SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the Los Angeles area. Review Mahler Grooves at the LA Phil in Bits and Pieces Richard S. Ginell - February 25, 2025 Baritone Simon Keenlyside and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova perform Mahler’s early songs with Dudamel and the orchestra. Music News Hollywood Bowl’s 2025 Season Ranges From Brahms to Broadway Tom Jacobs - February 25, 2025 Wicked actress Cynthia Erivo will play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar, while the LA Phil takes on a full summer. Review At LA Opera, Adoration Is Timely and Emotionally Affecting Jim Farber - February 24, 2025 Composer Mary Kouyoumdjian’s new opera comes to the company’s Off Grand series in a brilliantly visceral production. Review London Symphony Orchestra Begins U.S. Tour With Panache Josef Woodard - February 24, 2025 Violinist Janine Jansen plays Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade, and conductor Antonio Pappano leads Mahler’s First Symphony. Review Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Makes a Valentine of French Music Harlow Robinson - February 19, 2025 Under guest conductor Matthias Pintscher, LACO plays standards by French composers with the requisite elegance and lyricism. Review Kronos Quartet’s At War With Ourselves Is Intensely Moving Jim Farber - February 18, 2025 Composer Michael Abels’s searing setting of poetry by Nikky Finney expertly balances string playing, choral singing, and recitation. Review Batsheva Dance Company Lands in the U.S. With MOMO Victoria Looseleaf - February 18, 2025 Choreographer Ohad Naharin’s 2022 masterpiece is filled with hypnotic imagery co-created by company members. Music News KDFC and KUSC, California’s Classical Radio Stations, to Merge Completely Janos Gereben - February 18, 2025 The two stations have been partnered since 2011, but starting this summer, they’ll put out just one main audio feed. Preview The Camp, a World-Premiere Opera About Japanese American Internment Victoria Looseleaf - February 18, 2025 This new work by composer Daniel Kessner and librettist Lionelle Hamanaka is set to take the stage at Los Angeles’ Aratani Theatre. Music News LA Opera Announces Lineup for 2025–2026, James Conlon’s Final Season Tom Jacobs - February 11, 2025 The company’s longtime music director will bid adieu with productions of West Side Story, Falstaff, and The Magic Flute. Pagination 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page