Esa-Pekka Salonen and The Los Angeles Philharmonic serve a feast for all five senses.
There is a deep sense of culmination and finality when we discuss the last works of the great Masters.
The Hollywood Bowl is truly the preeminent musical venue in Los Angeles.
LA Opera opened their 30th season with a pairing of two of their most popular productions, both of which were initially staged by filmmakers not unfamiliar with the vagaries of our industry outpost here in Hollywoodland.
I never thought I’d see the day when Giuseppe Verdi and Benjamin Britten would battle it out for musical superiority but that’s exactly what happened in Los Angeles this year.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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