First responders and support teams are also invited to see the Tony Award winner perform with the LA Opera Orchestra on February 1 

(Los Angeles) January 22, 2025 — LA Opera is offering Angelenos who have been affected by this year's wildfires complimentary tickets to the company's February 1 concert featuring Broadway star Kelli O'Hara. The offer is extended to residents in zip codes directly impacted by the fires, as well as to first responders and the extraordinary support teams dedicated to the recovery of Los Angeles County. 

"Our hearts are filled with concern for those whose lives were upended by the wildfires that have devastated our community," said Christopher Koelsch, the company's president and CEO. "We believe that music is the greatest healing force in the universe, capable of bringing us together for solace, peace, reflection, empathy and inspiration during the most difficult of times. In that spirit, we are offering free tickets and complimentary parking to our February 1 concert starring Kelli O'Hara, as a heartfelt expression of love to the many Angelenos who have lost their homes or livelihoods or were forced to evacuate. With deepest gratitude and profound respect, we also welcome the heroic first responders who have been battling the fires so bravely and those who are playing an essential part in our community's recovery by providing support to those who have been impacted." 

For details, please visit LAOpera.org/LAStrong. 

One of Broadway's greatest leading ladies, Kelli O'Hara will make her eagerly anticipated company debut in a heart-filling evening of beloved show tunes and more. She will appear with the LA Opera Orchestra, conducted by Bob Bernhardt and under the musical direction of Dan Lipton, who is also the featured piano soloist. 

Performance and Ticket Info 
The concert will take place at 7:30pm on Saturday, February 1, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90012). 

Residents directly impacted by the fires, whether through personal or business loss, as well as first responders and others who have provided extraordinary support to aid those affected, can claim up to four free tickets by visiting LAOpera.org/LAStrong. Those who are unable to access that webpage can contact customerservice@laopera.org or call the LA Opera box office at 213.972.8001. 

More information about the concert is available at LAOpera.org/OHara. LA Opera has also put together a list of resources, LAOpera.org/LAStrongResources, for those affected by the fires, including resources for those seeking a moment of community through music. 

Click here to download photos of Kelli O'Hara. 

About Kelli O'Hara
Kelli O'Hara, a Tony Award winner and an Emmy and Grammy nominee, has appeared in 12 Broadway shows to date, for which she has garnered eight Tony Award nominations. She won the 2015 Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical, along with Grammy, Drama League and Outer Critics nominations, for her portrayal of Anna Leonowens in The King and I. Her other Broadway credits include leading roles in Kiss Me, Kate, The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work If You Can Get It, South Pacific, The Pajama Game and The Light in the Piazza, among others. Last year, she completed a critically acclaimed limited Broadway engagement of the new musical Days of Wine and Roses, winning the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for outstanding lead performer in a Broadway musical. 

She received an Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Katie Bonner in Topic's hit web series The Accidental Wolf, and can currently be seen on HBO’s The Gilded Age. In 2015, she made history as the first artist to make the crossover from Broadway to the Metropolitan Opera when she debuted there as Valencienne in Lehár's The Merry Widow. In 2018, she returned to the Met as Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte. She was subsequently seen in the Met's 2022 world premiere of Kevin Puts’ The Hours, creating the role of Laura Brown, a role she reprised there in 2024. 

About LA Opera
Los Angeles is a city of enormous diversity and creativity, and LA Opera is dedicated to reflecting that vibrancy by redefining what opera can be. Through imaginative new productions, world premiere commissions, and inventive performances that preserve foundational works while making them feel fresh and compelling, LA Opera has become one of America’s most exciting and ambitious opera companies. 

In addition to its mainstage performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the company explores unusual repertoire each season through the LA Opera Off Grand initiative, featuring performances in a variety of venues throughout Los Angeles. The LA Opera Connects initiative offers a robust variety of educational programming and community engagement offerings that reaches people throughout every corner of Los Angeles County. Learn more at LAOpera.org. 

LA Opera Media Contact
Marlene Meraz 
Director of Communications
mmeraz@laopera.org
213.972.7554 

LA Opera Orchestra generously underwritten by Terri and Jerry Kohl 

Piano graciously provided by Yamaha 

LA Opera is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the greater Los Angeles community.