Opera
Soprano Renée Fleming Dons Hanna in Susan Stroman's 'Merry Widow' Production on PBS in June
Opera Lafayette Premiering, Touring André Grétry's 'L’Épreuve Villageoise' ('The Village Trial') for 20th Anniversary Season
The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and Opera Lafayette will perform the modern world premiere of 'L'épreuve Villageoise' ('The Village Trial'), presented in celebration of Lafayette's 20th anniversary season season on Wednesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, May 28 at 7 p.m. at FIAF's Florence Gould Hall. That Saturday, May 30, the production heads south to the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater for two shows at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Mark Watters Team with Disney for Animated Shorts Program, Featuring New Score, Print for "Sorcerer's Apprentice"
On Saturday, June 13, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will present "LACO @ the Movies: Celebrating Walt Disney Animation Studios." It'll be a glorious evening of scores and eye-popping animation spanning more than 80 years, performed live with six-time Emmy-winning composer Mark Watters inside the Ace Hotel--that gorgeous Spanish gothic movie theater in the heart of L.A.'s theater district.