Members of Los Angeles Opera’s young artist program sing in “Hercules vs. Vampires” while accompanied by a 26-piece orchestra and as Italian director Mario Bava’s 1961 “Hercules in the Center of the Earth” screens onstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A 26-piece orchestra performs in Los Angeles Opera’s “Hercules vs. Vampires” presentation at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Christopher Allen conducts the orchestra in a presentation of L.A. Opera’s “Hercules vs. Vampires.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Kihun Yoon, a native of Seoul, South Korea, and a member of L.A. Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program, sings in “Hercules vs. Vampires.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Summer Hassan, a member of L.A. Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program sings in “Hercules vs. Vampires.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Film and TV composer Patrick Morganelli’s “Hercules vs. Vampires” makes its L.A. premiere at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Harpist JoAnn Turovsky performs in the L.A. Opera’s “Hercules vs. Vampires.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Timpanist and percussionist Gregory Goodall performs in the L.A. Opera’s “Hercules vs. Vampires.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
