Less Likes," More Love / 20 SEASON

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1 Less Likes," More Love / 20 SEASON

2 More Life! Sure, you ca sped more time bige-watchig or scrollig through your feed. Or you ca break away from it all ad awake your seses with LA Opera. Like LA itself, LA Opera is a place to break the mold, break traditio, ad eve break the rules. Break out i sog, i dace, ad i applause. Where stories break your heart, or make you break out i laughter. The place to break ew groud (like our shiy ew plaza), ad break miscoceptios about opera, like you eed those tiy bioculars. (You do't, but they look cool.) We ivite you to look away from your scree, if oly for a bit. The echatig world of opera awaits.

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5 BRAND NEW PRODUCTION COMPOSED BY GIACOMO PUCCINI CONDUCTED BY JAMES CONLON SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES CAST MIMI Maria Costa-Jackso* RODOLFO Saimir Pirgu MUSETTA Erica Petrocelli MARCELLO Kihu Yoo COLLINE Nicholas Browlee CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR Barrie Kosky SCENERY Rufus Didwiszus* COSTUMES Victoria Behr* DON T WORRY, WE LL TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS SO NOBODY CAN SEE YOU CRY. For the first time i 25 years, our Bohemias have moved to a ew address. This all-ew productio, staged by theatrical dyamo Barrie Kosky, sweeps you ito the bustlig cafés ad hidde corers of 19th-cetury Paris. Follow the triumphs ad toils of a bad of strugglig youg artists as they search for love, life ad laughter agaist impossible odds. Is this the most romatic of all operas? We thik so! SEPTEMBER 14, 22M, 25, 28 OCTOBER 2, 6M M = MATINEE Maria Costa-Jackso: dramatically ad musically allurig otable for her burished timbre ad subtle phrasig. THE NEW YORK TIMES Saimir Pirgu: Every ote resouded with love for Mimì ad his frieds, ad the stage could ot cotai the itesity or the beauty of his sorrow. VOIX DES ARTS Mr. Kosky is kow for his highly idividual, theatrical style, which combies the seriousess of high-cocept director s theater with a healthy dose of campy razzle-dazzle. THE NEW YORK TIMES *LA OPERA DEBUT MEMBER OF THE DOMINGO- COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM ALUMNUS OF THE DOMINGO- COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM A PRODUCTION OF THE KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Cast ad dates subject to chage. Coceptual set models To watch ad liste to excerpts from this opera go to LAOpera.org/Boheme #LAOBOHEME 5

6 Joh Berry ad Athoy Lilley for Sceario Two Ltd Preset RENÉE FLEMING i Book by CRAIG LUCAS Music ad Lyrics by ADAM GUETTEL based o a ovella by Elizabeth Specer 6

7 COMPANY PREMIERE BOOK BY CRAIG LUCAS MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ADAM GUETTEL CONDUCTED BY KIMBERLY GRIGSBY* SUNG IN ENGLISH CAST MARGARET JOHNSON Reée Flemig CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR Daiel Evas* SCENERY Robert Joes* COSTUMES Brigitte Reiffestuel LIGHTING Mark Hederso IT DOESN T GET BETTER THAN THIS: RENÉE FLEMING IN A RAVISHING MUSICAL ROMANCE. The scee is set: Florece, summer America Margaret Johso ad her daughter Clara take i the woder ad awe of Florece. A fateful gust of wid whisks Clara s hat ito the had of a local dreamer...ad it is love at first sight. But Clara is t quite what she appears, ad soo they must all cofrot a secret kept i the shadows for far too log. Reée Flemig stars i this echatig musical by Adam Guettel, which wo six Toy Awards, icludig Best Origial Score. OCTOBER 12, 13M, 17, 18, 19M, 19, 20M M = MATINEE The most itesely romatic score of ay musical sice West Side Story. THE NEW YORK TIMES Reée Flemig: Possibly the most beautiful, effortlesssoudig lyric soprao voice i the world. CLASSIC FM *LA OPERA DEBUT PRODUCED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., OWNER OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ELIZABETH SPENCER PRODUCTION ORIGINALLY CREATED BY SCENARIO TWO, LTD. SEMI-STAGED AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Cast ad dates subject to chage. Reée Flemig ad Adam Guettel To watch ad liste to excerpts from this show go to LAOpera.org/Piazza #LAOPIAZZA 7

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9 COMPOSED BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART CONDUCTED BY JAMES CONLON (NOV 16-DEC 1) GRANT GERSHON (DEC 12-15) SUNG IN GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES CAST TAMINO Bogda Volkov* Joshua Wheeker (Dec 12-15) PAMINA Zuzaa Marková* PAPAGENO Theo Hoffma QUEEN OF THE NIGHT So Youg Park SARASTRO Ildebrado D Arcagelo CREATIVE TEAM PRODUCTION Suzae Adrade ad Barrie Kosky ANIMATION Paul Barritt CONCEPT 1927 (Suzae Adrade ad Paul Barritt) ad Barrie Kosky SCENERY AND COSTUMES Esther Bialas TRUE LOVE IS NEVER EASY. ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE S A GIANT, ANGRY SPIDER... AND SHE S YOUR MOM. A dazzlig celebratio of love coquerig all, The Magic Flute trasports you ito a echated world where good battles the forces of darkess. With the seamless iteractio betwee ostage performers ad projected had-draw aimatio, this ivetive ad charmig iterpretatio brilliatly captures Mozart s delightful bled of high comedy ad adveture. NOVEMBER 16, 21, 23 DECEMBER 1M, 12, 15M M = MATINEE A delight a remarkable achievemet See it. Ad see it ow. LOS ANGELES TIMES Soprao So Youg Park is breathtakig as the Quee of the Night. Her exquisite ad cofidet voice seds chills dow your spie. ARTS BEAT LA Theo Hoffma s geeky birder Papageo was a crowd-pleaser, with a solid, burished baritoe ad a hady way with a selfdeprecatig retort. OPERA NEWS *LA OPERA DEBUT ALUMNUS OF DOMINGO-COLBURN- STEIN YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM A PRODUCTION OF THE KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN To watch ad liste to excerpts from this opera go to LAOpera.org/Flute AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Cast ad dates subject to chage. #LAOMAGICFLUTE 9

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11 WORLD PREMIERE COMPOSED BY MATTHEW AUCOIN LIBRETTO BY SARAH RUHL CONDUCTED BY MATTHEW AUCOIN SUNG IN ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES CAST EURYDICE Daielle de Niese ORPHEUS Joshua Hopkis* ORPHEUS DOUBLE Joh Holiday FATHER Rod Gilfry HADES Barry Baks CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR Mary Zimmerma* SCENERY Daiel Ostlig* COSTUMES Aa Kuzmaic* IN THE GREEK MYTH, SHE WAS A SHADOWY FIGURE WE BARELY KNEW. LET S CHANGE THAT. Matthew Aucoi parters with playwright Sarah Ruhl for a ew opera that reimagies aciet mythology for a moder age. This time, the tale ufolds from the heroie's poit of view. (Fially, right?) Tragically killed o her weddig day, a youg bride desceds ito the uderworld, where she recoects with her adorig father. Preseted with the opportuity to retur to her husbad i the world of the livig, she must choose betwee the two me she loves. FEBRUARY 1, 8, 14, 16M, 20, 23M M = MATINEE If cotemporary opera has a risig wuderkid, the [Matthew] Aucoi has to be it. THE NEW YORK TIMES Sarah Ruhl s Eurydice is touchig, ivetive, ivigoratigly compact ad lumiously liquid i its rhythms ad desig. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Daielle de Niese: opera s coolest soprao. THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Sarah Ruhl Mary Zimmerma COMMISSIONED BY THE METROPOLITAN OPERA AND LA OPERA ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE METROPOLITAN OPERA/LINCOLN CENTER THEATER NEW WORKS PROGRAM WITH SUPPORT FROM THE OPERA AMERICA REPERTOIRE DEVELOPMENT GRANT A CO-PRODUCTION OF LA OPERA AND THE METROPOLITAN OPERA *LA OPERA DEBUT AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Matthew Aucoi Cast ad dates subject to chage. To watch ad liste to excerpts from this opera go to LAOpera.org/Eurydice #LAOEURYDICE 11

12 PLÁCID O DOMINGO IN Roberto D E V E R E U X 12

13 COMPANY PREMIERE COMPOSED BY GAETANO DONIZETTI CONDUCTED BY EUN SUN KIM* SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES CAST QUEEN ELIZABETH I Daviia Rodríguez* ROBERT DEVEREUX Ramó Vargas DUKE OF NOTTINGHAM Plácido Domigo SARA Alice Coote CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR Stephe Lawless SCENERY Beoît Dugardy COSTUMES Igeborg Bererth* IT S GOOD TO BE QUEEN MOST OF THE TIME. I Tudor Eglad, Quee Elizabeth I rules (literally). Igorig advice from the court, she declies to charge her lover with treaso, but he's ot makig it easy for her. Behid her formidable public persoa hides a fragile heart that aches to recoect with a suitor whose loyalties are ucertai. If ever there was a diva role, this is it careeig from outbursts of rage to heartbroke lamets ad glamorous Spaish soprao Daviia Rodríguez has the vocal ad dramatic goods to deliver a uforgettable performace. Plácido Domigo portrays a wroged husbad caught up i Devereux s web of deceit, with Ramó Vargas as the scoudrel at the ceter of all the trouble. FEBRUARY 22, 27 MARCH 1M, 5, 8M, 14 M = MATINEE Daviia Rodríguez: dramatically covicig ad vocally respledet. SEATTLE TIMES Domigo used his tremedous actig skills ad voice caily with plety of sustaied power ad heartbreakig expressio. He ca still brig it. LOS ANGELES TIMES A commadig presece o the podium [Eu Su Kim] commuicated both warmth ad electrifyig power. MUSICAL AMERICA *LA OPERA DEBUT A CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY PRODUCTION PRODUCTION ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE DALLAS OPERA AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Cast ad dates subject to chage. To watch ad liste to excerpts from this opera go to LAOpera.org/Devereux #LAODEVEREUX 13

14 P E LLE A S ` ` MEL I SA NDE 14

15 PRODUCTION NEW TO LA COMPOSED BY CLAUDE DEBUSSY CONDUCTED BY JAMES CONLON SUNG IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES CAST MÉLISANDE Kate Lidsey PELLÉAS Yupeg Wag* GOLAUD Christopher Purves* KING ARKEL Willard White GENEVIÈVE Nacy Maultsby* CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR David McVicar SCENERY AND COSTUMES Rae Smith* LIGHTING Paule Costable PROJECTIONS Jack Hery James* MOVEMENT Leah Hausma* SPOILER ALERT: THIS ONE DOESN T END WELL FOR EITHER OF THEM. Lost i the forest, a huter ecouters a ethereal beauty with a mysterious past (ad the lushest locks i opera sorry, Samso!). Returig home as his ew bride, she grows icreasigly close to his hadsome youger half-brother. Debussy s sesual, exquisitely uaced score coducted by James Colo (who ever fails accordig to Variety) captures a eigmatic dream world where forbidde love blossoms. MAY 2, 10M, 14, 17M, 20, 23 M = MATINEE David McVicar s raptly beautiful ew productio It s altogether a really classy productio. THE GUARDIAN Yupeg Wag: elegat phrasig ad kee dramatic isticts. THE NEW YORK TIMES It s ot the size of Lidsey s voice that impresses me the most... It s the way she colors every lie emotioally ad creates so may cotours ad uaces to her jourey. DC THEATRE SCENE *LA OPERA DEBUT A SCOTTISH OPERA PRODUCTION AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Cast ad dates subject to chage. To watch ad liste to excerpts from this opera go to LAOpera.org/Pelleas #LAOPELLEAS 15

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17 BRAND NEW PRODUCTION COMPOSED BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART CONDUCTED BY JAMES CONLON SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES CAST FIGARO Craig Colclough SUSANNA Yig Fag* COUNT ALMAVIVA Christopher Maltma COUNTESS ALMAVIVA Guaqu Yu CHERUBINO Rihab Chaieb* DON BASILIO Breto Rya CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR James Gray* SCENERY Sato Loquasto COSTUMES Christia Lacroix* LIGHTING Bertrad Couderc* WEDDING CHECKLIST: MAKE VEIL MOVE IN WIN BATTLE OF WITS Mozart's greatest comedy has great music ad sparkles with disguises, wit ad trickery. LA Opera will be takig the magic eve further with a excitig ew productio directed by acclaimed filmmaker James Gray ad costumes desiged by celebrated fashio desiger Christia Lacroix, which are sure to ispire a little evy. Cout Almaviva s waderig eye lads o his wife s maid Susaa, who s about to marry his ow maservat, Figaro. Racig agaist the clock to outwit his master, wily Figaro draws the Coutess ito his clever schemes but it s Susaa who turs out to be the greatest mastermid of them all, savig the day for everyoe. JUNE 6, 14M, 17, 20, 25, 28M M = MATINEE Craig Colclough sag with excellet dictio ad a skillfully cotrolled voice exquisite comic timig. OPERA TODAY Yig Fag gave a treasurable performace. Ay Figaro would be lucky to have such a woma as his bride. OPERA NEWS LA Opera is extremely fortuate to have coductor James Colo, who brigs eergy ad revelatory details to all his work with the compay. OPERA WEST *LA OPERA DEBUT ALUMNUS OF THE DOMINGO- COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM NEW CO-PRODUCTION WITH THÉÂTRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES, PARIS. AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Cast ad dates subject to chage. Coceptual set models To watch ad liste to excerpts from this opera go to LAOpera.org/Figaro #LAOFIGARO 17

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19 FILM BY ALFRED HITCHCOCK SCORE BY BERNARD HERRMANN CONDUCTED BY Louis Lohraseb FILM COURTESY OF Uiversal Pictures A productio of PGM Productios, Ic. (New York), by arragemet with IMG Artists. MEMBER OF THE DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM Dates subject to chage. SO DISTURBING YOU LL NEED A NICE HOT SHOWER. WAIT, WHAT? A secretary o the ru checks ito a isolated motel cue the scary violis! LA Opera s aual residecy at the extraordiary Theatre at Ace Hotel has become oe of Hallowee's most aticipated traditios, ad this year will take your (err...her?) breath away. Hitchcock s masterpiece of suspese o the big scree is accompaied by a live performace of the hair-raisig score played by the LA Opera Orchestra. Come experiece oe of Hollywood's most icoic movies paired with the itesity of live music. Warig: you wo t be able to shower for weeks! OCTOBER 25, 26M, 26, 27M, 30, 31 M = MATINEE Thik of the shower scee i Psycho ad what comes ito your mid? Almost certaily it'll be the look of terror o Jaet Leigh s face accompaied by the ails-scrapig-dow-ablackboard screeches of composer Berard Herrma s score. THE GUARDIAN (UK) I its implacable chill ad stark, hypotic beauty, Psycho represets oe of Herrma s most cosummate achievemets. GRAMOPHONE To lear more go to LAOpera.org/Psycho #LAOPSYCHO 19

20 Agel s BONE MAY 1, 3M M = MATINEE COMPOSED OSED BY DU YUN LIBRETTO BY ROYCE VAVREK CONDUCTED BY DANIELA CANDILLARI CAST MRS. X.E. Abigail Fischer MR. X.E. Kyle Pfortmiller* BOY ANGEL Kyle Bielfield* GIRL ANGEL Rosie K* PRESENTED BY LA OPERA OFF GRAND AND THE BROAD STAGE CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR Michael Joseph McQuilke* SCENERY AND LIGHTING Maruti Evas* COSTUMES Kate Fry PROJECTIONS Michael Joseph McQuilke* PROJECTIONS BASED ON ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY Haah Wasileski* CHOREOGRAPHY Jeifer Newma* Produced by Beth Morriso Projects *LA OPERA DEBUT Cast ad dates subject to chage. This program icludes scees of violece ad adult cotet. It's a appalligly good work. THE NEW YORK TIMES Origially commissioed by the Ma Ceter for the Performig Arts, Philadelphia. Completio co-commissioed by Beth Morriso Projects ad HERE. Agel s Boe premiered at PROTOTYPE 2016 ad was produced i associatio with Triity Wall Street JUST WHEN YOU LOSE ALL FAITH IN HUMANITY, IT HITS A NEW LOW Agel s Boe is a Pulitzer Prize wiig ew opera by Du Yu ad a allegory of huma traffickig i moder times. Two falle agels are battered ad bruised from their log jourey to earth. They are foud by a ma ad wife who urse them back to health, oly to exploit them for profit ad persoal use. The eclectic ad lyrical score uses a variety of musical geres i this profoud ad hautig ew opera. To watch ad liste to excerpts from this opera go to LAOpera.org/Agels 20

21 OCTOBER 20 Mr. Camarea is meltig ad uaced, clario i coloratura, his soud suy ad earest. There s o oe better. THE NEW YORK TIMES Matchless agility, a bright toe, ad gravity-defyig top otes. BACHTRACK AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Javier Camarea i Recital Oe of the preemiet Mozart ad bel cato* specialists of our time, this high-flyig Mexica teor returs to Los Ageles (he was uforgettable i The Pearl Fishers) for a recital debut that will feature beloved favorites from the classical repertoire. * Beautiful music i Italia. A style of opera made popular i Italy that is sweet ad smooth. MAY 8 COMPANY PREMIERE Cocert Performace COMPOSED BY George Frideric Hadel CONDUCTED BY Harry Bicket CAST RODELINDA Lucy Crowe* BERTARIDO Iesty Davies* GRIMOALDO Joshua Ellicott* EDUIGE Jess Dady* UNULFO Athoy Roth Costazo GARIBALDO Brado Cedel* *LA OPERA DEBUT A PRESENTATION OF THE ENGLISH CONCERT AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION Hadel s Rodelida i Cocert DUPLICITY AND DECEIT. SCHEMES AND SECRETS. YOU KNOW, THE USUAL. The Eglish Cocert, a globe-crossig period istrumet orchestra coducted by Harry Bicket, comes to Los Ageles i a sigle ot-to-be-missed cocert performace. This masterpiece of baroque opera is full of brazely amoral characters doig dastardly deeds. As the me aroud her plot to regai the throe, the grievig quee Rodelida tries to stay oe step ahead of them all, while remaiig faithful to the memory of her husbad, presumed dead. (Key word: presumed. ) Hadel s edlessly ivetive score makes sese of it all. It s oe of his greatest operas ad he wrote dozes of them, so that s sayig somethig. Lucy Crowe dazzles with her every appearace, a youg siger blessed with look-at-me-ad-liste charisma. SUNDAY TIMES (UK) 21

22 JANUARY MARCH 2020 Eurydice FOUND FROM THE UNDERWORLD TO LA, THIS MYTH IS ON THE MOVE. Through a couty-wide festival of performaces, coversatios ad happeigs, we uproot miscoceptios about the mythic Eurydice who gets left behid i the uderworld. Ispired by the world premiere of Eurydice, this famous female captive is set free to speak for herself. Ad do t forget the mai attractio: the world premiere of Eurydice (see page 10) 22

23 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR PARTNERS HEIDI DUCKLER DANCE UNDERWORLD/ UNDERPASS The vacat uderpass betwee LA s historic 7th Street Bridge ad the LA River below is coverted ito a echated performace ad exhibitio space i-betwee two worlds for this dace opera. MARIKE SPLINT Do t Look Back: A Orphic Soudwalk Step i the mythical characters footsteps as you walk through a immersive soudscape, but remember, keep your eyes ahead. BRAIN AND CREATIVITY INSTITUTE The Power of Stories Across Cultures Isights from Neurosciece Neuroscietists, philosophers, storytellers ad LA Opera artists will explore how a multitude of brai processes come ito play whe we hear or read mythic stories. PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS We All Look to the Stars Ispired by the costellatio Lyra, this choral celebratio of the ight sky by Juhi Basal reflects upo our uiversal huma yearigs ad joureys. HAMMER MUSEUM Eurydice Kadis Williams hosts a screeig of her performace piece, followed by a coversatio with musicia Alex Zhag Hugtai ad artist Josh Johso, explorig aesthetic decisios iflueced by the DuBoisia theory of double cosciousess. Black Orpheus A screeig of the 1960 wier of the Academy Award for Best Foreig Laguage Film, which updates the aciet tale to the slums of Rio de Jaeiro durig Carival. Quad A rare opportuity to see Samuel Beckett s distillatio of the huma jourey through a iterplay of soud, light ad movemet. Directed by Michael Hackett, i partership with UCLA School of Theater, Film ad Televisio. BOSTON COURT THEATRE Ricky Ia Gordo s Orpheus ad Eurydice Orpheus trades his mythic lyre for a clariet i a iovative stagig of the award-wiig composer s sog cycle for soprao, clariet ad piao. THE GETTY VILLA A Readig of Sarah Ruhl s Eurydice A staged readig of Toy omiee ad MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl s play, Eurydice, followed by a iteractive coversatio with the playwright ad Matthew Aucoi icludig selectios from the opera. ART MUSE LA The Greater Museum of LA A olie map will help Ageleos discover fasciatig works of art foud withi our museums, galleries ad public spaces, all of them revealig differet facets of the aciet myth. For more iformatio o evets as we add them, go to LAOpera.org/EurydiceFoud All programmig is subject to chage. 23

24 Opera for All WE DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN EXPERIENCE OPERA'S TRANSFORMATIVE POWER. No doubt about it: we re o a missio. We feel trasformed by opera ad thik you will too. From your home to ours, ad everywhere i betwee, we wat Los Ageles filled with opera. We do it i four ways (ad with a gazillio programs i each category): BE OUR GUEST! Loads of ways to see opera for free (Great Opera Choruses o Jue 7 i Northridge is just the tip of the operatic iceberg). GET ON STAGE Come perform with us (really, all are welcome to perform with us i the aual Commuity Opera at the Cathedral. No sigig experiece required). CONTINUE YOUR OPERA EDUCATION Podcasts, coversatios ad other ways to dive deeper (um, yeah, to say our team is psyched to talk more, aywhere ad aytime, about what we love is a uderstatemet). Brig the kids. For half price. OK, so Psycho might be a bit itese for little Sofia, we get it. That s why we have Domigo Family Days, amed after Plácido because he s a huge propoet of families attedig opera together. We pick performaces from the most family-friedly operas we have i a seaso ad do lots of fu activities, like meetig the cast, cookie decoratig, games, thigs like that. Kids love goig to the opera! This seaso, the Family Days are: The Magic Flute December 1 The Marriage of Figaro Jue 14 Also, aytime you wat to brig a child to the opera, it s half-price. But sice little tots ad log operas are t fu for ayoe, we limit the ages for attedig our maistage operas to Date ight is for grow-ups, but Family Days are for kids. So pack them up ad meet us at the opera; we ll save a cookie for you. LAOpera.org/Family CLASSROOM INTEGRATION Helps kids lear ad love opera, ad helps teachers ispire (seeig studets flood ito the free studet matiees is the greatest feelig i the world). We work for ad with you, your family, schools, libraries, hospitals ad vets, local oprofits, festival parters ad everyoe else i our giat awesome commuity. We ca t wait to share a love ad kowledge of opera. LAOpera.org/All or call FAMILY DAYS DECEMBER 1, 2019, AND JUNE 14,

25 Be a Part of the Story! We wat to keep the magic goig, but of course, we eed your help. Are t you glad you have a world-class opera compay i LA? We kow that souds boastful, but it s true. Because of geerous support from opera fas, we ca produce world-class opera i Los Ageles. It s expesive, but you make it possible. Every eveig at the opera is uique because it s live. Ad you ca t automate opera each performace employs hudreds of people, from musicias to carpeters. Plus, there are sets, costumes, wigs, makeup, educatio programs, commuity outreach ad more. We all eed magic i our lives ad that s why we produce it for the greater good also explais why we are a oprofit. Bottom lie: we eed your help. If you ca make a doatio ad purchase a ticket, you ll play a starrig role i brigig opera to the stage ad also support the artists ad artisas who move us with their work. It s a wiwi for you. You ll feel good kowig that you re supportig oprofit arts while esurig the future of opera i LA. We put our doatios toward the stage ad our educatio programs, but we ve come up with some creative ad exclusive ways to show our appreciatio to our supporters. SUPPORTING MEMBERS GET GREAT PERKS ATTEND REHEARSALS You get a peek before it s fiished EVENTS WITH OPERA STARS You ca ask them all your questios EARLY ACCESS TO TICKETS Doors get the pre-pre-sale BACKSTAGE TOURS Pretty icredible to see what goes o behid the curtai ALLEGRO LOUNGE No lies, fast driks OUR GRATITUDE AND YOUR PRIDE For supportig oprofit opera i LA HOW TO DONATE? We re so glad you asked. You ca add o a doatio to your ticket purchase, call us at or go olie at LAOpera.org/Doate. Supportig LA Opera makes a differece to every show, every member of the cast ad crew, ad every perso who buys a ticket. Ad we thik, whe you take your seat i the audiece, that differece shies through. 25

26 New to Opera? WE KNOW YOU RE INTRIGUED...OR YOU WOULDN T BE THIS DEEP INTO THE BROCHURE. SO WHAT S HOLDING YOU BACK? YOU RE AFRAID YOU WILL HAVE NO CLUE WHAT S GOING ON BECAUSE YOU DON T SPEAK ITALIAN LIKE THE OTHER ATTENDEES, APPARENTLY. Oh o, o, o here's their secret: there are subtitles i Eglish so you ca follow alog. Easy. Look. YOU RE WONDERING WHAT YOU WOULD WEAR. Wear what you wat. Wat to dress up ad make a special occasio out of it like our cover girl? Go for it it will be fu. But you wo t be aloe if you dress more casually either. This is LA after all. YOU RE WONDERING ABOUT LOGISTICS. Diig, parkig, etc. You re i luck. Startig i 2019, we will have a beautiful ew plaza with lots of seatig ad diig optios (check out the iside frot cover). We ve also made chages to our parkig structure to make it easier although we still ecourage you to take advatage of the Metro, Lyft ad other trasit optios. YOU DON T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OPERA. You do t have to. Really. But if you wat to prepare a bit, we thik it will ehace your experiece eve more. We make it easy with podcasts, preshow talks, ewcomer evets ad more. Check out LAOpera.org/101. YOU THINK OPERA TICKETS ARE EXPENSIVE. They re ot cheap, but they re cheaper tha major cocerts or sportig evets. Plus, you get a lot for your moey. Tickets typically start aroud $18. THE EXPERIENCE IN A NUTSHELL: You put o clothes (please), liste to a podcast o the way to the theater, hag out with other operagoers i the plaza with a glass of wie, ad the take your comfy seat to ejoy beautiful music, costumes ad sets ad a itriguig story that you follow i the subtitles. Whe the opera eds, you head home, but with the feelig that you ve experieced somethig you ll ever forget. Did we miss somethig? If so, give us a call at We ca't wait for you to joi! Check out our special programs for ewcomers o page 29 or olie at: LAOpera.org/Newcomer 26

27 PROJECTED SUBTITLES MAKE OPERA EASY TO FOLLOW GET AN INSIDE LOOK AT OPERA SOUND BITES AND 140 CHARACTERS GET OLD. Sometimes people get tired of shallow, 140-character, kiddie-pool chatter ad crave a cool, smooth, immersive dive ito a topic. If you ejoy the back matter i a book, the special features after a film, or have Googled where does salt come from or somethig similar, the our free pre-opera talks are right up your alley. Prior to every performace, Music Director James Colo ad other opera isiders lead a deep dive ito each opera. You ll get a seak peek behid the scees, hear a bit of the music ad backstory, ad lear what to look or liste for as you watch the show. The remarkable James Colo gives a preshow talk before every opera he coducts. These dyamic talks take place oe hour before each opera begis, i the elegat Eva ad Marc Ster Grad Hall o the secod level of the Dorothy Chadler Pavilio. Best of all they re free! No RSVP eeded, but space is limited, so come early. You ca also liste olie or dial i remotely. GET ALL THE TIPS SO YOU CAN OPERA LIKE A PRO: LAOpera.org/PreShowTalks 27

28 YOUNG? NEW? ADVENTUROUS? WE'VE GOT A PACKAGE FOR THAT UNDER 40 Whether it s your first time at the opera or you're a seasoed fa who kows exactly what you wat to see, LA Opera has the right package for you. WANT THE BEST DEAL? JUST TURN TO PAGE 32! More cocktails tha your office holiday party, ad just as much drama. Look, we get it. Whe we say opera, you picture stuffy people with sobby attitudes. But that s ot LA Opera. For us, opera is like the best cocert you ve ever bee to ad the best show you ve ever biged, all wrapped ito oe. There s romace, there s itrigue, there s booze ad yes there are subtitles. Ad for you, there s our Aria program. We ll save you a seat whe you become a Aria member. Aria is our opera program desiged for youg adults (21-40 to be exact.) As a member you ll get to see our top picks from the seaso. But you ll get more tha just the magic ad the music. As a Aria member you get: Tickets to our four favorite shows of the seaso (startig at $73) Access to itermissio receptios ad after-parties (i other words: free driks ad free sacks) Ivites to our happy hours ad special evets A ew social circle (though feel free to brig your usual crew, too) Membership is $99 plus tickets. Already a full-seaso subscriber? 1) We love it. 2) You ca become a Aria member for FREE. SHOWS YOU LL SEE WITH AN ARIA PACKAGE 11/23 The Magic Flute A mid-blowig mix of opera, aimatio ad ciema 2/8 Eurydice Classic myth retold from the woma's POV (fially) 5/23 Pelléas ad Mélisade Woma falls for husbad's stepbrother. Ad you thought your family had issues. 6/20 The Marriage of Figaro A crazy caper i couture. ( Lacroix, sweetie! ) Please ote: Aria memberships are oly available to those who are ages 21 to 40 LAOpera.org/Aria 28

29 Agel s Boe NEWCOMERS CONTEMPORARY OPERA You ve had a flight of wie. How about a flight of opera? Admit it: you re curious about opera. But perhaps you re a little worried you wo t fit i or uderstad what s goig o. Trust us, all kids of people atted LA Opera, ad if you ca read this paragraph, you ca read the subtitles we provide right above the actio ostage. We admit, though, that like wie, opera ca take a bit of tastig before you get completely hooked (our true itet). So we ve carefully curated a flight of opera just for virgi taste buds ad paired it with some basics to help get you started. With a ewcomer package, you ll get: A really good deal (15% off) Backstage tour Preshow discussio about what you re goig to see ad hear* Newbies oly itermissio receptios with free wie, of course If you re ot quite ready for the full flight yet, you ca joi us at just oe ewcomer ight for a taste of what this package offers.** THE NEWBIE-CURATED SHOWS ARE 9/25 La Bohème Probably where the idea of opera as a aphrodisiac started 11/21 The Magic Flute Aimatio + Live Actio = You gotta see this 6/17 The Marriage of Figaro A beloved comedy where the servat is the real master(mid) * Preshow talks begi at 6:30 PM; performaces begi at. ** Sigle performaces subject to icreased pricig. Buy early for the best price. Yeah, people still write opera. Every day. All over the world. Ad some of them are youg, too. Also, people of color ad wome (would t Beethove be shocked?). Well, Ludwig, times have chaged ad so has opera. Ad we at LA Opera wat to brig our audieces the best of both worlds: the old ad the ew. What s the differece? Cotemporary artists ofte write about cotemporary topics or approach a traditioal topic from a fresh agle. If you were to atted Eurydice, for example, you would recogize the Greek myth, but otice it s told from a moder woma s poit of view. The style of music ca rage betwee melodic to ot (called atoal) but is ofte somewhere i betwee. THE CONTEMPORARY OPERAS FOR THIS YEAR ARE (DRUMROLL) 10/12-20 The Light i the Piazza A helicopter mom with a disabled daughter struggles with lettig go 10/25-31 Psycho Just i time for Hallowee ad i the perfect settig 2/1-23 Eurydice Ma goes ito uderworld to rescue wife, but she did't eed rescuig 5/1-3 Agel s Boe Pulitzer Prize wier about huma traffickig They soud itriguig because they are, i fact, itriguig. You ca atted oe or two or treat yourself to a package of all four. LAOpera.org/Cotemporary LAOpera.org/Newcomer 29

30 Roberto Devereux DESIGN-YOUR-OWN PACKAGE You Rule! We thik attedig opera is like eatig chocolates you ca t have just oe. Or eve oe flavor whe there are so may to choose from. After all, the excitemet, takig your seat, the orchestra warmig up, the music start sorry, got distracted. Ayway, ulike chocolates, you kow exactly what you re goig to get i this box of opera, because you pick them yourself. With Desig-Your-Ow packages, you ca: Pick your dates aroud your busy caledar Splurge o pricier seats to some operas ad ot others Pick ad choose differet operas or opera styles accordig to your tastes See as few as 3 (good) or as may as 11 (best) All of the above I additio to all the free stuff everyoe gets with LA Opera, you get extra perks with a Desig-Your-Ow package like discouted exchages ad priority seatig. See the chart o the ext page. It s simple. You pick them, ad we make sure you have a good time. LAOpera.org/DYO 30

31 Get the Best Bag for Your Buck BEST DEAL BETTER DEAL GOOD DEAL ESP IF YOU BUY EARLY SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS NUMBER OF OPERAS IN PACKAGE EXCHANGE FEE (WITHIN SAME PRODUCTION) PROJECTED ENGLISH SUBTITLES PRESHOW TALKS PRIORITY SEATING BEFORE ON-SALE TO THE PUBLIC** PRIORITY PURCHASING FOR ADD-ON PRESENTATIONS** SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS CLUB CARD EASY MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN PRIORITY PURCHASE OF HALF-PRICE CHILDREN S TICKETS (AGES 9-17) EARLY BIRD PRICING AVAILABLE* EXCLUSIVE EVENTS LOCKED-IN PRICING FOR ADDITIONAL TICKETS (BASE) SAME-SEAT GUARANTEE FOR ALL PERFORMANCES RENEW SAME SEATS YEAR TO YEAR $25 BRING-A-FRIEND OR SEAT-UPGRADE PRIVILEGE FREE CHAMPAGNE AT ONE PERFORMANCE THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA STARRING RENÉE FLEMING FULL- SEASON (6+ SHOWS) PACKAGE DESIGN- YOUR-OWN /CONTEM- PORARY PACKAGE ARIA PACKAGE (AGES 21-40) NEWCOMER PACKAGE (1ST OR 2ND YEAR AT LA OPERA) SINGLE PERFOR- MANCE 6+PIAZZA FREE $5 $5 $5 $25 FREE ADVANCE SALE STARTING NOW APRIL 29 APRIL 29 APRIL 29 JUNE 20 TRUE OR FALSE? Opera tickets are the most expesive thig i tow. FALSE. We re lower tha ay major cocert or sportig evet. Way lower. Check for yourself. WHY? We re a oprofit, we re supposed to be doig good, ot makig a buck. Beig a oprofit ad all, we wish we could let everyoe come for free, but doig live opera is labor-itesive ad expesive. Every time you buy a ticket, ot oly are you beefitig yourself, you re helpig to support a commuity of artists right here i Los Ageles. That s somethig else to feel good about. If the prices come easily for you, cosider doatig to offset the cost for fellow Ageleos. Ad if you ca t afford our lowest prices, we do t wat you to be left out. Visit LAOpera.org/OperaForAll PACKAGES START AT $102* $44* $65* $47 - SEE ALL 7 PRODUCTIONS FOR AS LITTLE AS $15 EACH! * Early Bird pricig for Full Seaso packages eds o March 19, 2019; Early Bird pricig for mii-packages eds o May 29, $25 whe exchaged withi 48 hours of curtai. Exchages may be subject to price icrease if exchaged ito a more expesive sectio or differet performace. ** Seatig is assiged i order of the packages listed above, left to right. 31

32 Zilch. Nada. Zero. SEE PIAZZA FOR FREE WHEN YOU BUY A FULL SEASON PACKAGE That s right. You get The Light i the Piazza starrig Reée Flemig FREE. Plus, all the beefits listed i the grid o page 31. FULL SEASON BENEFITS IN PLAIN ENGLISH: Chage your mid a millio times with free exchages. Make a fried thik you're spedig a lot of moey takig them to a opera whe it oly cost you $25. You get priority. Lots of priority o seats, shows, prices. Best pricig o thigs like Psycho, Mexica superstar Javier Camarea i Recital or Rodelida. Glass of champage o us hooray! Huge discout, plus The Light i the Piazza FREE (did we metio that already?) STEP 1: CHOOSE YOUR PACKAGE PREMIERES WEEKENDS WEEKNIGHTS Lowest price OPENINGS WEEKENDS MATINEES MATINEES WEEKNIGHTS WEEKNIGHTS La Bohème SATURDAY SEP 14, :00 PM SATURDAY SEP 28, 2019 SUNDAY SEP 22, 2019 SUNDAY OCT 6, 2019 WEDNESDAY SEP 25, 2019 WEDNESDAY OCT 2, 2019 The Light i the Piazza (ADDED FOR FREE!) SATURDAY OCT 12, 2019 SATURDAY OCT 19, 2019 SUNDAY OCT 13, 2019 SUNDAY OCT 20, 2019 THURSDAY OCT 17, 2019 FRIDAY OCT 18, 2019 The Magic Flute SATURDAY NOV 16, 2019 SATURDAY NOV 23, 2019 SUNDAY DEC 1, 2019 SUNDAY DEC 15, 2019 THURSDAY NOV 21, 2019 THURSDAY DEC 12, 2019 Eurydice SATURDAY FEB 1, 2020 SATURDAY FEB 8, 2020 SUNDAY FEB 16, 2020 SUNDAY FEB 23, 2020 FRIDAY FEB 14, 2020 THURSDAY FEB 20, 2020 Roberto Devereux SATURDAY FEB 22, 2020 SATURDAY MAR 14, 2020 SUNDAY MAR 1, 2020 SUNDAY MAR 8, 2020 THURSDAY FEB 27, 2020 THURSDAY MAR 5, 2020 Pelléas & Mélisade SATURDAY MAY 2, 2020 SATURDAY MAY 23, 2020 SUNDAY MAY 10, 2020 SUNDAY MAY 17, 2020 THURSDAY MAY 14, 2020 WEDNESDAY MAY 20, 2020 The Marriage of Figaro SATURDAY JUN 6, 2020 SATURDAY JUN 20, 2020 SUNDAY JUN 14, 2020 SUNDAY JUN 28, 2020 WEDNESDAY JUN 17, 2020 THURSDAY JUN 25, 2020 Package seatig assigmets will be made by the Box Office for best available seats withi each sectio. 32

33 STEP 2: CHOOSE YOUR SECTION YOU VE ALREADY GOT ONE FREE OPERA, BUT BUY BEFORE MAR 19 AND SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 6% WITH EARLY BIRD PRICING. DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION SECTIONS FULL SERIES WITH 9% DISCOUNT OFF BASE ARIA NEWCOMER* PREMIERES & WEEKENDS WEEKNIGHTS PRICES INCLUDE ALL 4 OPERAS PRICES INCLUDE ALL 3 OPERAS 18 Value Balcoy B $124 $109 $73 $47 17 Rear Balcoy B $256 $194 $160 $82 16 Frot Balcoy B $318 $261 $200 $ Value Balcoy A $394 $311 $245 $ Rear Balcoy A $468 $384 $296 $ Frot Balcoy A $539 $449 $340 $ Value Loge $539 $449 $340 $ Loge Rig $669 $614 $424 $ Prime Loge $1,060 $880 $670 $374 9 Fouders Rig $1,060 $880 $670 $374 8 Fouders Circle $1,489 $1,342 $962 $584 7 Grad Circle $1,739 $1,506 $1,126 $651 6 Orchestra Wheelchair $124 $109 $73 $47 5 Orchestra Rig $669 $614 $424 $263 4 Frot Orchestra Rig $859 $788 $536 $336 3 Mai Orchestra $1,159 $1,031 $741 $443 2 Ceter Orchestra $1,489 $1,342 $962 $584 1 Premier Orchestra $1,739 $1,506 $1,126 $651 Other packages available; see pages *Not eligible for Early Bird pricig; available oly by phoe. STEP 3: SEAL THE DEAL. ORDER TODAY! ONLINE Ready to go? Visit LAOpera.org/Subscribe PHONE Got questios or wat more help? Chat with the awesome Box Office folks at Photo credits for LA Opera: Reée Flemig: Adrew Eccles. Flemig & Guettel: Dewyters. Magic Flute: Robert Millard/Craig T. Matthew. Matthew Aucoi/Akhate: Craig T. Matthew. Sarah Ruhl: Joh D. & Catherie T. MacArthur Foudatio. Roberto Devereux: Cory Weaver/SFO. Pelléas: Richard Campbell/Scottish Opera. Pyscho photos courtesy of Uiversal Pictures. Agel's Boe: Hog Kog Leisure ad Cultural Services Dept. Rodelida: Robert Workma. Javier Camarea: CENART, Mexico. Additioal LA Opera photography: Robert Millard, Steve Coh, Craig T. Matthew, Cory Weaver, Forest Casey, Be Gibbs, Rebecca Roteberg. Illustratios by Studio Fuse, Ic. 33

34 2019/20 SEASON CALENDAR Dates ad times subject to chage. Please check LAOpera.org for updated iformatio. P s ARIA C H NEWCOMER FULL- F SEASON ] HISPANICS FOR LA OPERA B SERIES u DOMINGO FAMILY DAY D CONTEMPORARY OPERA G LA BOHÈME LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA MAGIC FLUTE EURYDICE DEVEREUX PELLÉAS FIGARO PSYCHO ANGEL'S BONE CONCERTS COMMUNITY SEPTEMBER 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT OCTOBER 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT LA BOHÈME LA BOHÈME LA BOHÈME 6:00 PM LA BOHÈME H LA BOHÈME ] LA BOHÈME 13 LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA PIAZZA 20 CAMARENA 27 PSYCHO LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA 18 LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA PSYCHO 8:00 PM PSYCHO 8:00 PM 31 PSYCHO 8:00 PM PIAZZA 19 PIAZZA 26 PSYCHO 2:00 & 8:00 PM NOVEMBER 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT DECEMBER 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 01 MAGIC FLUTE u MAGIC FLUTE MAGIC FLUTE 15 MAGIC FLUTE MAGIC FLUTE H MAGIC FLUTE s ] GET THE INSIDE SCOOP! Get access to ewly aouced evets, purchase priority ad behid the scees. Joi us at OFFICIAL STILL WINES OF LA OPERA OFFICIAL PIANO OF LA OPERA 34

35 JANUARY 2020 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT FEBRUARY 2020 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT EURYDICE EURYDICE EURYDICE 08 s SAT MORN AT OPERA 10:00 AM EURYDICE EURYDICE DEVEREUX EURYDICE DEVEREUX MARCH 2020 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 01 DEVEREUX 08 DEVEREUX DEVEREUX DEVEREUX ] APRIL 2020 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN? SEE DOMINGO AND A WORLD PREMIERE IN ONE WEEKEND! LAOPERA.ORG/OOT SATURDAY OPERA 10:00 AM MAY 2020 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 03 ANGEL'S BONE 10 PELLÉAS 17 PELLÉAS ANGEL'S BONE 8:00 PM 02 PELLÉAS RODELINDA :00 PM FESTIVAL PLAY DANIEL OF DANIEL PELLÉAS PELLÉAS PELLÉAS s] JUNE 2020 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 07 GREAT OPERA CHORUSES 3:00 PM 14 FIGARO u FIGARO FIGARO H FIGARO FIGARO s FIGARO

36 PLÁCIDO DOMINGO ELI AND EDYTHE BROAD GENERAL DIRECTOR JAMES CONLON RICHARD SEAVER MUSIC DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER KOELSCH SEBASTIAN PAUL AND MARYBELLE MUSCO PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IF YOU RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE D LOVE FOR YOU TO FOLLOW US. WE ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE.