Went to the LA Opera yesterday thanks to my cohort Alia, who had a free ticket she didn't want. Ariadne auf Naxos was the production and it was a wonderful send-up of opera and the courtly snobs who claim to appreciate it.
The music of Richard Strauss (Also Sprach Zarathustra, Der Rosenkavalier) always intrigues me for its melodic and modern qualities. This new production was directed by William Friedman, the film director who made The Exorcist and won an Oscar for The French Connection. He did a great job. The stand-out peformer was Laura Claycomb as Zerbinetta. She combined an hilarious sense of physical comedy with a gorgeously controlled soprano voice. She stole the show!
Opera is cool. I hope I can go again soon.
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