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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.