The Los Angeles Philharmonic is joined by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Los Angeles Children’s Chorus. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Tenor Frank Porretta sings the role of Calaf under Dudamel’s baton. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
The Bowl stage is packed with musicians and singers. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
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Dudamel conducts his massed forces. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Soprano Christine Brewer sings her first Turandot from her perch over the L.A. Master Chorale. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Soprano Christine Brewer as Turandot and tenor Greg Fedderly as Emperor Altoum, at top, are joined on the Hollywood Bowl stage by soprano Hei-Kyung Hong as Liù and tenor Frank Porretta as Calaf. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Gustavo Dudamel conducts Puccini’s final opera for the first time. He is rumored to be the next music director of La Scala in Milan, Italy. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
