MUSIC

An Operatic Benefit: Singer John Denver, three principals from the Los Angeles Music Center Opera June productions, plus five of the 11-foot-high “Wild Things” from the upcoming Music Center Opera production “Where the Wild Things Are,” will appear at a June 8 benefit for the opera company at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Denver will perform and so will soprano Karen Beardsley of “Wild Things,” as well as Rodney Gilfry and Jodi Benson of “Oklahoma!,” opening June 22. Tickets for the 7 p.m. party, to be given on the Maurice Sendak-designed sets for “Where the Wild Things Are,” are $350.