enhttp://www.laopera.com/60EPiServer CMS 5http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/Los-Angeles-Opera-Presents-The-Story-of-La-Boheme/Opera can be as enchanting as a fairy tale, as raucous as the circus, or as dramatic as Harry Potter’s quest.  And better still, the action is set to some of the world’s most glorious music.  It seems to me to be the perfect entertainment for a...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/Los-Angeles-Opera-Presents-The-Story-of-La-Boheme/Thu, 03 May 2012 09:36:02 GMTLa Bohemehttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/Shannita/LA Opera is pleased to announce that Christopher Koelsch  has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective September 15, 2012. The Company’s current Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Rountree, who has served LA Ope...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/Shannita/Thu, 03 May 2012 09:52:06 GMTLA Operahttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/El-Armario-de-Musetta/Sólo faltan cuatro semanas para la gran apertura de Boheme del compositor Giacomo Puccini, y el vestuario de Musetta va a estar justo en tiempo, o eso esperamos! Les presento el equipo responsable de todo el vestuario magnífico de Musetta.  La líd...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/El-Armario-de-Musetta/Thu, 03 May 2012 10:26:13 GMTLa BohemeOpera monthhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/5/Musettas-New-Clothes/Only four more weeks until the opening of Puccini’s La Bohème and Musetta’s wardrobe seems to be right on schedule, or so we hope! Meet the team responsible for all of Musetta’s magnificent costumes:   The team leader is Leslie Ann Smith, one of o...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/5/Musettas-New-Clothes/Wed, 09 May 2012 13:57:12 GMTLa BohemeBehind the sceneshttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/5/Followspots/Followspots are bright long-throw lighting fixtures manually operated by members of our stage crew and are used to highlight performers as they move around stage. For almost all of the productions at Los Angeles Opera, we utilize between two and...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/5/Followspots/Wed, 09 May 2012 14:32:58 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/5/The-story-of-Dulce-Rosa/  Based on the short story “Una Venganza” by Chilean author Isabel Allende (above), Dulce Rosa is a tale of romance and ruin, of revenge and redemption. In a South American country, in the early 1950s, times are troubled. Former Senator Orellano i...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/5/The-story-of-Dulce-Rosa/Wed, 09 May 2012 14:42:46 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/4/LA-Opera-and-Broad-Stage-to-Co-Produce-World-Premiere-of-Dulce-Rosa/Preliminary set design for "Dulce Rosa" by Yael Pardess LA Opera and The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage are joining forces to co-produce the world premiere of Dulce Rosa , a new opera by composer Lee Holdridge and librettist Richard Sparks. Based on t...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/4/LA-Opera-and-Broad-Stage-to-Co-Produce-World-Premiere-of-Dulce-Rosa/Wed, 09 May 2012 14:52:54 GMTBlogRoothttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/4/To-Youth-With-Memories-Regrets-and-Love/By Mary Jane Matz   At the end of January in 1893, Giacomo Puccini, then 34 years old, was still a struggling composer, still hoping for a hit. Neither of his first two operas had become popular, but he had hopes for the future; and they were full...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/4/To-Youth-With-Memories-Regrets-and-Love/Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:12 GMTand LoveRegretsTo Youth: With Memorieshttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/4/LA-Opera-and-Broad-Stage-to-Co-Produce-World-Premiere-of-Dulce-Rosa1/Preliminary set design for "Dulce Rosa" by Yael Pardess LA Opera and The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage are joining forces to co-produce the world premiere of Dulce Rosa , a new opera by composer Lee Holdridge and librettist Richard Sparks. Based on t...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/4/LA-Opera-and-Broad-Stage-to-Co-Produce-World-Premiere-of-Dulce-Rosa1/Wed, 09 May 2012 15:22:25 GMTBlogRoothttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/5/To-YouthWith-Memories-Regrets-And-Love/By Mary Jane Matz   At the end of January in 1893, Giacomo Puccini, then 34 years old, was still a struggling composer, still hoping for a hit. Neither of his first two operas had become popular, but he had hopes for the future; and they were full...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/5/To-YouthWith-Memories-Regrets-And-Love/Wed, 09 May 2012 15:29:47 GMTLa BohemeYouthhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/4/La-Boheme-Puccinis-One-for-the-Heart/By Basil De Pinto   Comparisons are odious but we indulge in them anyway. Where the arts are concerned, we have to discipline ourselves to take each work and judge it for its own individual worth. Because a Botticelli is “pretty,” we cannot...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Admin/Dates/2012/4/La-Boheme-Puccinis-One-for-the-Heart/Wed, 09 May 2012 15:53:26 GMTBlogRoothttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Jennifer-Babcock/Dates/2012/4/Stories--Music--Opera-Opera-Tales-goes-on-tour-in-May/There’s nothing like a good story, and luckily, the best operas always begin with a good story. Where, you might ask, would you find a good story from a good opera? Why, your local County Library!          LA Opera’s Opera Tales program celebrates...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Jennifer-Babcock/Dates/2012/4/Stories--Music--Opera-Opera-Tales-goes-on-tour-in-May/Wed, 09 May 2012 16:04:07 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/5/Ailyn-Perez-Wins-The-2012-Richard-Tucker-Award/Congratulations are in order for Ailyn Pérez who was awarded the 2012 Richard Tucker Award. This prestigious prize, with a cash award of $30,000, is presented annually by the Richard Tucker Music Foundation to an American opera singer at the...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/5/Ailyn-Perez-Wins-The-2012-Richard-Tucker-Award/Wed, 09 May 2012 16:22:58 GMTLa BohemeAllyn Perezhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/4/Backstage-Magic-April-2-2012/An excerpt from the Los Angeles Opera League event called Backstage Magic 2012.  This year’s event showcased pyrotechnic and smoke effects. In this clip Technical Director Jeff Kleeman talks about the company’s historic use of pyrotechnics and...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/4/Backstage-Magic-April-2-2012/Wed, 09 May 2012 16:37:19 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/Musettas-New-Look-for-La-Boheme/We often find that the stage is a reflection of real life. Though Puccini’s “La Bohème” is set in Paris in the mid-1800’s, most of us can identify and even empathize with Mimi and Rodolfo’s struggles in life and in love. Period pieces are great...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/Musettas-New-Look-for-La-Boheme/Wed, 09 May 2012 16:50:20 GMTLa Bohemehttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/Musettas-New-Look-in-La-Boheme-en-Espanol/A menudo encontramos que el escenario es un reflejo de la vida real.  París, 1800, la mayoría de nosotros nos podemos identificar y empatizar con Mimì y Rodolfo en la lucha de la vida y el amor.  Un autor clásico francés, Francois de La...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Shannita/Dates/2012/4/Musettas-New-Look-in-La-Boheme-en-Espanol/Wed, 09 May 2012 17:02:09 GMTLa Bohemecostume shopcostumes