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mean it was oh you're in that you're in a happy you're in a welcome you're in good place that all that you mentioned i would have known who that was

She's doing a new opera at the LA Opera right now.

Oh, she is? Yeah, she's starring in this opera.

Oh, yeah, I heard about that.

This is a very recent opera that deals with a real historical figure, his capture in West Africa, traveling across the Atlantic, and life in slavery in South Carolina.

Omar premiered in Spoleto in 2022 and has since been performed at major companies, LA Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and San Francisco Opera.

And the reviews have been pretty ecstatic.

So I, for one, am excited to check it out in person.

This is the orchestra's first strike since 2010.

Four musicians have filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts against the AI music company Suno, taking a novel legal approach.

Most lawsuits against major AI music companies are focused on copyright, arguing that large language models create new songs by synthesizing data from millions of human-authored works.

However, Jason Isbell, Guy Forsyth, Eduardo Calle, and David Lowery allege that Suno has, quote, encoded musicians' identities into its AI model to create its commercial product without consent, and now exploits those identities by publicly using musicians' names to Suno's considerable commercial benefit.

And I love that.

I actually went to the LA Opera for the first time this past year, too.

I saw Akhnaten, which is a Philip Glass opera, and I was absolutely blown away.

The amount of coordination to execute that show was just so moving.

[on hold music] Welcome to Behind the Curtain, LA Opera's official podcast.

Each week, we dive deep into the creative process with the artists, creatives, and scholars who bring opera to life.

Get ready to decode the drama, dissect the music, and hear the heart behind the high notes.

From backstage laughs to history-making moments, every opera starts with a story.

Today's episode is part of our Arts and Health series, which highlights the benefits of the arts on wellness.

Listen in as we're joined by a distinguished panel, including world-renowned artist and advocate and LA Opera Special Projects Advisor Renee Fleming, neuroscientist and musician Indre Viskontas, founder and CEO of Social Rx Chris Appleton, and moderator Michael Bobbitt, President and CEO of Opera America.

Join us as they extol the value of the arts in bringing meaning to life and as they expand the definition of health to be characterized not simply by the absence of disease but by the presence of meaning.

Arts and health is a fertile field of exploration, and LA Opera is proud to be at the forefront of this movement.

Welcome to Behind the Curtain, LA Opera's official podcast.

Each week we dive deep into the creative process with the artists, creatives, and scholars who bring opera to life.

Get ready to decode the drama, dissect the music, and hear the heart behind the high notes.

From backstage laughs to history-making moments, every opera starts with a story.

In today's episode, LA Opera Connect's Vice President Dr. Andrea Fuentes dives into the discourse around Carmen with LA Opera-affiliated scholar Dr. Christy Brown Montesano.

They talk about the cultural, social, and political reverberations of Carmen, what's controversial, what's dynamic, and what resonance the opera holds for us today.

Consider complexities you may or may not have examined in a whole new light and get your tickets to our world premiere production at aliopera.org slash Carmen, playing October 17th through November 7th.

We can't wait to see you there.

Just massive roles.

Booking gigs with the L.A. Opera, the English National Opera, performing in 18 different languages, traveling all across Europe, Asia, the Americas.

She has made it to the absolute peak of the classical mountain.

But the thing is, the view from that peak is incredibly isolating.

There are now four versions, the 15-player version, full orchestra version, and wind ensemble, which I premiered with you guys.

But now the opera, which I just conducted at the Los Angeles Opera.

Nice.

For singers, orchestra, and the movie.

Welcome to Behind the Curtain, LA Opera's official podcast.

Each week we dive deep into the creative process with the artists, creatives, and scholars who bring opera to life.

Get ready to decode the drama, dissect the music, and hear the heart behind the high notes.

From backstage laughs to history-making moments, every opera starts with a story.

What does engineering have in common with opera? What brought a Tulsa boy to New York City before he even finished high school? And what is it about the music that makes Carmen one of the most performed operas of all time? Uncover all of this and more when Gail Eikenthal interviews director and scenic designer Thaddeus Strasberger on this episode of Behind the Curtain.

Thaddeus helms the LA Opera season opener, Carmen, running October 17th through November 7th at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Tickets are on sale now at laopera.org.

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The score has had-- is in six versions.

Chamber orchestra, full orchestra, wind ensemble, now a piano quintet version, an organ version, and an opera version, which I premiered at the LA Opera.

Okay.

It's been done all over the world-