While the weekend is once again upon us, I can’t stop thinking about an intimate, site-specific, one-night-only performance I experienced last weekend. Before I jump into that, let’s get into the arts and culture news you might have missed and some can’t-miss events in and around Los Angeles. I’m staff writer Ashley Lee , here with another weekend edition of Essential Arts with my colleague Jessica Gelt.
Best bets: On our radar this week ‘Spanish Dracula’ L.A. Opera’s annual celebration of horror and live music spotlights the rarely seen 1931 Spanish-language “Dracula,” which was filmed at night on the same sets as the famed English-language version with stars Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar .
Three screenings with English subtitles will feature live sound effects and a newly commissioned score by composer Gustavo Santaolalla , played live by the L.A. Opera Orchestra, conducted by Lina González-Granados .
Audiences are invited to attend the performances in costume Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. The United Theater on Broadway, 929 S. Broadway, downtown.
laopera.org (Can’t make these shows? The Academy Museum is also screening the new 4 K print, minus the live orchestra, Saturday, Monday and Wednesday .) ‘Strange Science: Out of Time’ “Scary? Probably not, but this evening at the Huntington should strike a balance between science and mysticism,” wrote Times features columnist Todd Martens of the museum’s Halloween offering in his pi.
