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The PerformersThe St. Matthew Passion will feature 42 dancers from the Hamburg Ballet, one of the world’s foremost companies. International tours have made it not only a highlight of the international ballet scene, but also one of Germany’s most important cultural ambassadors. "John Neumeier has few rivals in the pursuit of illuminating the full range of human emotions through the art of dance," said Christopher Koelsch, LA Opera's president and CEO.
Springer announces its 152nd Season
In addition to its mainstage performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the company explores unusual repertoire each season through the LA Opera Off Grand initiative, featuring performances in a variety of venues throughout Los Angeles. The LA Opera Connects initiative, which offers a robust variety of educational programming and community engagement offerings, reaches people throughout every corner of Los Angeles County. The Springer Theater Academy also has special school performances for surrounding school districts in Georgia and Alabama that brings over 1,500 public, private and homeschool children into the Springer Opera House's doors; many for the first time. Championed by James Conlon, the Recovered Voices initiative ensures that the power of art triumphs over historical neglect and censorship. The new production is staged by director Kaneza Schaal and production designer Christopher Myers, who made impressive 2022 LA Opera debuts with Omar.
No Shame Theatre
Throughout its history, the Springer Opera House played host to major celebrities and theater personalities including Edwin Booth, Oscar Wilde, Ethel Barrymore, and Ma Rainey. In addition to its mainstage performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the company explores unusual repertoire each season through the LA Opera Off Grand initiative, featuring performances in a variety of venues throughout Los Angeles. The LA Opera Connects initiative offers a robust variety of educational programming and community engagement offerings that reaches people throughout every corner of Los Angeles County. The company also offers a multitude of online content via its LA Opera On Now digital offerings, which launched in 2020.
North America
Your generous donations ensure that this theatre remains alive an active for generations to come. $1 of every ticket is set aside for Historic Preservation but there is always maintenance to be done. Consider becoming a member of our Springer Society and give annually to Support the Springer. In 2013 we completed a 11.5 million dollar capital campaign to build a second space theatre adjacent to our historic structure. This was named The McClure Theatre, after Dot McClure, one of our biggest community advocates.
Staged by director/puppeteer Basil Twist and featuring the vocal ensemble Ars Nova Copenhagen, the compelling new piece will be LA Opera's 12th collaboration with the groundbreaking Beth Morrison Projects. Told through the lens of our modern-day relationship with the natural world, the ancient stories of creation and destruction conjure a sense of respect and awe for the environment and the water stories challenge us to be good stewards of the natural resources we have been given. The Book of Mountains and Seas contains timeless codes about the universe, creation, planet, nature, life, human ambition and fate, the relationship and interaction between mankind and the world we live in. Mexico’s most iconic artists leap off the canvas in this operatic tribute to one of the most pivotal romances in history, created by Grammy-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz. When a desperate wish on Day of the Dead reunites the pair, Diego Rivera jumps at the chance to seek forgiveness from his deceased wife, Frida Kahlo. But she refuses to return to the world that caused her so much pain, until another departed soul inspires her to look back at the art (and man) she once loved.

Springer Theatre to Close Out Season With BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL - BroadwayWorld
Springer Theatre to Close Out Season With BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL.
Posted: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:01:19 GMT [source]
For Francis Joseph Springer, an immigrant from Alsace and the principal investor and eventually full owner of the opera house that bears his name, this was an opportunity to bring a bit of old world civilization to the Chattahoochee River Valley. The theater, designed by Daniel Matthew Foley, occupied a three-story brick hotel on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Tenth Street. It opened on February 21, 1871, but gained even greater success following a 1900 expansion and remodel by theater specialist J.
The Springer is not only the State Theatre of Georgia, it is also one of only seven theatres in the United States producing theatre in a National Historic Landmark. It offers a yearly season of three play series - the Mainstage Series in Emily Woodruff Hall and the Studio II Series in the brand new McClure Theatre and the Springer Children's Theatre Series in both the Mainstage Theatre and McClure Theatre. Our new initiative in education, the PAIR Program, connects teaching artists with students across the district and trains teachers to use the arts as tools to reinforce core subjects. That’s why we’ve launched Heart of the Springer, our program to support local nonprofits and rewards you for doing the same. There's star power aplenty in this blockbuster production with sets designed by art legend David Hockney.
South America
The sensational Angela Meade makes her role debut as Turandot opposite Artist in Residence Russell Thomas as her fearless suitor Calaf. The vocal soloists will include tenor Joshua Blue and baritone Michael Sumuel, making their company debuts as the Evangelist and as Jesus, respectively. Also featured are soprano Tamara Wilson, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, tenor Ben Bliss and bass Kristinn Sigmundsson. The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion has been the site of unparalleled performances by stunning music luminaries and virtuosos. It was the home of the LA Philharmonic for decades and the site for more than 20 Academy Awards presentations between 1969 and 1999. It has been the home of LA Opera since 1986, sharing its stage with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center.
In 1998–1999, a comprehensive historic renovation of the theater included the renovation of the decorative painting of the proscenium arch, an extensive use of Bradbury and Bradbury historic wallpapers, and the rediscovery of previously unknown painting designs on the underside of both balconies. The project also included doubling the space available to the theater and equipping the facility with state-of-the-art technology in lighting, sound engineering, rigging, technical support equipment, and new rehearsal and studio performance space. The Springer stood vacant for five years, and without a preservation program established in Columbus, it appeared the building would be demolished. Actors from the Columbus Little Theater and a group of civic leaders began a campaign to save the opera house, an event which is credited as spearheading a citywide historic preservation movement.

This exclusive behind-the-scenes tour grants ghoulish entry to areas of the theatre rarely seen by the public. Explore the very areas where history was made, and uncover the possibly paranormal events that happen within these hallowed halls. This season's offering will feature the season-opening performance of Don Giovanni. This is a list of notable opera houses listed by continent, then by country with the name of the opera house and city.
"Our first collaboration with him, Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice with the Joffrey Ballet in 2018, was one of the most deeply moving experiences that I can recall seeing on our stage. His interpretation of the St. Matthew Passion will be an experience to treasure for years to come." She received her undergraduate degree in English from Princeton University and her MFA at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She was recently a staff writer for the Netflix series Dear White People and is currently a story editor on HBO's Julia. We have also created a film program, SFI, which connects actors, filmmakers and others in the biz throughout the Columbus area. This new facility has allowed us to expand our programming, adding additional titles to our Children’s Theatre series, as well as creating a new series, “Theatre for the Very Young” which targets our tiny audience members.