Building on Long Beach Opera’s legacy of pushing operatic boundaries and boldly taking performance into uncharted territories, the 2023 Season continues to bring new energy and relevance to the form with a series of surprising, immersive, and accessible operatic experiences. These new works and new interpretations of seldom-staged pieces from …continue reading
The inaugural LBO Film Festival will take place over the weekend of July 16th and 17th at the Art Theatre, 2025 E 4th Street, Long Beach CA 90814, and will feature a unique selection of art and opera films. Co-curated by Bradford Nordeen of Dirty Looks and LBO’s Artistic Director …continue reading
Long Beach Opera announced that in addition to two performances of Anthony Davis’ Pulitzer Prize winning opera The Central Park Five that they premiered in 2019, LBO will create the world premiere recording of the piece, which will be released this fall. Additionally, LBO released details about two summer programs …continue reading
Long Beach Opera begins their 2022 spring and summer season with the world premiere adaptation of Giustino by George Frideric Handel with new music and arrangements by Shelley Washington. The opera will be presented within the sculpture garden and galleries at Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in Long Beach. …continue reading
Long Beach Opera’s season begins March 19-27, 2022, with an operatic staging of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s acapella choral work STIMMUNG. This transcendental meditation through music will become a literal feast for the senses in a new production at LBO, directed by Alexander Gedeon with music direction by Fahad Siadat and David …continue reading
Long Beach Opera announces an audacious 2022 season that seeks to usher in a new era for the company. In addition to the recent announcements of James Darrah as Artistic Director and Derrell Acon as Associate Artistic Director, LBO is also proud to announce the appointment of conductor Christopher Rountree …continue reading
Long Beach Opera (LBO) premieres Philip Glass’ In the Penal Colony in collaboration with California Repertory Company (CalRep) April 25 (sold out), 26, 27 (sold out), at 7:30 PM; April 28 (sold out), at 2:30 PM; May 2, 3, 4, at 7:30 PM; and May 5 (sold out), at 2:30PM …continue reading