Produced by Opera Italia ~ LA, in conjunction with the Chamberly Music.

Arias by Rossini, Mozart, Verdi... to touch the romantic ear...

followed by the sparkling one-act opera

"The Telephone" by Gian Carlo Menotti

• Doors open at 1:30 pm
• Opera begins 2:00 pm
• Supper served 3:15 pm
• No host Bar open
• Masks required during the opera
• proof of covid vaccination required OR negative covid test within 72 hours of the event

• Children's Pre-Show Opera "Fun-Lab" begins at 1:15pm

Opera Italia makes Opera something for everyone!

Jump into audience-inclusive fun activities -

• learn about how the human voice makes the sounds and words of opera,
• match your wits at opera trivia,
• and more!!!

Rossini's Il Viaggio a Rheims re-creates the character of Lord Sidney, whose aria "Perche' La Connobi?" is a classic of baritone repertoire. Jared Jones gives vocal agility to this character's lament -- are his chances unlikely?

As Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff Erica Neufeld's glittering soprano voice floats truly "Upon an Etesian breeze," calling her fairy ranks out beneath the "Alba Lunare" - (Rising of the Moon)...

Ben and Lucy are a couple with so much in common...except...Lucy cannot get off her telephone (even in the 1950s? - YES!) Ben has one IMPORTANT question to ask her...but, will he get a ghost of a chance to ask it???

Come find out in this opera-full-of-smiles, THE TELEPHONE, by Gian Carlo Menotti

Share in Opera Italia's ongoing support for

• the Thalassemia program at Children's Hospital...
• and our world-class Italian American Museum of Los Angeles...

Come and be part of Opera Italia's warm and welcoming musical community!!

Tasty Italian supper follows the show ~~

No Host Bar open ~~

Bring your children to the Pre-Show "Opera Fun-Lab!"

Starts at 1:15pm

Make Opera a Glowing Experience for your children! Come to the Pre-Show "Fun-Lab" and get 'voices - on' with our Opera Italia singers and sound coaches!

*play with sounds and Italian words

*get your face "opera-painted!"

*make a clever Opera art-craft!

FUN LAB starts at 1:15pm, right before THE OPERA...

Plus+++ All the Fun-Lab kids get a special photo-op with the Opera Singers!