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Ain’t it Grand? — Contemporary Art Museum set for Grand Avenue
© Leticia Marie Sanchez Los Angeles Art Patron Eli Broad has chosen Grand Avenue in Downtown LA as the construction site for his new museum, which could possibly be completed as early as the end of 2012. The 120,000-square-foot contemporary art museum will house works from Broad’s behemoth art collection, one that includes works by Warhol, Baldessari, Koons, Lichtenstein,…
Read MoreA Star is Born! Metropolitan Opera Western Regional Auditions
A STAR (OF THE OPERA) IS BORN! Metropolitan Opera Western Regional Auditions Finals to take place Saturday, October 23, 2010 – 1 p.m. Zipper Concert Hall at The Colburn School. The roster of renowned singers whose early careers involved competing in the Metropolitan Opera Western Regional Audition Finals includes Leona Mitchell, Sondra Radvanovsky and Deborah Voigt. Those wishing to…
Read MoreLA Opera announces free public screenings of Il Postino
LA Opera announces Free Public outdoor screenings of Daniel Catán’s Il Postino Downtown LA- October 9- 7:30 350 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90071 www.grandperformances.org. Costa Mesa– October 11- 7:00 Orange County Performing Arts Center 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626 www.OCPAC.org. No tickets are required. Cast members are expected to live make appearances at both sites. For further information,…
Read MoreA *free* event: Art Night Pasadena, Fri. Oct 8
Free Art, Free Music, and Free Entertainment Free Shuttles and Free Arts Bus Did I mention that the entire evening is Free? Participating Institutions include: the Pasadena Symphony, Norton Simon, Shumei Arts Council, Pasadena Museum of Art, and the Art Center College of Design. Friday October 8th, 6-8pm For further information, please consult: http://artnightpasadena.com/
Read MoreOpera 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…
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