LA Mystery: The Case of the Purloined Paintings… According to the LA Times, art thieves plundered an Encino home on August 23, robbing a dozen valuable paintings including works by Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera, and Lyonel Feninger. A $200,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the paintings’ return. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arttheft10-2008sep10,0,331129.story?page=1&track=rss
read moreWoody Allen to direct LA OPERA! “You know, funny to opera people is not funny to the Marx Brothers.” “I figured, ‘Eh, I’ll be dead before it happens. I’m 72. I’m never going to make it to the opera.’” -Woody Allen, Village Voice, August 12, 2008. Although he incorporated opera music into his 2005 film Match Point, Gianni Schicchi marks Woody Allen’s foray into directing opera. Gianni Schicchi forms part of Puccini’s three-act “Il Trittico;” Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin will direct the other two acts, Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica. Gianni Schicchi, Puccini’s only black comedy, provides the perfect fodder for Woody Allen’s mischievous and magical touch. The libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, comes from a story in Dante’s Inferno and involves avarice, impersonations of the dead, and the quest for true love. Mr. Allen has expressed qualms about his debut, remarking
read moreWatch an Ancient Greek tragedy like the Ancient Greeks did, in an amphitheater under the evening stars.. Agamemnon (Preview) Fri. Aug. 29, 2008. 8 pm. The Barbara & Lawrence Fleischman Theater, Getty Villa, Malibu (Sold Out Saturday the 30th) Starring Tyne Daly and Delroy Lindo http://www.getty.edu/visit/events/agamemnon.html From the Getty site: “This open-air staging by acclaimed director Stephen Wadsworth resurrects Aeschylus’ unsettling domestic drama of The House of Atreus, heard in a riveting translation by the late Robert Fagles. The victorious Agamemnon arrives home with his surviving troops after the bloody battle for Troy. As the drama unfolds, a returning soldier bears witness to unthinkable carnage, a city questions the wisdom of the decade-long war, and a family turns the violence of war in on itself. Tickets $38; $32 students/seniors. (Previews $15).” This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs
read moreFriday August 22. 7:30 P.M Saturday August 23. 7:30 P.M Darius Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôros No. 2 Samuel Barber: Summer Music Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 Leos Janacek: Mládi The Huntington.1151 Oxford Road. San Marino, CA 91108 http://www.swmusic.org/home/home.html
read moreA film of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, Thursday August 21, 7:30 P.M Laemmle Music Hall. 9306 Wilshire Boulevard. Beverly Hills. 90211 310.274.6869. www.laemmle.com
read moreWinds in the Garden Friday, August 15: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. In the Norton Simon Sculpture Garden, oboist Myka Miller and flautist Salpy Kerkonian will perform works by Rodrigo, Fauré and Copland. Norton Simon Museum of Art. 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105.626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/
read moreWagner, Ride of the Valkyries, Rouse, Der Gerettete Alberich, Holst, “The Planets.” Hollywood Bowl.2301 North Highland Ave.Hollywood, CA 90068. (323)850.2000 From the website: “The Planets conclude the concert enhanced by stunning imagery from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena.” http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/
read moreAngelenos, take a weekend getaway, and immerse yourselves in music! La Jolla Music Society Summer Fest from August 1-August 24, is a nationally-recognized chamber music festival featuring over 70 world-class artists and ensembles performing 16 concerts. This cornucopia of musical treasures includes: jazz, dance, and works by Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky, Messiaen, and many more. For information about tickets, please visit the web site below. http://www.ljcms.org/ Antony and Cleopatra Shakespeare by the Sea Saturday August 2. 7 P.M Bonita Canyon Sports Park. 1990 Ford Road. Newport Beach. “O excellent! I love long life better than figs.” Act I. Scene 2. For more information, visit: http://www.shakespearebythesea.org/ Pietro Germi Films at LACMA Two comedies by Italian director Pietro Germi. Fri. Aug 1st & Sat. Aug 2nd. 7:30 P.M Divorce Italian Style. 9:30 P.M Seduced and Abandoned http://www.lacma.org/programs/FilmListing.aspx#1206741948808
read moreBaroque Treats for the Eye, Ear, and Soul Fri. July 25: 7:00 p.m. Norton Simon Museum of Art. 411 W. Colorado Boulevard. Pasadena, CA 91105. 626.449.6840. In the Museum’s early-Renaissance gallery, the Harmonia Baroque Players will perform baroque chamber music in addition to medieval and Renaissance-era selections on period instruments. http://www.harmoniabaroque.org/ Harmonious music wafting among the paintings by Botticelli, Fra Angelico, and Bellini; what better way to soothe your senses and your soul? Southwest Chamber Music Fri. July 25 & Sat. July 26. 7:30 p.m. The Huntington. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. 626.405.2100. Inspired by the art collections and the new Chinese garden, the program includes works by Carl Friedrich Abel (whose portrait by Gainsborough hangs in the Huntington Art Gallery) and Joan Huang’s Impressions of Suzhou. For more information call 800.726.7147. Or visit: www.swmusic.org Program: C. F. Abel. Quartet for Flute and Strings. J.C
read moreTuesday July 22 8:00 P.M Wednesday July 23 8:00 P.M Hollywood Bowl. 2301 North Highland Ave. Hollywood, CA 90068. 323.850.2000 LA Philharmonic. Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano. Orion Weiss, Piano. Mozart. Overture to La Clemenza Di Tito; “Ch’io mi scordi di te.”; Piano Concerto No 17. K. 453. “Exsultate Jubilate;” Symphony No. 38, K. 504. “Prague.” http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance_detail.cfm?id=3520
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