Classical Life

Long Beach Opera’s 2014 season

Long Beach Opera announced its 2014 season yesterday, packed with pretty much the usual amount of goodies.

Here it is:

QUEENIE PIE by Duke Ellington
Sat. Jan. 25 @ 8pm, Sat. Feb. 1 @ 8pm,
Sun. Feb. 2 @ 2pm
Warner Grand Theatre, San Pedro

THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER by John Adams
Sun. Mar. 16 @ 7pm
Sat. Mar. 22 @ 2pm
Terrace Theater, Long Beach

AN AMERICAN SOLDIER’S TALE by Igor Stravinsky (Vonnegut)
A FIDDLER’S TALE by Wynton Marsalis
Sun. May 4 @ 7pm
Sat. May 10 @ 2pm
Center Theater, Long Beach

THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD
by David Lang
Sun. June 22 @ 7pm, Sat. June 28 @ 8pm
Sun. June 29 @ 2pm
Terrace Theater, Long Beach

Also just announced, an addition to this season:

KING GESAR by Peter Lieberson
Sat. Sept. 7 2013 @ 8pm, Sat. Sept. 14 2013 @ 8pm
Sun. Sept. 15 2013 @ 8pm
On the sand, Long Beach

“Klinghoffer” is something of a coup for LBO. L.A. Opera was supposed to do it (they were a co-commissioner), but backed out after the controversy.

photo: Long Beach, c. 1908. Click on for larger view.

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Long Beach Opera

June 14, 2013

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Know your ‘Rites’

This is fun: a mash-up of 46 recordings of the “Augurs of Spring” section of Le sacre du printemps.

Hat tip to Lisa Hirsch.

Review: 67th Ojai Music Festival

In today’s Orange County Register online, I review this year’s Ojai Music Festival, which was curated by Mark Morris.

Click here to read my review (subscription or $2 one day pass required), or pick up a copy of today’s newspaper.

Note: I really did not have adequate space to do the festival justice, which was frustrating. I could say more here (and may at some point), but suffice to say I had a really good time. If you ever decide to go yourself, I recommend going whole hog and stay in town for the entire festival. Next year’s music director is pianist Jeremy Denk.

photo: Conductor Joshua Gersen, Colin Fowler and red fish blue fish perform Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra at Libbey Bowl on June 9, 2013 in Ojai, California. Copyright Timothy Norris.