Reviews

Steven Winn - June 22, 2015

The four-and-a-half-hour marathon had everything except the composer himself.

Mark Rudio - June 18, 2015

Nuances of the performance were lost to the unforgiving acoustics of the Rodin Gallery at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, but the musicians’ camaraderie shone through.

Rebecca Wishnia - June 17, 2015

New arrangements refresh Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.

Be'eri Moalem - June 16, 2015

In a far-ranging program that covered music from the 1400s to the present, the violinist accompanied the ensemble on five pieces as part of a new program called SFCA+1.

Charlise Tiee - June 15, 2015

Mozart's brilliant opera provided needed comic relief at the War Memorial Opera House.

Jerry Kuderna - June 15, 2015

Beethoven’s Mass becomes a staged multi-media experience, complete with light show and wandering soloists.

Lisa Hirsch - June 15, 2015

The premiere of Marco Tutino's new opera delivered neo-Puccini without the punch or musical power.

Jim Farber - June 12, 2015

Dog Days takes Los Angeles Opera into the heart of post-apocalyptic darkness.

Rebecca Wishnia - June 10, 2015

The trio, adjusting to a personnel change for the performance, brought interpretative daring to a performance of Beethoven trios.

Lisa Hirsch - June 9, 2015

Berlioz’s grandest of grand operas makes it to the War Memorial Opera House in a production that scores points on every level.