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.

More Potent than Any Pistol Monday, March 24, 20250

More Potent than Any Pistol

We take a look at the true story of Federico García Lorca, the remarkable artist whose all-too-short life nonetheless left an indelible mark on history, and inspired LA Opera's production of Ainadamar.

Making the Garden Grow Friday, March 21, 20250

Making the Garden Grow

Larry Verdugo will receive the Opera League’s 2025 Hemmings Award for Excellence in Volunteering.

Innovative Dedication Thursday, March 13, 20250

Innovative Dedication

Leslie Dorman, an LA Opera board member who has engaged in the leadership and advancement of the company and its mission to preserve, promote and advance opera in Los Angeles County, is this year’s Peter Hemmings Award honoree presented by the Opera League.

Innocently Ambitious Tuesday, January 28, 20250

Innocently Ambitious

Thalia Moore makes her Opera League debut as our featured vocalist for our annual Black History Month recital at the historic Ebell of Los Angeles on February 16, 2025, produced by African Americans for LA Opera (AALAO), a League chapter.

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