enhttp://www.laopera.com/60EPiServer CMS 5http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Tickets-for-The-Festival-Play-of-Daniel-Available-January-1/LA Opera’s Education and Community Programs department is proud to present two performances of The Festival Play of Daniel at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Friday, March 16, and Saturday, March 17, at 7:30 pm. As a special gift to the...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Tickets-for-The-Festival-Play-of-Daniel-Available-January-1/Thu, 03 May 2012 14:33:18 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Alberts-Wild-Explosion1/By Gavin Plumley Benjamin Britten is often considered a severe composer. It is a somewhat myopic view of the man and his work. After all, his first opera was the 1941 American comedy Paul Bunyan. But it wasn’t until 1945 and the premiere of his...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Alberts-Wild-Explosion1/Thu, 10 May 2012 14:16:57 GMTAlbert Herringhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/The-Evolution-of-a-Dark-Underestimated-MasterpieceThe-Evolution-of-a-Dark-Underestimated-Masterpiece/By Thomas May The notorious travails of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark on Broadway may represent an extreme case in our time, but there is a long, fascinating history to the artistic surgery otherwise known as rewriting a show. For Verdi in...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/The-Evolution-of-a-Dark-Underestimated-MasterpieceThe-Evolution-of-a-Dark-Underestimated-Masterpiece/Thu, 10 May 2012 14:28:36 GMTSimon Boccanegrahttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/A-Letter-from-Placido-Domingo/Dear friends, It is a new year and the beginning of a new era for LA Opera. In the first 25 years of our existence, we quickly established ourselves as one of the world’s leading opera companies. Naturally, there have been obstacles along the way,...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/A-Letter-from-Placido-Domingo/Thu, 10 May 2012 14:47:01 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Simon-BoccanegraA-Note-from-the-Conductor/By James Conlon Simon Boccanegra is among Giuseppe Verdi’s most extraordinary creations. It is difficult for me to write on this subject divorced from my personal experience and feelings. I do so with conviction that reflects not just the practica...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Simon-BoccanegraA-Note-from-the-Conductor/Thu, 10 May 2012 14:52:29 GMTBoccanegra Conlonhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Verdi-Strikes-Back-No-Dinner-for-You/It should come as no surprise that we love Verdi around here. But we love him even more now, after reading about how he dealt with a disgruntled audience member. Click here for the amusing story. http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Verdi-Strikes-Back-No-Dinner-for-You/Thu, 10 May 2012 16:00:37 GMTVerdihttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Introducing-Guest-Blogger-Katherine-Giaquinto/Meet guest blogger/vlogger (and awesome soprano) soprano Katherine Giaquinto!   Katherine is singing the role of Gina in  The Magic Dream , a wildly imaginative and engaging retelling of Mozart’s opera,  The Magic Flute and the latest production...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Introducing-Guest-Blogger-Katherine-Giaquinto/Thu, 10 May 2012 16:10:33 GMTKatherine Giaquintohttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/div-stylepadding-bottom0px-idblogcopy-classentry--pnbspp-pMeet-guest-bloggervlogger-and-awesomenbspsopranonbspsopranonbspKatherine-Giaquintop-pnbspp-pa-hrefhttpmedialaoperacomnewswp-contentupl/Photo by Steve Cohn Photography At a time when performing arts companies across the country are grappling with budgetary issues, it’s great to hear good news. Today, General Director Plácido Domingo, Board Chairman Marc I. Stern and CEO Stephen D....http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/div-stylepadding-bottom0px-idblogcopy-classentry--pnbspp-pMeet-guest-bloggervlogger-and-awesomenbspsopranonbspsopranonbspKatherine-Giaquintop-pnbspp-pa-hrefhttpmedialaoperacomnewswp-contentupl/Thu, 10 May 2012 16:21:37 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Happy-New-Year/Now that we’ve celebrated the arrival of the new year and the midpoint of our season, we’ve been busily working on many exciting things coming up in 2012 (and beyond!). We can’t wait to share them with you in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/1/Happy-New-Year/Thu, 10 May 2012 16:34:26 GMT