MORE L.A. OPERA THAN EVER.Byline: Evan Henerson Staff Writer Flush with a $48 million budget - and with the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. entirely to themselves now that the Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. has moved across the street to the Walt Disney Concert Hall This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. - administrators of the Los Angeles Opera The Los Angeles Opera is an opera company in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, part of the Los Angeles Music Center. announced a season of premieres, revivals, stars and additions for the 2004-05 season. General director Placido Domingo Noun 1. Placido Domingo - Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941) Domingo - who presided over Wednesday morning's press announcement at the Pavilion - will be back to open the season in September, singing the title role in Mozart's ``Idomeneo.'' He'll be joined by Anna Netrebko Anna Jurjewna Netrebko (Russian: Анна Юрьевна Нетребко (of this season's ``Lucia di Lammermoor''). Other singers of note during the season include Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, ONZ, AC, DBE, (IPA: /ˈkiːri ˈteɪ ˈkɑːnəwə/, born March 6, 1944) is an internationally famous New Zealand opera singer. , Catherine Malfitano Catherine Malfitano (born 18 April 1948) is an American operatic soprano. She is generally considered to be one of the world's leading lyric sopranos. Her vocal versatility, physical grace and outstanding dramatic abilities make her a much sought-after performer in opera houses and , Veronica Villarroel, Bryn Terfel The Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel, CBE (IPA: [brɨn ˈtɛrvɛl]; born November 9, 1965) is a well-known contemporary opera and concert singer. and Richard Leech. Conductors include Domingo, Kent Nagano (four productions), Dan Ettinger and Frederic Chaslin. Among the directors are Scott Ellis, Maximilian Schell, William Friedkin, David McVicar, John Cox and Emilio Sagi. L.A. Opera audiences will see four new productions, three offerings that are new to Los Angeles, two revivals and a 23-performance run of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Opera's production of Stephen Sondheim's ``A Little Night Music,'' featuring Jeremy Irons and Juliet Stevenson. Between subscription performances, recitals and the ``Night Music'' run, L.A. Opera will have 100 performances, up from the 67 scheduled during the current season. ``We ended the 2002-03 season with a surplus and in the black,'' said chairman Marc Stern. ``We're one of the few arts organizations maybe in the country that ended up in a positive fashion. We'll have over twice the amount of opera available here in Los Angeles and, I dare say, way over twice the quality.'' Sondheim's ``Night Music'' comes first, opening July 14. Director Scott Ellis and choreographer Susan Stroman guide a cast headlined by Irons, Stevenson and Marc Kudisch. The season opens Sept. 8 with ``Idomeneo,'' a production of the Salzburg Festival that will represent the first time that Domingo and music director Nagano have worked together in Los Angeles. Domingo shares the role of Idomeneo with Allan Glassman. Netrebko shares the role of Ilia with Adriana Damato. Next up is a new production of Richard Strauss' ``Ariadne Auf Naxos Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos) is an opera by Richard Strauss with German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It was first performed at the Hoftheater, Stuttgart, on October 25, 1912. ,'' conducted by Nagano, directed by Friedkin (``The French Connection'') and featuring Petra Maria Schnitzer and Peter Seiffert. The seven-performance run opens Sept. 12. A new production of Bizet's ``Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. ,'' from Teatro Real Madrid, arrives Oct. 22, with Milena Kitic and Catherine Malfitano sharing the title role and Richard Leech and Mario Malagnini alternating as Don Jose. Domingo and Nicola Luisotti will share the conducting duties. The oft-performed revival of Puccini's ``La Boheme,'' originally directed by Herbert Ross, opens Nov. 20 for 11 performances with Marco Berti and Maria Bayo performing for conductor Lawrence Foster and director Stanley Garner. Te Kanawa makes her company debut Nov. 27, singing the title role in Samuel Barber's ``Vanessa.'' Simone Young conducts, and John Cox directs. The L.A. Opera/Houston Grand Opera revival of Verdi's ``Aida'' opens Jan. 22, 2005, for nine performances with Michele Crider, Franco Farina and Irina Mishura, followed on Jan. 29 by the company premiere of Gounod's ``Romeo et Juliette,'' with Netrebko and Rolando Villazon as the lovers. The role of the murderous London barber Sweeney Todd proved the carrot that finally lured bass-baritone Bryn Terfel to Los Angeles. ``Sweeney Todd,'' the Stephen Sondheim-Harold Wheeler musical - produced by Opera North of Leeds - opens May 28, 2005. Nagano conducts for director David McVicar. ``Every year, every possible role, we offer Mr. Terfel,'' said Domingo. ``There is no piece we haven't asked him to do.'' Nagano also conducts the season-ending new production of Strauss' ``Der Rosenkavalier'' with director Maximilian Schell. The singers include Alice Coote, Adrianne Pieczonka, Kurt Rydl and Elizabeth Futral. The season will also include single-night recitals by Terfel (July 11), Renee Fleming (Jan. 15, 2005) and Susan Graham (April 17, 2005). Evan Henerson, (818) 713-3651 evan.henerson(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Jeremy Irons stars in a 23-show run of ``A Little Night Music.'' Alan Davidson/WireImage.com (2) Anna Netrebko returns to L.A. Opera for ``Idomeneo'' and ``Romeo et Juliette.'' Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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