LA Opera At Home

(Los Angeles) September 17, 2020 — While LA Opera awaits its cue to return to live performances onstage, the company has turned to creating an array of online content through the LA Opera At Home initiative, which will soon expand to include a series of exciting new Digital Shorts commissions. Since the launch of LA Opera At Home on March 17, 2020, these popular online offerings have accumulated more than 700,000 views to date.

Here's what's on tap for the week to come.

• Tuesday, September 22, at 2pm PDT  —  Opera Family Time
  Soprano Jamie Chamberlin and tenor Nathan Granner (along with Esther the opera dog!) take the whole family on a fun-filled musical adventure. On this episode of Sing Out Loud, they show that music can express a feeling all on its own, even without words.
  
  
• Wednesday, September 23, at 12pm PDT  —  Il TRIVIAtore
  Bass-baritone (and self-described opera obsessive) Nicholas Brownlee hosts a lively quiz game for opera fans of all stripes, from eager newcomers to seasoned aficionados. 
  
  
• Friday, September 25, at 4pm PDT  —  Living Room Recital
  Soprano Sarah Vautour, a member of the company's young artist program, partners with pianists Steven Blier (the celebrated artistic director of the New York Festival of Song) and our own Jeremy Frank for a cabaret program, with songs by Kurt Weill, William Bolcom, Cole Porter and Francis Poulenc.

To access all of these programs and to learn more about current and future programming, please visit LAOpera.org/AtHome.

About LA Opera At Home
LA Opera was the first major American opera company to create a weekly schedule of original new online programming to bring opera to audiences during the coronavirus crisis. LA Opera At Home launched on March 17 with the first in a series of live "Living Room Recitals" featuring artists performing in their homes. Other programming highlights include: "Opera Family Time" presentations created specially for families with children to enjoy together; "Learn at Home (Grown-Up Edition)" opportunities for opera lovers of any experience level to dive deeper into the art form; "From the Vault" streams of earlier performances; and "Backstage at LAO" features that take viewers behind the scenes for a look at what it takes to create world-class opera.

About LA Opera
Los Angeles is a city of enormous diversity and creativity, and LA Opera is dedicated to reflecting that vibrancy by redefining what opera can be with thrilling performances, thought-provoking productions and innovative programming. The communal and curative power of opera is needed now more than ever before, especially given the extraordinary challenges of the time. The company is grateful to its supporters for helping to ensure that it has the resources needed to get through this unprecedented period through the LA Opera Relief Fund. Those wanting to support LA Opera can go to LAOpera.org/donate.

LA Opera Media Contact 
Vanessa Flores Waite
Director of Communications 
vwaite@laopera.org 
213.972.7554

LA Opera is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the greater Los Angeles community.