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San Francisco Classical Voice

There are one-person shows, and then there’s Jodie Landau’s Performance of Self

LA Downtown News

The performance itself combines music, storytelling and audience interaction while reflecting on identity and the tension Landau has experienced trying to define himself. Throughout the show, he discusses topics ranging from online dating and queer identity to family relationships and personal loss.

San Francisco Classical Voice

Throughout the evening, electronics were an integral part of the dramatic vocabulary of the music. At times, prerecorded audio and live processing merged so naturally with the acoustic performers that distinctions between them nearly disappeared. Melodies conversed and danced with electronics that, in turn, revealed something about the inner lives of the characters being presented.

Arts Beat LA

First launched in 2024 alongside the OPERA America Conference and World Opera Forum, the festival spotlights the city’s rich and diverse opera landscape.

Love Beverly Hills

Cultural Attaché

The opera scene is front and center in this festival that brings together Beth Morrison Projects, LA Opera, Long Beach Opera, Overtone Industries, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater, Synchromy, The Industry, The Wallis, USC Thornton School of Music and more.

LA Weekly

OperaFest LA will return in April and May 2026, continuing the collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles. First launched in 2024 alongside the OPERA America Conference and World Opera Forum, the festival spotlights the city’s rich and diverse opera landscape.

OperaWire

OperaWire

OperaFest LA returns in 2026, continuing the collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles.

Broadway World

The production also incorporates commentary on topics ranging from online dating to pop culture, examining the ways individuals may struggle to fit within societal expectations.

LA Times

OperaFest LA is enough to keep our visitors busy... The expected grandeur, the time and space business, the big emotions, big ideas and big voices, we’ve got it all. That’s to be expected. But what really sets opera in L.A. apart is the art form’s movement in new and profound ways can come from the unexpected sources.

OperaWire

San Francisco Classical Voice

San Francisco Classical Voice

Marc A. Scorca, president and CEO of Opera America, said of the festival, 'Visitors from around the world will experience the full scope of opera in America, from new experimental works to innovative productions of operas from the inherited repertoire.'

OPERA AMERICA

...showcasing the breadth and artistic diversity found in LA’s burgeoning opera scene.

Opera America

The operas and performances range from innovative interpretations of mainstays in the opera canon, world and West Coast premieres from award-winning composers, workshops of new works, and screenings of opera films; showcasing the breadth and artistic diversity found in LA’s burgeoning opera scene.

LA Weekly on OperaFest LA

"Spotlights the city's rich and diverse opera landscape...enough to make you dizzy."

EATDRINKLA

It’s OperaFest LA month, which brings together companies including Beth Morrison Projects, LA Opera, Long Beach Opera, The Wallis, and many more to highlight the immense amount of talent in this city. See the events page to pick your favorite. At the LA Opera, Giuseppe Verdi’s final masterpiece, Falstaff, is on for just 8 performances beginning April 18th.