Opera League News & Articles

Organized Fun: The Opera League Works to Play and Plays to Work Sunday, May 10, 20150

Organized Fun: The Opera League Works to Play and Plays to Work

Have you met Alice Coulombe? Listening to the co-founder and first president of the Opera League talk about the League’s origins is fascinating. The Opera League birth was not unlike many Internet startups today. You had a small collection of passionate people who made it up as they went along.

Opera Doc: An Interview with Allan Edmiston Monday, May 4, 20150

Opera Doc: An Interview with Allan Edmiston

Most Opera Leaguers only know Allan Edmiston as the moderator of the seminars we put on four times a year, but of course this Evanston, Illinois native is so much more than that.

Remembering Alice Coulombe Friday, October 4, 20240

Remembering Alice Coulombe

Alice Coulombe was a visionary force who co-founded the Opera League of Los Angeles in 1981, setting the stage for the city's first resident opera company, LA Opera, in 1986.

La Resurrección Monday, September 23, 20240

La Resurrección

In anticipation of LA Opera’s upcoming Halloween screening of the Spanish-language Dracula with live orchestra accompaniment, the Opera League is proud to present a seminar featuring Alejandra Espasande, film preservationist and director of Los Angeles Heritage Preservation Society.

A Voice Like Satin Wednesday, September 18, 20240

A Voice Like Satin

For nearly a decade, Alannah has been wowing League members and their friends at recitals produced by African Americans for LA Opera (AALAO), a League chapter.

League of Enchanment Monday, September 16, 20240

League of Enchanment

Opera League President Gary Murphy snags a last-minute ticket to a revival of one of his favorite plays of his halcyon youth, then makes a bold operatic discovery in Santa Fe, along the way rediscovering the joys of a shared passion.

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