opera
Today in history: Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio” in Berlin, 1945
September 4, 2015"A political prisoner's wife goes undercover, infiltrates the family of the prison guard and frees her husband from a secret dungeon just as the tyrant is about to kill him."
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Two kids reclaim the world in new opera “Second Nature”
August 27, 2015May "Second Nature" find a second production in another community soon. It's a remarkable work.
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Opera company makes history, casts black singers in “Don Carlo”
April 23, 2015When King Philip II faces off against the Grand Inquisitor in "Don Carlo," they won't just be portraying history, they'll be making it.
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Love and Mozart conquer all: “The Marriage of Figaro”
April 1, 2015The overture to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1786 masterpiece "The Marriage of Figaro" is among the most popular in opera.
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Rossini’s super cuts: The Barber of Seville in review
March 10, 2015L.A. Opera's production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville is one of those things that can make you feel glad to be alive
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