AROUND TOWN/MUSIC: Two conductors make big news
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News Two conductor announcements thousands of miles apart made news this past week. One has immediate...
View ArticlePREVIEW: LA Opera’s production of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” sets sail...
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News This article was first published today in the above papers. ______________________ Los Angeles Opera...
View ArticlePREVIEW: LA Opera’s production of Rossini’s “Cinderella” begins tomorrow night
Los Angeles Opera’s production of Rossini’s Cinderella Opening night: Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., Downtown Los Angeles Other performances: March 28,...
View ArticlePREVIEW: Britten’s centennial to be remembered with two performances of “War...
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News A shorter version of this article was published today in the above papers. Benjamin Britten: War...
View ArticleOVERNIGHT REVIEW: Conlon leads combined forces in stunning performance of...
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News Benjamin Britten: War Requiem The Colburn Orchestra and members of the USC-Thornton Symphony; James...
View ArticlePREVIEW: KUSC to air Disney Hall “War Requiem” concert on Sunday
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News If you weren’t able to attend the performances of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem Sunday in Orange...
View ArticlePREVIEW: “Walking the Plank” at “Billy Budd”
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News ______________________ Los Angeles Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd Feb. 22, March...
View ArticleAROUND TOWN/MUSIC: “Billy Budd,” L.A. Chamber Orchestra, L.A. Phil headline...
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News A shorter version of this article was first published today in the above papers. Several significant...
View ArticleOVERNIGHT REVIEW: L.A. Opera’s “Billy Budd” sets sail at Dorothy Chandler...
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News ______________________ Los Angeles Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd Saturday,...
View ArticleNEWS: Domingo, Koelsch ink long-term extensions with LA Opera
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News Barring unforeseen circumstances (e.g., illness, death or artist pique), Los Angeles Opera has...
View ArticleLA Opera announces 2015-2016 season
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic The Los Angeles News Group Jake Hegge’s opera “Moby-Dick” will be part of the 2015-16 Los Angeles Opera season. _______________________ There’s a healthy dose of the...
View ArticleNEWS: Indeed, great news! Conlon renews LA Opera contract for three more years
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Southern California News Group With no fanfare, merely a simple media release, Los Angeles Opera took a supremely important stop in its growth by announcing that Music...
View ArticlePREVIEW: L.A. Opera’s “Salome” marks a revival of an historically important...
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Southern California News Group Tomas Tomasson as John the Baptist and Patricia Racette as Salome in LA Opera’s historic production of Richard Strauss’ “Salome,” which...
View Article10 THINGS I THINK I THINK ABOUT: LA Opera’s “Salome”
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Southern California News Group Allan Glassman as Herod and Patricia Racette as Salome in LA Opera’s production of Richard Strauss’ “Salome,” now playing at the Dorothy...
View ArticleCALENDAR ALERT: February 3 will be a big Leonard Bernstein bash
The year 2018 marks the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth (the actual date is August 25). For Angelenos, Feb. 3 will be a major celebration date. Los Angeles Opera will present Bernstein’s...
View ArticleFIVE-SPOT: April 20-23, 2017
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Southern California News Group Each week about this time I list five (more or less) classical-music programs in Southern California (more or less) during the next seven...
View ArticleOVERNIGHT REVIEW: James McVinnie, L.A. Phil premiere Nico Muhly organ concerto
By Robert D. Thomas Music Critic Southern California News Group Los Angeles Philharmonic; James Conlon, conductor Nico Muhly: Register, for Organ and Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil commission).,...
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