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James Colon to retire as Los Angeles Opera music director after 2025-26 season, end 20-year tenure
Read full article: James Colon to retire as Los Angeles Opera music director after 2025-26 season, end 20-year tenureJames Conlon will retire as music director of the Los Angeles Opera at the end of the 2025-26 season, ending a 20-year run that will have spanned half the company’s history.
Los Angeles Opera to present Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' reimagined on film soundstage
Read full article: Los Angeles Opera to present Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' reimagined on film soundstageThe Los Angeles Opera opens its 2024-25 season Sept. 21 with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” reimagined in a film studio and will present the company premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s “Ainadamar” while reducing its offerings from six main-stage productions to five.
LA Opera scraps planned world premiere of Mason Bates' 'Kavalier and Clay' adaptation over finances
Read full article: LA Opera scraps planned world premiere of Mason Bates' 'Kavalier and Clay' adaptation over financesThe Los Angeles Opera scrapped plans for the world premiere of Mason Bates’ “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” this fall because of finances, and the work will instead open with a student cast at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.