SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the Los Angeles area. Artist Spotlight Billy Childs Is Fiendishly Busy and Loving It Victoria Looseleaf - November 14, 2023 The composer/pianist’s third commission for the Los Angeles Master Chorale isn’t the only project he’s been working on. Preview Four Decades of Food for the Soul: The Verdi Chorus Tom Jacobs - November 14, 2023 Meet a boutique organization that specializes in the full-throated choral music of opera. Review The Little Syria Show: The History of a Neighborhood Resounds in the Modern World Lev Mamuya - November 10, 2023 Omar Offendum’s storytelling, rapping, and singing weave together past and present in a closely observed whole. Review Wild Up Delivers on Its Name With We’re Here! What Now? Jim Farber - November 7, 2023 The collaborative work involves L.A.’s recent poet laureate, composer Sarah Hennies, and a women’s whistling group. Artist Spotlight The Dead Spring to Life in Eloise Kazan’s Costumes for Frida y Diego Jim Farber - November 6, 2023 As amazing as the opera’s score and libretto are, the production has drawn raves for Kazan’s designs in particular. Review LA Phil and Esa-Pekka Salonen Play by the Numbers Richard S. Ginell - November 5, 2023 The conductor-composer’s Tiu celebrates the 20th anniversary of Disney Hall in a concert that also features violinist Pekka Kuusisto. Review Los Angeles Master Chorale Stages an Emotional Masterpiece Nicholas Jones - October 31, 2023 Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien, dubbed Music to Accompany a Departure in this production, is radically reconfigured. Review Franz Waxman’s Electrifying Score for Bride of Frankenstein Jim Farber - October 31, 2023 LA Opera presents the 1935 film with live orchestral accompaniment at a vintage movie palace. Review A Jazz Concert That Has Classical Covered Josef Woodard - October 31, 2023 Sets by Ennis Harris and Mat Maneri at the Angel City Jazz Festival have plentiful cross-genre connections. Review Wading Through Akram Khan’s Postapocalyptic Jungle Book Victoria Looseleaf - October 30, 2023 The choreographer reimagines Rudyard Kipling’s characters in a world that’s been thrown into chaos by rising sea levels. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
