DIDO AENEAS and BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion

David C. Nichols – Stage Raw It’s hard to imagine a more theatrically idiosyncratic or versatile double bill than Henry Purcell’s 17th century English baroque landmark and Béla Bartók’s nightmarish 20th century Hungarian tone poem. Read more… Now running through November 15.

LA TRAVIATA at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion

Pauline Adamek  – Stage Raw LA Opera has launched its new season by bringing back their 2006 staging of La Traviata. Director and designer Marta Domingo’s chic concept reimagines and transposes Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless romance to the decadent Roaring 20s. The spare, almost minimal, sets are buoyed by dazzling flapper-style gowns, wreaths of diamonds and stylish … Read more