Category: Opera
Alumna Sabrina Langlois Places in Laffont Competition
LA-based Haitian-American soprano Sabrina Langlois, alumna of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has won 3rd prize in the 2025 Western Regional Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Langlois has made…
UCLA Alums Jake Heggie and Angel Blue win Musical America Worldwide Awards
Jake Heggie (BM 1984, MA 2005) was named Composer of the Year and Angel Blue (MM 2008) was named Vocalist of the Year by the coveted Musical America Worldwide Awards.…
Can Opera Be Reborn? Peter Kazaras Reviews Yuval Sharon's "A New Philosophy of Opera"
From the Los Angeles Review of Books: WE MIGHT AS WELL state the unavoidable up front: opera is indeed an “impossible art,” as composer/conductor/author Matthew Aucoin dubbed it in his…
Alumna Angel Blue Makes Met Role Debut as Aida
Beginning December 31, Angel Blue makes her long-awaited Met role debut as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, one of opera’s defining roles.…
UCLA's Incoming Chancellor Julio Frenk Visits Impromptu Recording Session at the School of Music
Chancellor Julio Frenk loves opera. As he gets to know UCLA, he paid a visit to The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to listen to some opera arias during an impromptu recording session.
GRAMMY-Nominated Opera Director James Darrah Joins The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
James Darrah, the GRAMMY Award-nominated director/producer of acclaimed and innovative opera and film productions will join The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty in Fall 2024.
Summer Dispatches from Students, Faculty & Alumni, 2024
Our students, faculty and alums have had a busy summer. We’ve been collecting their dispatches from Italy to Mongolia, from the Hollywood Bowl to Mannheim, Germany, from South Korea to…
Richard Danielpour’s Opera The Grand Hotel Tartarus Is Not Just Any Luxury Hotel
Opera UCLA to premiere this new opera May 17, 19, 21 & 23 at the Freud Playhouse at UCLA Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour found the inspiration he needed for…
Alumna Makes Met Debut in Anthony Davis Opera about Malcolm X
Tracy Cox, alumna of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, will make her Met debut in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, from November 3 to December…