LA OPERA asks “Why should you see Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti’s darkly romantic tale of honor, betrayal, loss and madness?” and gives 4 good reasons to see the Scottish counterpart of Roméo et Juliette (sung in Italian, as tragic but with a bloody mad ending!): #1 The Singers – You will get a chance to…
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MARCH MADNESS @ LA OPERA
And Benjamin Franklin had something to do with it! An unwitting star hidden in the orchestra pit makes its company debut when the curtains rise on the “Mad Scene” of LA Opera’s new production of Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor But it won’t make a sound even as it turns around on its iron spindle until…
A CONCERT HALL FOR ALL SEASONS
FanFaire celebrates the 10th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA’s most famous millennium landmark
CELEBRATING VERDI ON DISC
New Catalog Releases Celebrate Verdi Bicentennial The year-long celebration of Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th birthday continues…FanFaire celebrates Verdi with a compilation of new recordings and re-issues released in celebration of the composer’s 200th birthday anniversary.
200 YEARS OF RICHARD WAGNER
FanFaire guest contributor Spencer Kashmanian ruminates on “one of art history’s most colorful–and insane–prodigies”, a “colossus who imprinted himself upon the Romantic mind, changing the course of music forever”;” “Only Hitler, Napoleon, and Jesus have been written about more.”
NEWS SPOTLIGHTS
LA PHIL MUSIC 101
“Washed” or “unwashed”, you’re sure to learn something new when you come to LA PHIL MUSIC 101 – and in one of the world’s best concert halls yet!
LA OPERA CELEBRATES BRITTEN 100
Yearlong BRITTEN 100/LA Celebration continues with county-wide performances led by LA Opera Music Director James Conlon
MUSIC FOR THE PHILIPPINES
Mezzo Susanne Mentzer spearheads San Francisco benefit concert for Philippine typhoon victims; SF Opera Chorus and SF Gay Men’s Chorus join SF Boys Chorus in separate benefit event in Oakland.
CELEBRATING VERDI
The yearlong Verdi bicentenary celebration continues. LA Opera celebrates Verdi with a new production of Falstaff. San Francisco Opera recently concluded its own celebration with a staging of the same opera featuring Bryn Terfel and a presentation of Verdi’s Requiem.
CELEBRATING WAGNER
A spectacular new production of Richard Wagner’s short opera, ” The Flying Dutchman” – the mythic tale of a condemned ship captain, is San Francisco’s Wagner bicentenary offering. Runs through Nov 15
GIVEAWAY
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS, Vol 2
A FanFaire-Kultur Holiday CELEBRATION THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL MUSIC DVD GIVEAWAY, BAR NONE! And for many good reasons! 1. This is a pricey, extraordinary 9-disc DVD set – THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT for the special people in your life or for yourself, and there are five such sets to be given away. That should…
