LA Opera’s 40th Season Will Begin With ‘West Side Story’
James Conlon will conduct that classic as well as productions of ‘Falstaff’ and ‘The Magic Flute’ as he concludes his 20-year run as music director.
LA Opera drops Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ which will premiere at New York’s Met
The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy ...
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Falstaff, La Scala review — a balmy, burnished revival of Verdi’s comic masterpiece
Strehler died in 1997. Now, near the start of a season packed with new productions, the Milan theatre has revived his 1980 staging of Falstaff, Verdi’s last opera and a crowning achievement of ...
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Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83
“As great as ‘Don Carlo’ was, the ‘Falstaff’ really leaves everything ... He attended Eastside High School and was directed toward opera by a teacher after he performed Jud Fry in ...
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Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83
Credit: AP/Ronald Zak “As great as ‘Don Carlo’ was, the ‘Falstaff’ really leaves everything ... High School and was directed toward opera by a teacher after he performed Jud Fry in ...