LA Opera Opens New Carmen on October 17 as Music Director Domingo Hindoyan Launches the Season
LOS ANGELES — LA Opera opened its 2026/27 season on the evening of October 17 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N Grand Avenue, with a brand-new production of Bizet's Carmen, running through November 7.
Directed and designed by Thaddeus Strassberger in a Spanish Gothic setting, the production is a co-production of LA Opera and Houston Grand Opera, sung in French with English subtitles. Domingo Hindoyan conducts, opening his inaugural season as the company's Music Director; former Music Director James Conlon continues as Conductor Laureate.
Rihab Chaieb sings the title role, with Joshua Guerrero as Don José, Kathleen O'Mara as Micaëla and Liam James Karai, in his LA Opera debut, as Escamillo. Antonio Najarro is the choreographer. On opening night, the 13th annual Opera at the Beach event simulcast the performance free at the Santa Monica Pier.
Remaining performances are October 25 (matinee), October 29, November 1 (matinee), November 4 and November 7, with tickets through LA Opera.
Sources: LA Opera official season announcement (laopera.org); Santa Monica Pier simulcast as reported by Palisades News
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