Long Beach Opera Announces Its 2019-2020 Season
LBO's 2020 season is tailor-made for curious minds and adventurous spirits. As always we bring a full season of the unseen and unheard, adding two new locations and a U.S. Premiere.
The season opens in January 2020 with the [World] Premiere of a new version of Henry Purcell's King Arthur. Andreas Mitisek is reimagining the original story into a superhero fantasy. Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra will accompany the opera on period instruments at the Beverly O'Neill Theatre. The newly built Pacific Visions 4D theater at the Aquarium of the Pacific will host opera for the first time in March 2020. Peter Maxwell Davies' The Lighthouse about the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers will have its LA Premiere in a fully integrative IMAX movie-like production. The notorious Billy the Kid by Gavin Bryars - based on Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid - will make its U.S. premiere in May 2020 under the stars in a site-specific production at the historic Sunnyside Cemetery. Back by popular demand, LBO will revisit with Frida by Robert Xavier Rodriguez in the sculpture garden of the Museum of Latin American Art, with a corresponding art exhibit that patrons can enjoy before the performances. LBO Brings Something New To Opera At A Time When You Might Think Just About Everything Imaginable Has Already Been Done. Mark Swed Los Angeles Times Subscriptions to Long Beach Opera's 2020 season range from $98 to $600 and are available now at longbeachopera.org and at 562.470.SING (7464) x1. Individual tickets go on sale on October 29th, 2019.LONG BEACH OPERA 2020 SEASON
KING ARTHUR - {world] Premiere Sung in English
Music: Henry Purcell
Artistic Concept and Adaptation: Andreas Mitisek
Venue: Beverly O'Neill Theater, Long Beach, CA.
Performance Dates: Sun. January 12th 2:30 PM, Sat. January 18th 7:30 PM, Sun. January 19th 2:30 PM In LBO's reimagination King Arthur returns as a superhero that fights a mysterious, supernatural force that is attacking Earth and threatening life as we know it. Will he be able to save humanity? How will he stand up against a race of alien shape shifters who desire to conquer the galaxy? King Arthur's experience as a knight comes in handy as he rescues his beloved princess Emmeline. Purcell's most adventurous music will lead the way to space and back. A collaboration with MUSICA ANGELICA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA - LA's premiere Baroque orchestra - guarantees an authentic sound.
THE LIGHTHOUSE - LA Premiere Sung in English
Music and Libretto: Peter Maxwell Davies
Venue: Pacific Visions Theater at the Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802
Performance Dates: Sat. March 21st 7:30 PM, Sun. March 22nd 7:30 PM, Sat. March 28th 7:30 PM, Sun. March 29th 7:30 PM
BILLY THE KID - U.S. Premiere Sung in English
Music: Gavin Bryars
Accounts taken from The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje
Venue: Sunnyside Cemetery, 1095 E Willow St, Long Beach, CA 90806.
Performance Dates: Sun. May 3rd 8:00 PM, Fri. May 8th 8:00 PM, Sat. May 9th 8:00 PM, Sun. May 10th 8:00 PM
a renewed sense of wonder. I myself love Westerns. There's a powerful awareness of right and wrong, like in a morality play. - Gavin Bryars Presented outdoors in the historic Sunnyside Cemetery.
Frida - LBO Reprise Sung in English and Spanish
Music: Robert X. Rodr guez
Venue: The Museum of Latin American Art, 628 Alamitos Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802
Performance Dates: Sat. June 20th 8:00 PM, Sun. June 21st 8:00 PM, Sat. June 27th 8:00 PM, Sun. June 28th 8:00 PM