music
‘Miss Americana’: Taylor Swift doc establishes the personal as political
February 4, 2020It would be easy to dismiss Taylor Swift as a shallow pop sensation with no influence on politics, but that assessment would be wrong.
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A marvel of inventiveness in two one-acts from Pacific Opera Project
January 29, 2020You wouldn’t have to be an opera lover to love Pacific Opera Project’s latest venture, a double bill of two 20th-century works.
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‘Fire in My Mouth’: Julia Wolfe’s choral response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
December 18, 2019Great tragedy often inspires great art.
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World-renowned singer Julia Migenes bids adieu with nostalgic French popular songs
November 14, 2019Grammy-winning opera singer Julia Migenes travels back to the Paris of Edith Piaf, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway in this evening of nostalgic French chansons.
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Los Angeles Master Chorale features ‘Oceana’ with lyrics by Pablo Neruda
October 24, 2019A quarter of a century ago there were surely voices crying out against the despoliation of our waters, but few were listening.
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