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Met Opera Auditions- Western Region Finals- Zipper Hall
This past Sunday was yet another afternoon filled with wonderful talent. Opera Singers from across the Western Region vied for a chance to sing on the Met Stage at auditions held at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall. Soprano Julia Metzler garnered the coveted first place! Congratulations! Other standouts included the poised, charming, and vocally impressive…
Read MoreLA Art Show- *A MUST SEE* LA Cultural event
All Photography © 2018 by Leticia Marie Sanchez Strolling through the LA Art Show, there are delightful surprises around each corner, like the Earthenware by Picasso, who knew? “Metamorphosis” by Erika Harrsch in which ”Extinct” Butterflies are created by currency made extinct by the Euro And an allusion to Rodin’s “The Thinker” lost in his phone
Read MoreChagall at LACMA: dreamy and ethereal
All Photography © 2018 by Leticia Marie Sanchez This lovely exhibit devoted to Marc Chagall (which ends Sunday January 7th) is filled with a host of costumed characters from “The Magic Flute,” “The Firebird,” “Daphnis and Chloë,” among others…
Read MoreLA Art Show 2018: Jan 11th- Jan 14th
LA ART SHOW OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Thurs. Jan. 11, 2018 | 11am – 7pm; Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 | 11am – 7pm; Sat, Jan. 13, 2018 | 11am – 7pm; Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 | 11am – 5pm TICKETS https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-art-show-2018-tickets-39739173939 Photography and Logo © LA Art Show
Read MoreBeethoven & the Beef Stew- don’t try this at home!
First published by Cultural Cocktail Hour on January 21, 2011 by Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour® is a registered trademark According to Norman Lebrecht, author of “The Book of Musical Anectodes” (Simon & Schuster, 1985), Beethoven flew off the handle when a waiter at the Viennese restaurant “The Swan,” brought him the wrong meat dish. Some artists are particular about…
Read MoreDecember Blooms
“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Percy Bysshe Shelly (Photo snapped In the Huntington Rose Garden, December 2017) Photography © 2017 by Leticia Marie Sanchez
Read More“Taking Shape: Degas as Sculptor” at the Norton Simon- a MUST SEE exhibit
Taking Shape: Degas as Sculptor A MUST SEE exhibit at the Norton Simon By Leticia Marie Sanchez Stepping into the Norton Simon Museum for a new exhibition, the foresight of collector Norton Simon never ceases to impress me. Last year, perusing the sea of Picassos for the States of Mind exhibition, I felt fortunate to have the opportunity to…
Read MoreWise Man: George Bernard Shaw
You use a glass mirror to see your face; You use works of art to see your soul.” – George Bernard Shaw Caravaggio, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome
Read MoreWise Man: George Bernard Shaw
You use a glass mirror to see your face; You use works of art to see your soul.” – George Bernard Shaw Caravaggio, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome
Read MoreDazzling Lights on Travertine at the Getty Center
Celebration at the Getty Center in honor of Pacific Standard Time L.A/ L.A Photography © 2017 by Leticia Marie Sanchez dazzling lights on Travertine…
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