaret Jazz. It was a delightful evening of arias, duets and ensembles by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). The program included many of the composer’s blockbuster arias and scenes from famous operas such as Aida, La traviata, and Macbeth.
Barbera Sings a Fascinating Recital in San Diego
On Saturday, September 19, San Diego Opera opened its 2015-2016 season with a recital by tenor RenÈ Barbera. This was the first Polly Puterbaugh Emerging Artist Award Recital and no artist could have been more deserving than the immensely talented Barbera.
A Chat With Up-and-Coming Conductor Kathleen Kelly
Kathleen Kelly is an internationally renowned pianist, coach, conductor, and master teacher. She was the first woman and first American named Director of Musical Studies at the Vienna State Opera.