On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, LA Opera Community Educator, Steve Kohn, will present a free Opera Talk, "Gender Inequality in Opera," at the Redondo Beach Library. Reservations not required.
LA Opera’s Library Project presents more than 100 free opera talks each season in libraries all over the Los Angeles region. These insightful talks, given by members of LA Opera’s Community Educators, address history, literature, philosophy and fine arts within the context of opera.
LA Opera’s Community Educators are trained experts who address civic and social organizations, philanthropic groups, schools and library audiences throughout Southern California, free of charge. For more information about LA Opera’s Community Educators, please e-mail gcollins@laopera.com or call (213) 972-3626.
On Saturday, June 9, 2012, LA Opera Community Educator, John Spear, will present a free Opera Talk on at the El Dorado Neighborhood Library. Reservations not required.
LA Opera’s Library Project presents more than 100 free opera talks each season in libraries all over the Los Angeles region. These insightful talks, given by members of LA Opera’s Community Educators, address history, literature, philosophy and fine arts within the context of opera.
LA Opera’s Community Educators are trained experts who address civic and social organizations, philanthropic groups, schools and library audiences throughout Southern California, free of charge. For more information about LA Opera’s Community Educators, please e-mail gcollins@laopera.com or call (213) 972-3626.
Get the full story by joining other opera-goers at our complimentary pre-opera talks in the Grand Hall of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. You will have the opportunity to listen to UCLA's Dr. Mitchell Morris, associate professor of musicology, present an entertaining and informative talk on the opera you are about to see.
Generously sponsored by The Flora L. Thornton Foundation and The Opera League of Los Angeles, the talks are free of charge to those attending the performance. Talks are scheduled one hour prior to each performance. Reservations are not required.
If you are unable to make it to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in time to attend a pre-performance talk, you can also listen to the program from your phone*. Each talk is accessible via the following phone number and code:
Phone number: 1-218-936-4700 Access code: 314902#
*Please note: This number is not toll free, so the cost will depend on rates charged by your long distance carrier (Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, etc.) to area code 218, Minnesota. There are no additional fees. We do not require the use of any specific carrier, nor do we know what rates patrons pay on their calling plans. This service accommodates the first 150 callers-if we miss you, don't worry-you can also catch the pre-opera talk here on the LA Opera website as a podcast recording.
Get the full story by joining other opera-goers at our complimentary pre-opera talks in the Grand Hall of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. You will have the opportunity to listen to UCLA's Dr. Mitchell Morris, associate professor of musicology, present an entertaining and informative talk on the opera you are about to see.
Generously sponsored by The Flora L. Thornton Foundation and The Opera League of Los Angeles, the talks are free of charge to those attending the performance. Talks are scheduled one hour prior to each performance. Reservations are not required.
If you are unable to make it to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in time to attend a pre-performance talk, you can also listen to the program from your phone*. Each talk is accessible via the following phone number and code:
Phone number: 1-218-936-4700 Access code: 314902#
*Please note: This number is not toll free, so the cost will depend on rates charged by your long distance carrier (Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, etc.) to area code 218, Minnesota. There are no additional fees. We do not require the use of any specific carrier, nor do we know what rates patrons pay on their calling plans. This service accommodates the first 150 callers-if we miss you, don't worry-you can also catch the pre-opera talk here on the LA Opera website as a podcast recording.
On Saturday, June 16, 2012, LA Opera will present a free concert at the Santa Monica Public Library. Reservations not required.
LA Opera’s Library Project presents more than 100 free opera talks each season in libraries all over the Los Angeles region.
Working in partnership with the County of Los Angeles Public Library, LA Opera has developed this fun, high energy show that tours to various libraries for free family performances. Verdi Opera Tales features musical moments from such Verdi opera stories as Falstaff, Simon Boccanegra, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, and La Forza del Destino in celebration of the composer’s 200th birthday.
Working in partnership with the County of Los Angeles Public Library, LA Opera has developed this fun, high energy show that tours to various libraries for free family performances. Verdi Opera Tales features musical moments from such Verdi opera stories as Falstaff, Simon Boccanegra, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, and La Forza del Destino in celebration of the composer’s 200th birthday.
