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The Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (LACLO) was an American theatre/opera company in Los Angeles, California.Founded under the motto "Light Opera in the Grand Opera manner" in 1938 by impresario Edwin Lester, the organization presented fifty seasons of theatre before closing due to financial reasons in 1987.
Founder and director of Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Edwin Lester (30 March 1895 – 13 December 1990) was an American theatre director , impresario , and producer . He was the longtime general director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera , which he founded in 1938.
The Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island; Glimmerglass Festival; Gotham Chamber Opera (closed 2015) Heartbeat Opera; Hubbard Hall Opera Theater; Hudson Lyric Opera; Hudson Opera Theatre; La Gran Scena Opera Company; Opera Saratoga, formerly Lake George Opera; Liederkranz Opera Theater; Light Opera of Manhattan (closed 1992)
Musical Theatre West is a theatrical production company in Southern California that was founded as the Whittier Civic Light Opera in 1952. It is one of southern California's oldest regional music theatre companies and draws attendees from more than one hundred areas.
Burt Lancaster starred in a revival production of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Music Center, L.A in June, 1971. The cast also included Anita Gillette, David Holliday and Jack Collins. The musical premiered in Germany on September 25, 1976, at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg.
The Los Angeles Music Center (officially the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. [1] Located in downtown Los Angeles, The Music Center is composed of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theatre (REDCAT), and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
She was a regular performer with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (LALCO) during the 1950s and 1960s, and a personal close friend of that company's director, Edwin Lester. In 1954, she made her debut with the New Orleans Opera in the title role of Massenet's Thaïs with Mack Harrell as Athanael.
The musical was commissioned by Edwin Lester, founder and director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, who conceived of a musical based on the 1911 play Kismet by Edward Knoblock. [1] [2] Lester had previously produced Song of Norway, with the same composing team, adapting the melodies of Edvard Grieg.