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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 Los Angeles Opera, originally called the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, is an American opera company in Los Angeles, California. It is the fourth-largest opera company in the United States. [1] The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, part of the Los Angeles Music Center.
The theatre's inaugural event was held on April 12, 1967, with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association sponsoring the national cast production of Man of La Mancha, starring Richard Kiley and Joan Diener. [4]
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.
Los Angeles Opera opens its fall season with a production of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" that sets the story on a 1930s Hollywood film set.
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.
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.