Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Stravinsky: The Final Concerts
The Los Angeles Master Chorale intones Stravinsky’s “Symphony of Psalms” as Sonja Kostichs Ismene keeps watch over Rodrick Dixons Oedipus in Peter Sellars staging at Walt Disney Concert Hall. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
In Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex,” mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter portrays Jocasta to tenor Rodrick Dixon’s Oedipus. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
The male members of the Los Angeles Master Chorale in “Oedipus Rex.” (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts his final program as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Members of the Los Angeles Master Chorale are placed in the Disney Hall audience during Stravinsky’s “Symphony of Psalms.” (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Master Chorale in “Oedipus Rex.” He first conducted the work with the orchestra in 1989. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Director Peter Sellars, center, takes a bow at the conclusion of the Stravinsky program at Disney Hall with singer Rodrick Dixon, left, and lighting designer James F. Ingalls. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Esa-Pekka Salonen shares a bow with Anne Sofie von Otter, left, and Sonja Kostich. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Esa-Pekka Salonen prepares to conduct Stravinsky’s “Symphony of Psalms, “ the final work on his final program as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
