Tag: Operas

The Who review – rock operas get an orchestral uplift in a show stuffed with classics | Pop and rock

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Spiky and electric … Daltrey (left) and Townshend.

‘I want what you’re taking,” Pete Townshend quips, pointing to an enthusiastic fan. “Not again,” retorts Roger Daltrey, comedically rolling his eyes. After six decades of bickering, the two original members of the Who still […]

Commentary: Redemption, writ large, in L.A. Opera’s divine ‘Omar’

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A woman in a head wrap and dramatic blue costume printed with Arabic lettering on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage.

“Omar,” the new opera by composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, finds its strength in the simplicity of prayer. The work, which is too fluid to be classified in discrete musical or dramatic genres, is […]