The Los Angeles Philharmonic and its music and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel, will perform for frontline and essential workers for free at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday for the first time in 18 months of COVID-19 closure.
This week, Dudamel and the L.A. Phil met to rehearse the show. We sent our photographer Al Seib to capture the moments of a sleeping venue awakening amid a “new normal.” Here’s what it looked like:
Dudamel conducts the L.A. Phil as the Hollywood Bowl rouses after 18 months of hibernation.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Stephen Bagini, librarian for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, backstage before rehearsal.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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Musicians Gregory Roosa, from left, Amy Jo Rhine and Marion Kuszyk prepare instruments and visit in the orchestra lounge, which is now a large outdoor tent.
Al Seib was a photographer and videographer for the Los Angeles Times from 1984 to 2022. His photos have won numerous awards from national and international photographer associations. Seib’s work has helped win four Pulitzer Prizes for breaking news reporting awarded to The Times’ staff: the Los Angeles riots in 1993, the Northridge earthquake in 1995, the Southern California wildfires in 2004 and the San Bernardino shootings in 2016.