Opera Warhorses

Hollywood Does L. A. Opera -  Part III Los Angeles Opera, which earlier in the evening unveiled blockbuster new productions of Puccini’s “Il Tabarro” and “Suor Angelica” created by Academy Award winning film director William Friedkin, turned the final third of the evening over to Academy Award winning film director Woody Allen. Friedkin took two operas, each of whose dramatic and [...]

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Hollywood Does L. A. Opera – Part II Giacomo Puccini’s favorite of the three operas of the Trittico was “Suor Angelica” and it annoyed him greatly that opera companies would drop it from an evening’s program and perform only “Tabarro” and “Gianni Schicchi” (or one of those two operas paired with something entirely different).  It [...]

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Hollywood Does L. A. Opera – Part I Los Angeles Opera has presented Giacomo Puccini with several presents for his year-long 150th birthday party that should  improve the fortunes substantively of a trio of his lesser known works. Since the opera company’s founding, it has performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion within the complex of [...]

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