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Opera: SAN DIEGO OPERA’S 2021-22 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT
San Diego Opera Announces 2021-2022 Season For subscription and tickets, visit SD Opera. San Diego Opera’s season’s Fall Concert Series begins on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 7:30 with a special concert by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe. Stephanie will draw from her vast repertoire of opera and Broadway to present a concert of arias and art…
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Concerts: KOOL & THE GANG; VIOLA DAVIS; CHRISTINE AGUILERA; KAMASI WASHINGTON (The Hollywood Bowl, 2021)
BACK TO THE BOWL Finally. The Hollywood Bowl resumes performances. And the line-up from the Los Angeles Philharmonic is stellar. The sense of community will be more than palpable as we all come together not just to watch these amazing entertainers, but to celebrate the return of live performers in an atmosphere of joyful freedom….
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Film: WHAT ARE THE ORIGINS OF BLACK WIDOW? (Disney/Marvel)
SOME OF BLACK WIDOW’S PAST REVEALED Have you ever gone to a Marvel film knowing nothing about the characters’ backstory? The upcoming 2021 Black Widow movie, which opens in wide release from Disney on July 9, 2021 promises to shed light on the checkered past of Natasha Romanoff, a fan-favorite character from the Marvel Cinematic…
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Virtual Music Concert: ALONE TOGETHER (Jennifer Koh)
JENNIFER KOH PERFORMS WORKS FROM HER ALONE TOGETHER SERIES FOR IDAGIO’S GLOBAL CONCERT HALL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GBH The dynamic and innovative violinist Jennifer Koh performs a selection of works from her Alone Together series, created in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the financial hardship it has placed on many in the arts community, to be…
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Jazz Album: IN HARMONY (Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller)
Resonance Records, the award-winning label home of acclaimed archival releases by Nat King Cole, Bob James, Charles Lloyd, Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery and more, is thrilled to announce the release of In Harmony, a stunning set of live performances by Roy Hargrove on trumpet and Mulgrew Miller on piano, available on a limited-edition 180-gram 2-LP July 17, 2021 at…
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Opera: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE / AS ONE (Opera Maine)
Opera Maine presents a New Production of The Elixir of Love on July 28 & 30 Opera Maine will celebrate a return to live opera with two performances Wednesday, July 28 and Friday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. The opera will be sung in Italian, with English supertitles. Pre-performance talks at 6:30 p.m. will be…
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Album Preview: HARD UP (The Bamboos)
FUNK ME HARD (UP) After more than twenty years performing together, The Bamboos have refined their craft of finding the sweetest spot between soul and funk to its finest point yet. On their tenth studio album, Hard Up, the nine piece band–founded and led by guitarist, producer and songwriter Lance Ferguson and featuring the vocals of the…
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Music Study: THE VIOLYMPICS (Nathan Cole)
THE VIOLYMPICS, A VIRTUAL 12-WEEK PROGRAM FOR VIOLINISTS AND VIOLISTS AT ANY LEVEL, HAS AS GUEST ARTISTS THE GREATEST VIOLINISTS IN THE WORLD Nathan Cole, our very own First Associate Concertmaster for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will launch the second installment of The Violympics on June 14, 2021. A series of 6 two-week training events,…
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Album Announcement: BIG MESS (Danny Elfman)
DANNY ELFMAN TRUE TO FORM IN NEW ALBUM Danny Elfman has shared “Insects” today – a reworked version of an Oingo Boingo song which is the final track to come out prior to the release of his new double album Big Mess, out on June 11, 2021. WATCH THE ABSOLUTELY COOL 3D VIDEO FOR HIS…
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Virtual Opera: DESERT IN (Boston Lyric Opera)
AN OPERATIC OASIS WHERE ANYTHING IS DONE TO KEEP LOVE SAFE Lost souls are found, love is rekindled, and secrets are exposed at a mysterious motor lodge in the American West. There’s an extraordinarily impressive team behind Boston Lyric Opera’s new operatic miniseries desert in, which premieres June 3, 2021 on operabox.tv streaming service. Anthony Michael Lopez…
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Opera: DON PROCOPIO (Pacific Opera Project, Los Angeles)
Pacific Opera Project (POP) announces its next installment of revolutionary, pandemic-safe productions, the west coast premiere of Georges Bizet’s rarely performed comedic opera Don Procopio, performed live outdoors at the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles. The three, socially-distanced performances – Friday, June 4, 2021 at 8:00pm; Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 8:00pm; and Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 8:00pm – will be sung…
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Virtual Music: BEYOND THE ARIA FINALE WITH JOYCE DIDONATO (Harris Theater, Chicago)
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Events: THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL (Reopening Announcement)
The Hollywood Bowl is roaring back to life this summer, but first LA Phil hosts five free concerts for healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers in appreciation for all they have done for Los Angeles throughout the pandemic. There will be two performances by Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil (May 15 & 22)…
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Opera: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE / AS ONE (Opera Maine)
Opera Maine is preseting live opera again this summer at Merrill Auditorium, with two performances July 28 and 30, 2021. Under the direction of Artistic Director Dona D. Vaughn, the company will stage an original production of Gaetano Donizetti’s endearing comic opera, L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love). Because of covid safety considerations, the opera…
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Music: GROUP THERAPY TOUR CONCERT COMES HOME (Hootie and the Blowfish)
WE ALL NEED GROUP THERAPY AFTER LAST YEAR Prepare for a new livestream performance by one of America’s most beloved bands, Grammy-winning Hootie & the Blowfish. The virtual performance will be an online presentation of the tour-closing performance from their hugely successful 2019 Group Therapy Tour, broadcast exclusively via Sessions Live on Friday, April 23 at…
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Music: ASTOR PIAZZOLLA AT 100; CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S SMILE (Violinist Philippe Quint)
Philippe Quint returns to the stage in April to present two of his signature curated multimedia shows in California, streamed online. On Tuesday April 6, 2021 at 7pm PT, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County presents the world premiere of violinist ’s newest multimedia show, Astor Piazzolla at 100: A Musical Portrait with pianist Jun Cho. Quint’s narration leads…
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Opera: FREE OPERA STREAMS (San Francisco Opera)
SCHEDULE OF FREE OPERA STREAMS FOR APRIL FROM SAN FRANCISCO OPERA San Francisco Opera’s weekly, free opera streams continue in April with Donizetti’s Don Pasquale (April 3–4), The Fall of the House of Usher double bill featuring one-act operas by Gordon Getty and Claude Debussy (April 10–11) and Verdi’s Don Carlo (April 17–18). Part of the Company’s Opera is ON initiative, free opera streams…
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Opera: COVID FAN TUTTE (Pacific Opera Project)
On Friday, March 26, 2021 at 5:30pm PT, Pacific Opera Project (POP) presents a free livestream of their very funny and entertaining COVID fan tutte, a revolutionary production of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte that premiered in a live, drive-in format in Camarillo, California in November 2020. Livestreams of previous productions are also on-line (consider making a donation to this awesome crew). COVID…
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Theater: AWESOME LINE-UP FOR APRIL & MAY (The Seth Concert Series)
MATT DOYLE, ALI STROKER, STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, SEBASTIAN ARCELUS, MANDY GONZALEZ, ANDREA McARDLE, CHRISTINE PEDI, LAURA BENANTI, LINDA BENANTI, & LESLIE UGGAMS JOIN SETH CONCERTS APRIL & MAY Stage and Cinema’s favorite virtual streaming show of the entire last year has announced that ten stars of the stage and screen will join the April and May…
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Music Concert: THE CALIFORNIA SOUND (GMCLA)
On Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 8pm, almost a year after it was to perform a program titled The California Sound onstage at Alex Theatre in Glendale, The Gay Mens’ Chorus of Los Angeles will stream a love letter to California and its musical heritage. The concert features 90 GMCLA members led by Music Director &…
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