Pre-Performance Talks FOR THE 2022/23 SEASON

Each season, our pre-show talks are an enormously popular highlight of every performance. You can join us an hour before each opera in Eva and Marc Stern Grand Hall, located on the second floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, or watch below at anytime.

An hour before each performance, Maestro James Conlon will guide audiences through key moments and musical highlights of The Marriage of Figaro in Eva and Marc Stern Grand Hall on the second floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Past Pre-Performance Talks

Listen to past pre-performance talks via our Behind the Curtain Podcasts and YouTube channel. 

Follow the links below to listen:

Tosca with James Conlon
Omar with Dr. Tiffany Kuo and Michael Abels
Lucia di Lammermoor with James Conlon
Aida with James Conlon
St. Matthew Passion with James Conlon
Alcina with Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano
Tannhäuser with James Conlon
Il Trovatore with James Conlon
Oedipus Rex with James Conlon
The Anonymous Lover with James Conlon
La Bohème with Duff Murphy
The Light in the Piazza with Grant Gershon and Gail Eichenthal
The Magic Flute with James Conlon
Eurydice with Matthew Aucoin, Sarah Ruhl and Joshua Winograde
Roberto Devereux with Duff Murphy

Pre-performance lectures are generously sponsored by the Opera League of Los Angeles