Da Camera Society Podcast / Ethel Smyth
PodcastPodcast forthcoming. Will announce when posted. This Da Camera Society-produced podcast explores the life and music Ethel Smyth, a composer, feminist activist and writer whose massive oratorio The Prison won the 2020 Find out more »
Free LAO Zoom Class / Rossini & Wagner
ZoomThis Week's Topic - A Tale of Two Opera Composers We will explore the careers of Rossini and Wagner up to 1850 in the context of European opera cultures—French, German, Find out more »
Free LAO Zoom Class / Musical Artist as Hero
ZoomThis Week's Topic - The Musical Artist as German Hero: Romanticism, Myth, and Wagner’s Tannhäuser This week we will delve into the two medieval stories that Wagner combined for his Find out more »
Free LAO Zoom Class / Bel Canto Dramedy
ZoomThis Week's Topic - Bel Canto “Dramedy”: Mixed Musical Styles in Cenerentola By the time he wrote Cenerentola, Rossini had already mastered a wildly successful comic style and had proven Find out more »
Free LAO Zoom Class / How to Build an Opera
ZoomThis Week's Topic - How to Build an Opera: from Overture to Scene For this final session, we will look at the how Rossini and Wagner put their operas together—their Find out more »
Pre-Concert Video / Handel’s Alcina
YouTube , United StatesKristi Brown-Montesano is featured in a pre-recorded video lecture for this Baroque music can't-miss performance. Conductor Harry Bicket and The English Concert (a period instrument orchestra) make their first LA Opera appearance in Find out more »
LA Phil / Salonen, Strauss + 2 Premieres
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesJoin Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano for UpBeat Live to explore this Esa-Pekka Salonen-led program featuring two exciting premieres. Salonen’s own Fog (a tribute to Frank Gehry) takes as inspiration the Bach Find out more »
Concert for Fifth Grade / OC Phil Society
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United StatesFifth grade is a tough sell for classical music. But I'm thrilled to return to one of my favorite gigs: narrating an Orange County Youth Symphony concert for local 5th graders. Find out more »
St. Matthew Passion / Opera for Educators
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesAs prep for Bach's St. Matthew Passion and LA Opera's innovative presentation (complete with choreography), K-12 educators participate in a special half-day seminar. I am one several guest lecturers, and—speaking educator Find out more »
Pre-Concert Lecture / La Jolla Music Society
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall @ The Conrad 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA, United StatesBeatrice Rana, known for ferocious technique and musical intelligence, presents a program on laughter and lessons from the "City of Lights." In her delightful La Jolla Music Society program, Rana explores Find out more »