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The Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to present film/TV orchestrator, music industry lecturer and composer Jonathan Beard’s (Respect, King Richard, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, and The Mandalorian) world premiere of his cinematic horror opera Cesare, Child of Night via live stream on Halloween night, Oct. 31. Cesare, Child of Night is a one-act electroacoustic opera based on the

Peoples World reviews Opera UCLA's 'Juana', highlighting the opera's primarily female production team, the contemporary but accessible and inviting score and libretto, and the cast's enchanting performances.

Pedro Jesús Gómez, Professor of Guitar at Madrid Royal Conservatory of Music, will participate as an advisor of guitar and vihuela for Opera UCLA's production of Juana.

Grammy-nominated saxophonist Chris Potter, and jazz vocalist Fay Victor, are just two of the artists who will be part of the music school’s Fall 2019 season.

REVIEW: Opera UCLA Director Peter Kazaras directed "The Ghosts of Versailles," with music by John Corigliano, at the Chautauqua Opera Company's amphitheater on August 10. "This show requires a large cast of around 40, and Peter Kazaras’ direction clarified the spectral, theatrical and real characters and, usually, their individual motivations."

Eric Levintow (M.M. '19) shared how he brought his personal history to bear on his interpretation of the role of Judah in Opera UCLA's premiere of Lost Childhood, the first in a series of three operas by living female composers to be staged in 2019-2020 seasons.

READ: Opera UCLA Director Peter Kazaras was recognized for his work in the Washington National Opera’s production of “The Barber of Seville.” Music critic Anne Midgette wrote “…it was not only the greatest opera event of the year, but also possibly the greatest production of “Barber” ever.”

World-wide celebrations are underway honoring American composer, conductor and educator Leonard Bernstein, who would have been 100 on August 25, 2018. Opera UCLA joins the global celebration with an evening dedicated to Bernstein’s theater music plus his late masterpiece SONGFEST, on Nov. 17.

Stage director, tenor, and all-around Seattle Opera MVP Peter Kazaras discusses THE TURN OF THE SCREW and the operas of Benjamin Britten with Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean.