Classical Music

He Walked the Line

And Beethoven Begat Tolstoy ...

How to Design an L.A. Opera Production

L.A. Opera's current production of Rossini's La Cenerentola (aka Cinderella) has no glass slippers, no coach that turns into a pumpkin, no evil stepmother and absolutely no bippity boppity boo. But it is a fun visual feast, a comic opera in cartoon colors, thanks largely to the work of set and cost ... More >>

This One Was a Keeper

It Paid the Bills

You go, Claudio

The Ultimate in Ultrasound

Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Tries to Be Hip -- And Fails

How do you get millennials into classical music concerts? Without young ticket buyers, who will patronize classical when the current generation of donors and attendees (most born in the mid-20th century) pass away? Organizations have responded by trying to make the classical music experience more l ... More >>

The Best Classical Concerts to See in L.A. This Fall

Sat. Oct. 20 Jacaranda: Different Islands First Presbyterian Santa Monica Herman Melville's prose is nearly impossible to transmute into music (George Rochberg and Jake Heggie failed the challenge), but in The Encantadas, Tobias Picker conjures an appropriate accompaniment to depict "the special cu ... More >>

Top Ten Classical Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Classical Music

Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Jazz Top Ten Metal Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Metal Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop It's been around for centuries, musicians still play it and audiences love it, so classical music must be pre ... More >>

Opera's Baddest Boy

Trey Anastasio & the L.A. Philharmonic - Walt Disney Concert Hall - 3/10/12

Trey Anastasio with The Los Angeles Philharmonic Walt Disney Concert Hall 3/10/12 Better Than...seeing Phish without its frontman Having played everything from small bars to national parks, Trey Anastasio knows about performing before all sorts of audiences. When he said the Walt Disney Concert H ... More >>

Simon Boccanegra

Yoshiki of X Japan Composes Golden Globes Theme Song?!

Shannon CottrellYoshiki on stage with X Japan at The Wiltern, 2010.​ There's a special treat in store for fans of X Japan planning to watch Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards. This year, the annual award show will feature a theme song composed by none other than the seminal Japanese rock band' ... More >>

Mahlerpalooza: Our Tips for Getting Through Gustavo Dudamel's Nine Concerts in 22 Days

UE Mahler Interviews: Gustavo Dudamel from Universal Edition on Vimeo. In Venezuela, they are called huevos, and Gustavo "The Dude" Dudamel, conductor of the LA Philharmonic, has a great big pair of them. Starting tomorrow at Disney Hall, Dudamel will attempt to do what no conductor has ever done b ... More >>

Make Mine Mahler

Jacaranda Plays Henryk Górecki at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica: Classical Music That Doesn't Care About Convention

The Lyris Quartet performs Gorecki with Jacaranda Saturday and Sunday​ It happened during a pledge drive in 1992. After encouraging her listeners to grab a glass of wine, light some candles and just relax, KCRW host Ruth Seymour played a recently released recording of the then-obscure composer ... More >>

Pianos on the Battlefield

Herbie Hancock With The Los Angeles Philharmonic - Disney Hall - 9-27-11

For more photos, see Mark Edward Harris' slideshow. Herbie Hancock, Gustavo "The Dude" Dudamel conducting the L.A. Phil Walt Disney Concert Hall September 27, 2011 Better Than: Multitasking to a Gershwin recording. Actually listening again is a revelation. Go ahead, put "Rhapsody in Blue" in a mi ... More >>

Opera on Tap at Room 5 Lounge: Want a PBR With Your Don Giovanni? Check Out Opera in a Bar

Star ForemanDamien Elwood, left, with Angie Engelbart, front, and Shabnam Kalbasi​"All you really need to know about Carmen is, one, she's a Gypsy. And two, she's a slut," the singer says before beginning. It's standing room only at the bar, where a staging of the French opera is taking plac ... More >>

The Top 5 Hollywood Bowl Classical Concerts to Enjoy While Stoned: Smoke a Bowl Before The Bowl

Look at all those trees, dude. ​By Christian Hertzog Marijuana has a well-deserved reputation for being a recreational substance enjoyed at live concerts of rock, rap, and--especially--reggae. Should anyone be surprised that some folks enjoy a righteous hit of cheeba before attending a classi ... More >>

LA Opera

REVOLUTIONARY ELGAR

Blind Faith

Turns of the Screw: Haunting Visions in the Arts

If He Liked Wheat, Would He Be a Lutenist Glutenist?

TURKISH DELIGHT

Diva on the Verge

Stage Raw: Diva on the Verge

The COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS feature will return next weekNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin in Much Ado NEW REVIEW GO DIVA ON THE VERGE ​ Photo courtesy of the Odyssey TheatreIn her compelling one-woman show, soprano Julia Migenes, who has sung more leading roles ... More >>

Gustavo 'The Dude' Dudamel And The L.A. Phil Make Live Concertos Hip By Silver-Screening Them Across U.S. And Canada

Anna Hult courtesy Gothenburg SymphonyChicks dig Dudamel's Shirley Temple 'fro​The youth is starting to change -- and year-old L.A. Philharmonic conductor Gustavo "The Dude" Dudamel is making sure the symphony changes with it. Last fall, LA Weekly wrote about the youth-ification of the Philha ... More >>

Tonight: Lost in the Trees, Brahms and Smetana, The Joy Formidable

​"This young North Carolina-based outfit recently signed with L.A.'s Anti- label, which just yesterday released a newly reworked version of Lost in the Trees' 2008 debut, All Alone in an Empty House. Full of dramatic string arrangements and folky acoustic guitar, Empty House belongs to the sam ... More >>

TURN ON, 
TUNE IN, DROP IN

L.A. Philharmonic's Ernest Fleischmann, (1924-2010)

Obituary: LA Philharmonic's Ernest Fleischmann (1924-2010)

​[Ernest Fleischmann, the former head of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, died last Sunday at 85.] "The U.S. is the only country in the world today where the fortunes of most symphony orchestras depend on the generosity, the wisdom, the enthusiasm, indeed the musical tastes and policies of banke ... More >>

THIS CHAMBER MAN

L.A. Opera’s $14 Million Imbroglio

Superstar Plácido Domingo pushes the company closer to worldwide acclaim — and financial collapse

WATTS NEW

YOU HAVE FOUND IT!

TAKE THE FIFTH TOUR

WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER TRIO

Dudamel: The Great Brown Hope

L.A. Phil conductor must inspire Latinos, if it's not too late

L.A. Phil's Gustavo Dudamel: Being a Brilliant and Inspiring Conductor Isn't Enough

Not when you're tasked with saving classical music

Bravo, Gustavo!

A new era dawns with outsized expectation

Pianist Envy

EVERYBODY MUST GET STRUNG

ROBUSTO!

This Weekend: M83 Gets Trounced by LA Phil in Man vs. Machine Battle at Disney Hall

View more photos in the M83 and L.A. Philharmonic slideshow. Laurie ScavoM83's Anthony Gonzales had electronic gear from many different ages at the Disney It's no small task, walking before a sold out crowd in one the most beautiful symphony halls in the world and performing alongside one of the ... More >>

GO LA: Gay Fusion, Jackie Kashian and the Gold Standard Food Festival

Plus, lots more to see, hear and consume in town, March 6-12

Two Worlds Collide: M83 Meets L.A. Phil at Disney Hall

Musical entities team up for electronics, acoustics, Arvo Pärt and Claude Debussy

Luisa Fernanda