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Ainadamar

This “sensationally beautiful” (The New Yorker) opera won two Grammy Awards. We bring you a new production with interactive video imagery by Frieder Weiss. At LBO we make the unimaginable visible - as you can see from this rehearsal photo!

Listen to audio excerpts, Golijov interview and an introduction.

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Andreas Mitisek
Artistic & General Director

Ps.: The Season concludes in June with the curious case of a man who sees but does not see, in Michael Nyman's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.


Upcoming Events

Ainadamar

May 20 — 7:00 PM
May 26 — 8:00 PM

Ainadamar means “fountain of tears” in Arabic. tells the story of the Spanish playwright and poet Federico Garcia Lorca who was executed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War....
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The Music Never Stopped

May 27 — 11:00 AM

To get in the right mindset for LBO’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, catch this incredible true story from Dr. Oliver Sacks about a young man with amnesia who has no memory since the 1960's except for new music that he hears....
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Journey into the Human Mind

June 10 — 12:00 PM

Ever mistake your wife, husband, or love for a har? Find out how this could happen on a fascinating trip into the human psyche with UCLA psychiatrist Dr. Kenneth B. Wells...
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