Both guest conductor Matthias Pintscher and multi-Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung return to Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s stage to illuminate French impressionistic treasures by Debussy, Berlioz, Fauré, and Ravel on Saturday, February 15, 7:30 pm, at Glendale’s Alex Theatre, and Sunday, February 16, 2025, 4 pm, at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
DeYoung, a “visceral (and) spine-tingling” singer (The Daily Telegraph), turns up the heat on Berlioz’ song cycle, Les nuits d’été, a set of six emotional songs about love and desire based on poems by Théophile Gautier.
Pintscher, hailed for his “keen musical intelligence, palpable verve and energy, as well as an impeccable command of timing” (Bachtrack), also conducts three orchestral works, including two iconic ballet masterpieces, Debussy’s Prelude à l’après midi d’un faun, and Fauré’s Masques et bergamasques. He caps the LACO program with Le tombeau de Couperi by Ravel, who dedicated each of the work’s six movements to the memories of friends who died in World War I.
The featured participation of maestro Matthias Pintscher in IMPRESSIONISTS: PINTSCHER + DEBUSSY + DeYOUNG is made possible, in part, with the generous support from Ruth Eliel + Bill Cooney.
Alex Theatre is located at 216 N. Brand Boulevard, Glendale, CA 91203. Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is located at 9390 N Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
For information and tickets ($40-$164), please visit www.laco.org or call 213 221 3920.