About this Performance Berlioz’ Fantastic Symphony plays right into Mehta’s strengths of highlighting drama and color in the orchestra, bringing to life the saga of the drug-addled, love-obsessed artist who meets a hair-raising end. Mehta opens the concert with a work he has conducted around the world, the late George Crumb’s song cycle Ancient Voices […]
Twilight… is a stunning and seminal play that explores the devastating human impact of the five days of uprising following the Rodney King verdict. *Black Out Night is the purposeful creation of an environment in which a Black-identifying audience can experience a performance. Black Out Night provides an opportunity for Black people to be centered […]
Overview A compelling tale of how the unifying power of music brings cultures together, Shanghai Sonatas tells the story of Jewish refugee musicians finding sanctuary in the Jewish Ghetto of Shanghai in the 1940’s. As a Jewish violinist takes on a troubled Chinese teenager as his student, a connection is made that helps both of them overcome their […]
Overview Making her BroadStage debut, trumpeter/ vocalist Bria Skonberg is one of the “most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” (The Wall Street Journal). Linking past and present with inventive arrangements from the traditional jazz repertoire, reinterpretations of contemporary classics, and original compositions, Ms. Skonberg performs all with genuine heart and dynamic flair. Donors […]
Overview They’re back! After an astonishing debut with Alcina in 2021, conductor Harry Bicket and his sensational orchestra, The English Concert, return with another dazzling baroque masterpiece performed in concert. This time, it’s Handel’s Solomon. A magnificent song of celebration (sung in English!), Solomon celebrates the famously wise king in action: as a devoted husband to his beloved queen (never mind the 699 other wives or the 300 concubines), as a sage dispenser of justice (remember the two mothers laying claiming […]
Overview Internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields returns to Los Angeles with “explosively charismatic” (The New York Times) superstar mandolinist Avi Avital. The Academy has become a BroadStage favorite for their unrivaled live performances. Together, their fresh interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music, including Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 1, […]
About this Performance Igor Levit, who made such a powerful impression playing Beethoven’s C-minor Piano Concerto during the 2021/22 season, makes a welcome return in recital, sharing his insights into the final three masterpieces of Beethoven’s sonatas for solo piano. Program BEETHOVEN -Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109 BEETHOVEN -Piano […]
About this Performance As part of his 75th birthday celebrations, LA Phil John and Samantha Williams Creative Chair John Adams leads a Green Umbrella concert—from the series he watches over so carefully—that features the world premiere of an LA Phil commission from Anthony Cheung, whose music has been described as “gritty, inventive and wonderfully assured” […]
About this Performance The beloved American violinist, who has grown up with us, returns to her roots with a solo Bach recital. Her purity of tone and intonation even in the most complex of Bach makes hearing these small monuments an ever greater joy. Wednesday, at 8:00PM
Overview Experience pianist Conrad Tao’s phenomenal artistry in Mozart’s eloquent Piano Concerto No. 24. Not yet 30, the Detroit Free Pressproclaims Tao “owns a place among the world’s virtuosos.” Guest conductor Michal Nesterowicz leads music of his countryman, the late Polish film and concert composer, Wojciech Kilar. The evening ends with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 […]
"It’s Little Shop meets Sweeney Toddmeets Avenue Q!" A New Beatnik Horror Comedy Musical. Dig this, hepcats! When a struggling beatnik sculptor in San Francisco stumbles upon a new style of art that thrusts him into fame, fortune, and perhaps some big trouble, well – you’ll just have to see what Walter Paisley did today. […]
This spring, these award-winning sisters are bringing their joint cabaret show to the Center for an evening of delightful music. As a dynamic duo of incredible talent, both Ann and Liz are gearing up for a wonderful cabaret show that combines humor, harmonies, and showtunes!
