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Downtown Newly Alive with Music

The rumble scene from Bernstein’s “West Side Story”

By Donna Perlmutter

Every time “West Side Story” takes the stage, as it just did, courtesy of Los Angeles Opera at the Music Center Pavilion, we get closer to Leonard Bernstein’s compose...

6 months ago
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In the Swell of Summer '25

Dudamel in exultation.

By Donna Perlmutter

If all the talk these days is about Gustavo Dudamel’s departure to New York next year, then maybe you trotted up to the Hollywood Bowl with this in mind:

Get him now. Before he’s gone.

After a...

8 months ago
4

Verdi's Villain Turns Tragic, A Prime Beethoven Messenger Departs

Lisette Oropesa and Quinn Kelsey

By Donna Perlmutter

He’s crafty, unscrupulous, and a touch malevolent -- with just one vulnerability: his daughter.

An opera about a villain? As the title character, no less?

Of course. Verdi knew about...

a year ago
3

Heavy Hitters of the 20th Century

“Schoenberg in Hollywood” at UCLA’s Nimoy Theater credit Taso Papadakis.

By Donna Perlmutter

“Schoenberg in Hollywood.” Does that title ring a bell? Of course.

Think “Cabaret,” the movie version with Joel Grey, the Kander and Ebb show th...

a year ago
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Mahler and Mozart Light the Sky Downtown

The LA Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel in its Mahler Fest ‘25

By Donna Perlmutter

Besotted with Mahler. Mahlermania. Marveling at Mahler. A Mahlerthon Forever.

And Mahler Grooves.

Remember that one? From the ‘60s? With the...

a year ago
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