All posts by Humberto Capiro
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BALEENkitchen at The Portofino Hotel & Marina Redondo Beach Is a Culinary Paradise by the Sea
Tucked at the end of one of the peninsulas that are the gateways of Basin #2 of the Redondo Beach Pier & Harbor stands the...
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Lunetta Dining & The Moon Bar in Santa Monica Will Have Your Palate Over the Moon
The Pico District in Santa Monica is bounded by Lincoln Blvd. on the west, Centinela Avenue / Bundy Drive on the east, Olympic Blvd. on...
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Rooftop Cinema Club Is New at the NeueHouse Complex in Hollywood
In May of last year I attended the opening film screening of Rooftop Cinema Club’s (RCC) downtown Los Angeles location, housed in the beautiful, modern...
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Review: LA Opera’s Production of “Rigoletto” is a Work of Art Onstage
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Rigoletto” is considered to be one of his greatest masterpieces and was written during his middle to late creative period...
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Review: Pacific Opera Project’s “Don Giovanni” Will Seduce You
I have been reviewing most of Pacific Opera Project’s (POP) productions for over the past 5 years and I must say that there has never...
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Review: American Soprano Renée Fleming Performs a Spectacular Concert at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
With so many talented opera singers in the world today it is a high accolade to be labeled as “The People’s Diva”, an honorary title...
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Review: Juan de Marcos Gonzalez Brings a New Generation of The Afro-Cuban All Stars to The Soraya
I was very fortunate to see live in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s all of the old, some now gone, master musicians and singers...
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Pacific Opera Project’s Revival of “La Boheme: ‘AKA The Hipsters'” Still Funny, Sad, Creative, Irreverent and Politically Incorrect
Back in December of 2014, I was lucky to catch the first revival of Pacific Opera Project’s (POP) version of opera “La Boheme” by Italian...
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Cuba’s MalPaso Dance Company Takes Another Giant Step Towards International Recognition
Back in April of 2014, I read an article about African-American choreographer Ron Brown traveling to Cuba in order to work with a new dance...
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Review: Ibeyi Bring Powerful, Spiritual and Empowering Music to the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Back in February of 2015, I ran across a video and information about a new musical group Ibeyi made up of a young duo of...
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Review: Cuban Play “10 Millones” at LATC Is Worth It
One of the most important cultural institutions in the city of Los Angeles is the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC), which is housed in a...
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Review: “Forever Flamenco: Voces,” a Fusion of Voice and Flamenco at the Fountain Theatre
The intimate Fountain Theatre located in the Little Armenia section of Hollywood has been showcasing theater productions since the 1990s, thanks to the vision and...
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Review: Pacific Opera Project’s Double Bill of The Monkey’s Paw and The Medium Will Haunt You
One of the great television shows that I enjoyed as a kid was Rod Serling’s “Night Gallery,” which aired from 1969 to 1973 and featured...
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Review: LA Opera’s Production of The Pearl Fishers Is a Real Gem
Last month, Los Angeles Opera began their 2017-2018 season with the opera “warhorse” Carmen by French composer Georges Bizet, which is considered his best and...
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Q&A with The Paris Opera Filmmaker, Jean-Stéphane Bron
The new documentary, The Paris Opera, by filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Bron takes a fascinating and sometimes humorous look at what took place behind the scenes during...
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Review: Third-Annual Paella Wine & Beer Festival at Pershing Square – a Delicious Competition
On Saturday, Oct. 7, the historical downtown Los Angeles public park Pershing Square hosted the third-annual Paella Wine & Beer Festival https://paellawinefest.com/ for an overflow crowd...
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Review: LA Opera’s Production of Nabucco Is a Biblical Story Framed Within Verdi’s Period
As the audience walked into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for Los Angeles Opera’s current production of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco on opening night, Saturday,...
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Tourismo Sevilla Kicks Off “The Year of Murillo” at Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel
It seems these days that the city of Seville, Spain has been one of the subjects showing up in several of my last reviews. First...
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Review: LA Opera’s Carmen Presents Stellar Cast on a Not-So-Spanish Set
The Los Angeles Opera opened its 2017-2018 season at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 9, with the very popular opera Carmen, which is...
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A Hot, Tropical-Themed Night of Art and Music at Cuba Is Exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography
On May 6, 2014, the Getty Foundation announced that it would provide $5 million in research grants to arts institutions in Southern California for an...
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Review: Music Icon Bryan Ferry Closes U.S. Tour with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Just about everyone who knows anything about the origins of rock ‘n’ roll credits the African-American genres of the blues, gospel and jazz as pivotal...
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Review: Cuban and Cuban-American Artists Meet at the Ford Amphitheatre for a Magical Evening
One of the lesser known, and most striking, performing arts venues in the city of Los Angeles can be found across the 101 Freeway from...
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Local Cuban Artist Dayren Santamaria Talks About Her Music and Upcoming Presentation at Ford Amphitheatre
The country of Cuba is well known for its musical heritage that has influenced world music for the past 200 years. Most people associate it...
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Review: A Recital Version of Carmen Raises Funds for Up-and-Coming Vocal Artists
It seems these days that the opera Carmen by French composer Georges Bizet is quite popular in the city of Los Angeles. There is an upcoming production...
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Review: A Dance Party with Gente de Zona, Angélique Kidjo and the Pedrito Martinez Group at Hollywood Bowl
It was in 2014 at Hollywood Park Casino that I had the pleasure to be the first writer in Los Angeles to review Cuban reggaeton...
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Review: Second Installment of BalletNow at the Music Center Curated by SoCal Ballerina
I was fortunate to review and enjoy the first BalletNow program on July of 2015 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion presented by Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at...
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Review: The Ageless Tony Bennett Dazzles a Capacity Hollywood Bowl
How can one begin to describe an artist who is 10 years short of living a full century that includes a successful professional singing and...
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