Long Beach Opera ventures into new spaces in 2021 season
LBO becomes the first major local arts organization to announce an entirely new season.
With rest of 2020 season canceled, Long Beach Opera gives performers a stage online
Catch Long Beach Opera’s live videos featuring performers and staff on a weekly basis through Friday, June 26.
‘Central Park Five,’ premiered by Long Beach Opera, wins Pulitzer Prize for music
The Pulitzer committee called it “a courageous operatic work… that skillfully transforms a notorious example of contemporary injustice into something empathetic and hopeful.”
LB Opera chooses industry “disruptor,” Yuval Sharon, as interim advisor for 2021 season
The news follows the announcement in July that longtime Artistic and General Director Andreas Mitisek is leaving LBO at the end of the 2020 season.
A fresh take on the stuffy fundraising gala: Long Beach Opera’s Divalicious Drag-Off
Patrons of the arts, meet the “UnGala.”
Artistic director Andreas Mitisek will leave Long Beach Opera after 2020 season
Long Beach Opera’s reputation for putting on some of the most innovative productions was largely thanks to Mitisek.
LB Opera world premiere to tell tragedy of ‘The Central Park Five’
Composer Anthony Davis’ work premieres Saturday, June 15, at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro.
IN PICTURES: Performers rehearse before world premiere of The Central Park Five opera
The Central Park Five opens for a three-performance run at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro.
Long Beach Opera will tackle race, equity and justice during a series of community talks starting Saturday
The five-event series is scheduled to take place over the next five months and will feature multiple organizations, artists and community leaders.
Andreas Mitisek isn’t interested in how opera ‘should be’
Andreas Mitisek, Long Beach Opera’s artistic and general director, makes opera his way, not as “it should be.” The LBO season, themed “#Justice” begins Saturday with “Three Tales.”