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Coming up:

Sept. 26 at 1 p.m.
Conductor James Conlon's farewell concert, featuring excerpts from La forza del Destino; The Marriage of Figaro, and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
The LA Opera

Performers:

Acts three and four of La forza del Destino:

Rodrick Dixon as Don Alvaro
Ernesto Petti as Don Carlo di Vargas
Craig Colclough as Surgeon
Sarah Saturnino as Preziosilla
Yuntong Han as Trabuco

Act two finale of The Marriage of Figaro:

Hyungjin Son as Count Almaviva
Nicole Heaston as Countess Almaviva
Gabrielle Turgeon as Susanna
Craig Colclough as Figaro
Vinícius Costa as Antonio
Hyona Kim as Marcellina

Nathan Bowles as Don Basilio

Excerpts from act three of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg:

Martin Gantner as Hans Sachs
Nicole Heaston as Eva
Nathan Bowles as Walther von Stolzing
Hyona Kim as Magdalena
Yuntong Han as David
Craig Colclough as Veit Pogner

James Conlon conducts the LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

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