LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With just over two weeks until opening night of the L.A. Opera's production of Il Trovatore, a major drama is playing out behind the scenes. The performers are ready, the props ...

LA Opera has announced details for the company's 40th anniversary season, which will launch on September 20, 2025. In his 20th season with the company—his final season as Music Director before ...

Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses. “Rigoletto” remains an opera reminding us ...

Different movies, sometimes of totally opposite genres, often employed the very same props, costumes, and even sets. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. There are, in fact, fan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy ...

In 1949, choreographer Jerome Robbins phoned Leonard Bernstein with an idea for updating “Romeo and Juliet” into a contemporary Broadway musical. Robbins didn’t know what it would be, but he knew what ...

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