Soprano Gertrude Bradley shares her thought process for putting together a set list for this year’s Black History Month Recital. Produced by African Americans for LA Opera (AALAO), a chapter of the Opera League.

A veteran volunteer, educator and champion for Black artists, Joel Graham strives to sing and spread the gospel of advocacy and representation.

BRAVO caught up with Alannah, to talk about her latest musical goings-on, including learning a new instrument (hello, Satin!), and the time she got to bond with Michael Melton over favorite sopranos.

In anticipation of LA Opera’s upcoming Halloween screening of the Spanish-language Dracula with live orchestra accompaniment, the Opera League is proud to present a seminar featuring Alejandra Espasande, film preservationist and director of Los Angeles Heritage Preservation Society.

Soprano Thalia Moore describes her journey into music as “innocently ambitious”—a phrase that neatly encapsulates both her early determination and her evolving artistic identity. From her formative years at Pittsburgh’s Creative and Performing Arts School, where she first stepped onto the operatic stage, to her rediscovery of purpose at a