A Night Out, a Shared Purpose: Fuck Cancer Marks Its 100th Event in Los Angeles
The nonprofit’s milestone at Academy Nightclub connected music and community with a deeply personal mission: helping people facing cancer. At Academy Nightclub in Hollywood, the admission ticket carried a message. For Fuck…
LA Opera Opens With Carmen—and Invites the County Along
A new production, a new music director’s first season and two free outdoor simulcasts make Oct. 17 a night to experience opera on your own terms. A seat at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. A blanket near the Pacific. A picnic spread on…
LA Opera Welcomes Domingo Hindoyan as Its New Music Director—and a New Era Begins
Every great opera begins with a dramatic entrance, and for LA Opera, that moment has arrived. Acclaimed conductor Domingo Hindoyan has officially stepped onto the podium as the company’s new Richard Seaver Music Director…
LA Opera Welcomes Domingo Hindoyan as Its New Music Director—and a New Era Begins
Every great opera begins with a dramatic entrance, and for LA Opera, that moment has arrived. Acclaimed conductor Domingo Hindoyan has officially stepped onto the podium as the company’s new Richard Seaver Music Director…
LA Opera’s Akhnaten Returns: Philip Glass, Ancient Egypt, and a Stage-Filling Spectacle Downtown
On select nights between late February and March, Grand Avenue shifts time zones. Inside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, LA Opera revives Akhnaten, Philip Glass’s hypnotic opera about power, belief, and rupture—performed with the kind of scale and precision…
The Program: Mark your calendar for these December 2025 SoCal Performances*
December in California brings a lineup of standout performances, from La Bohème and Handel’s Messiah to the LA Master Chorale’s Festival of Carols. A full slate of theater, orchestral work, and holiday traditions makes the month a rare stretch where culture becomes the centerpiece…
The Program: Mark your calendar for these December 2025 SoCal Performances
December in California brings a lineup of standout performances, from La Bohème and Handel’s Messiah to the LA Master Chorale’s Festival of Carols. A full slate of theater, orchestral work, and holiday traditions makes the month a rare stretch where culture becomes the centerpiece…
LA Opera presents Adoration
Adoration  tells two simultaneous stories—a fictional story of terrorism and betrayal juxtaposed with a real story of family strife and rejection of something foreign. An adaptation of Atom Egoyan’s 2008 […]
Kelli O’Hara in Concert
From her Tony-winning performance in The King and I, to starring in The Hours at the Met and The Gilded Ageon HBO, Kelli O’Hara dazzles at every turn. Her eagerly […]
The Big Short: Performing-Arts Digital Films
Southern California arts groups including Los Angeles Master Chorale, Muse/Ique and L.A. Opera re-cast themselves as video producers whose short digital works draw large audiences …