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This evening was a celebration of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles' 35 anniversary, and what a wonderful, entertaining and moving experience from start to finish! Beautiful voices and music, blended with the heartfelt emotion of celebrating just who and what created it, and why this organization exists. So glad we finally saw GMCLA live!
Great job everyone!! The orchestra was excellent.!
We loved the concert and the venue, although tickets were a bit pricey. It was beautifully staged, and as always, the GMCLA was wonderful. We were surprised, though, that the soprano that was chosen to sing with the chorus was so awful. Normally, your guest talent is far superior.
My first time at Disney Hall. Very impressive. I'm a big fan of GMCLA and expected a spectacular concert. We were very disappointed that the voices sounded "muddy" and we could not understand most of the lyrics in both halves of the concert, even the female soloist in second half. I wish they would print lyrics in the program and leave house lights up just a little so I could read lyrics and follow along. Would make it MUCH more enjoyable!
As if the magnificence of Disney Hall wasn't enough, they had 500 singers, an orchestra, 3 lead singers of uncanny ability and an oratorio that was powerfully moving. "I am Harvey Milk", composed and sung by Andrew Lippa, was an experience I will never forget. Lippa captured important events in Milk's life sung in musical styles relevant to the events and times in which they occurred. Andrew Lippa is a talent that is at the forefront of a new era of Broadway composers. Like Bernstein he is not limited to a single genre. His recent Broadway show "Big Fish" is one of the best shows I have ever seen. The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles has had some behind the scenes turmoils in past seasons. This was their 35th anniversary performance. Hopefully it's brilliance is a sign that the backstage dust has settled and they will be in top form once again.
Absolutely outstanding in every aspect. So professional.
This caps the end to an extraordinary season for GMCLA! I Am Harvey Milk is one of the most important works ever written for the LGBT community! The far that SFMGC brought down 200 singers and then joined by 100 more members from 4 other commissioning choruses is proof of how important is is to them. Our community is blessed to have Andrew Lippa create such a outstanding piece of art! This is a story that needs to be told and never forgotten! HUGE CONGRADULATIONS TO GMCLA ON THEIR 35th ANNIVERSARY! May there be be decades more !
It was an amazing experience. The concert hall is made for incredible sounds and the Chorus exceeded amazing. It was a night of amazing sound.
I couldn't have loved this more than I did. I was running around afterward and thanking chorus members, doing selfies with them. SO, so loved it!
Beautiful and moving concert. Only negative was the female soloist who was not up to the level of the others.
The Gay Men's Chorus did a fantastic job, as usual, and the second half, "I Am Harvey Milk", is ready for Broadway! It has everything: pathos, joy, pride, inspiration, history, hope. A perfect balance of music from the haunting "Was I Wrong?" to the rousing "Friday Night In The Castro" with its disco beat. Really not to be missed, this beautiful, emotional, up lifting musical.
The music soared up to the rafters as the haunting and warm beauty of all-male voices-- sometimes as many as 500 (with the help of more than just a few associated choral friends from throughout the US and Canada)-- filled my senses. The first hour was a potpouri of GMCLA's favorites, many of them poignant, emotional songs about how far the Gay and Lesbian Communities have come in their search to find total acceptance in this modern world that, unfortunately, is still poisoned by so much hatred and bigotry. The second hour was an unstaged operetta of the Life of Harvey Milk, a collage of beautiful songs that totally illustrated through music the conflicts, challenges and courage of one politician and which ends with the strong admonition of not letting the cruelty of the death of Harvey Milk be the death of the Gay Movement and, instead, encouraging those who still are so afraid to come out to come out. The only glitch in the production was the sound system that yielded a blurry, reverberation that unfortunately made many of the very important words unclear or inaudible.