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Opera Season Starts this week!
Thursday Sept 23, 6:00 PM World Premiere; Daniel Catan’s Il Postino Starring Placido Domingo Sept 23-Oct 16 Sunday, Sept 26th. 2:00 PM Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Daniel Okulitch Sept 26-Oct 17 For further show times, please visit: http://www.losangelesopera.com/ Photography © LA Opera
Read MoreDudamel Conduct Carmen at the Hollywood Bowl
Dudamel Conducts Bizet’s Carmen Sun. August 1 7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl 2301 North Highland Ave. Hollywood, CA 90068. 323.850.2000 Los Angeles Philharmonic Natascha Petrinsky, Carmen http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/
Read MoreFourth of July Weekend Cultural Cocktail
Betsy Ross wants YOU to have a Cultural COCKTAIL this 4th of July Weekend! LIVE AT THE LOUNGE Classical Series: Every Saturday Night. 1014 Hermosa Ave. – Hermosa Beach JULY 3 Opens for Dinner (optional) and Drinks at 7:00 p.m.; Show Starts at 8:00 p.m. Six Songs by John Duke performed by: Mezzo Soprano: IRIS MALKIN (left) Pianist, YANA RESNIK; The program includes: Members of the Divan Consort: FÜREYA ÜNAL piano, MAIA JASPER violin, VIRGINIA…
Read MoreRing Festival June Highlights
Two-day Conference: “Wagner in LA: The Opera of the 21st Century?” June 1–2, 2010, 10 am–6 pm Hammer Museum 1pm Spectral Gesamtkunstwerk Juliet Koss, Chair, Department of Art History, Scripps College 2:30pm Re-Inventing Bayreuth for the 21st Century: The 2007 Meistersinger as a Self Reflection of Performance History Clemens Risi, Professor of Theater, Institut für Theaterwissenschaft, Berlin…
Read MoreLargest LA Cultural festival since the 1984 Olympics!
April 15 – June 30, 2010 The first ever presentation in Los Angeles of the four-opera drama The Ring of the Nibelung. For a full listing of events, please visit: http://www.ringfestivalla.com/ for the multiplicity of events from not only LA Opera, but also from cultural institutions as diverse as UCLA, Descanso Gardens, and American Jewish University.…
Read MoreRing Festival LA: May Highlights
Robert v. Fullerton Art Museum California State University, San Bernardino “Timeless Enchantment: Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung in Performance, from Bayreuth in 1876 to LA in 2010,” May 12, 2010, 5 pm Info: museum.csusb.edu or (909) 537-5000. 5500 University Pkwy. San Bernardino, CA 92407 LA Opera Library Project: Free Speakers Bureau talks Beverly Hills…
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: April 10-11, 2010
A CELEBRATION OF DANCE Saturday April 10th, 11 am LA Philharmonic. Christian Vasquez, conductor; Luminario Ballet; Copland: Rodeo; Ginastera: Estancia Dances Walt Disney Concert Hall. 111 South Grand Ave, LA CA 90012 (323).850.2000 THE RULES OF THE GAME Saturday, April 10 | 8:20 pm The Films of Jean Renoir LACMA 5905 Wilshire Blvd. LA, CA 90036. (323) 857-6000. www.lacma.org…
Read MoreHope in the City III: Behind the Seams
by Leticia Marie Sanchez All Photography © 2010 Leticia M. Sanchez March 24, 2010— As a Catholic, I was unsure of what to expect inside the former St. Vibiana’s Cathedral in downtown LA. Hope in the City III, produced by Mosaic, not only exuded creativity, but also demonstrated a spiritual commitment to the global and local…
Read MoreProject Ethos:LA Fashion Week- March 19
The Spirit of Ethos at LA Fashion Week by Leticia Marie Sanchez Photography © Leticia M. Sanchez March 19- At the Music Box in Hollywood, Project Ethos held an evening of emerging artists in music, fashion, and art. The Greek root “Ethos” can refer to “the spirit of a people” and the red carpet event lived…
Read MoreLA Fashion Week Reporting March 2010
Welcome to LA FASHION WEEK! It may be spring time in California, but designers are showcasing their Fall 2010 collections. This week’s Cultural Cocktail includes: LA Millinery Guild’s first fashion show, Project Ethos in Hollywood, BOX eight’s Fashion Refocus, and Hope in the City’s Fashion Show and Art Auction at Vibiana’s. Stay Tuned for the inside scoop! XO Leticia Marie…
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