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Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions: Western Region
All Photography and Text © 2011 Leticia Marie Sanchez All Rights Reserved. Passionate singers, heavenly arias, storm clouds, and an adorable Jack Russell Terrier! It was a dark and stormy night. Or day, rather. (Yes, there will be a canine featured in this operatic tale. No, it’s neither Snoopy nor the Red Baron). The Metropolitan Opera…
Read MoreIn the News: “Il Volo”- Can Opera be embraced by the GLEE crowd?
This Sunday’s New York Times discussed the opera sensation”Il Volo,” a popular teenage boy band that has teen girls swooning. With appearances on TV shows like Entourage, can “Il Volo” bring the love of opera to a mainstream teen audience? “Il Volo” means “the flight”- let’s hope that opera takes off in a wide audience of music-loving teens. For…
Read MoreReview: Immersive Van Gogh LA: A Balm for the Soul in Uncertain Times
Review: Immersive Van Gogh Los Angeles by Leticia Marie Sanchez The Immersive Van Gogh exhibit transformed this once hesitant audience goer into a true believer. A few weeks ago, this incredible show had encountered a bump in the road to opening day in Los Angeles, due to a delay in receiving their fire permits from…
Read MoreUplifting Signs of Cultural Life Remerging in LA: Pasadena Pops
“Let the Sunshine In!” An Evening by the water with the Pasadena Pops by Leticia Marie Sanchez Yesterday, I took my son and his friend to check out the Pasadena Pops. The waterfront setting at the LA County Arboretum was an uplifting spot to listen to an outdoor concert after these surreal 18 months. What was…
Read MoreUplifting Signs of Cultural Life Remerging in LA: Pasadena Pops
“Let the Sunshine In!” An Evening by the water with the Pasadena Pops by Leticia Marie Sanchez Yesterday, I took my son and his friend to check out the Pasadena Pops. The waterfront setting at the LA County Arboretum was an uplifting spot to listen to an outdoor concert after these surreal 18 months. What…
Read MoreHope Springs Eternal: An Afternoon at the Getty Center which opens May 25th!
Just What the Art Doctor Ordered:The Getty Center reopens on May 25th! by Leticia Marie Sanchez (Below, Ariadne Discovers Theseus’ Departure, 1493). Artist: Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse) Nothing can replace seeing a work of art in person. The reopening of the Getty Center on May 25th will be a welcome relief for Angelenos suffering from…
Read MoreHope Springs Eternal: An Afternoon at the Getty Center which opens May 25th!
Just What the Art Doctor Ordered:The Getty Center reopens on May 25th!byLeticia Marie Sanchez (Below, Ariadne Discovers Theseus’ Departure, 1493). Artist: Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse) Nothing can replace seeing a work of art in person. The reopening of the Getty Center on May 25th will be a welcome relief for Angelenos suffering from art withdrawal. Walking…
Read MoreIn the News: Klimt’s “Roses Under The Trees” will be returned from the Musée d’Orsay
In art news, Gustav Klimt’s “Rosiers sous les arbres” (“Roses Under the Trees”) will be returned from France’s Musée d’Orsay to the heirs of its Austrian Jewish owner who sold the painting to Nazi sympathizers “for next to nothing” before dying in the Holocaust. For the full story see: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/arts/design/france-klimt-painting-restitution.htm Below: Gustav Klimt’s “Rosiers sous les arbres” Painted Circa 1905. Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Read MoreLACMA to re-open April 1st!
Now here is something worth toasting, in Cultural Cocktail fashion! In most welcome news for Angelenos who have been parched for the arts during the pandemic: LACMA will be reopening on April 1st with advanced online reservations required. For more information on how to reserve tickets and the required safety protocols, please visit: https://www.lacma.org Flashback Photo of Cultural Cocktail Hour’s Editor-in-Chief Leticia Marie Sanchez at “Urban Light” by Chris…
Read MoreLACMA to re-open April 1st!
Now here is something worth toasting, in Cultural Cocktail fashion! In most welcome news for Angelenos who have been parched for the arts during the pandemic: LACMA will be reopening on April 1st with advanced online reservations required. For more information on how to reserve tickets and the required safety protocols, please visit: https://www.lacma.org Flashback Photo of Cultural…
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