Kelli O'Hara at the Dorothy Chandler

[Dan6]

Posted: 2/2/25 at 1:46am

Saw an (unsurprisingly) outstanding concert by Kelli O'Hara tonight with the LA Opera Orchestra at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. After a particularly taxing week, and a tremendously stressful month here in Los Angeles, a couple of hours with her and her gorgeous voice was just what I needed to recharge and to feel positive and hopeful again. The power of art! Here's the setlist:

Act One: Selections from Oklahoma! (orchestral)/Pure Imagination/What More Do I Need?/A Cockeyed Optimist/Tomorrow/If I Loved You/Getting to Know You/So in Love/Not Funny/Fable/The Impossible Dream (w/ Aaron Lazar)/I Could Have Danced All Night

Act Two: Selections from Fiddler on the Roof (orchestral)/He Loves Me/This Nearly Was Mine/The Sun Went Out (w/ husband Greg Naughton)/Children Will Listen/So Big So Small/To Build a Home/They Don't Let You in the Opera (If You're a Country Star)

Encores: Beautiful City/La Vie en Rose

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Updated On: 2/2/25 at 01:46 AM

[nealb1]

Posted: 2/2/25 at 12:43pm

Kelli is fantastic in concert!  So incredibly talented. Thanks for posting your review and set list.  I was torn between seeing her again last night, or seeing Eva Noblezada at The Soraya in Northridge.  I opt'd for Eva.  

By the way, Kelli's concert was at The Dorothy Chandler Pavillion. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/2/25 at 1:05pm

[Dan6]

Posted: 2/2/25 at 2:01pm

nealb1 said: "Kelli is fantastic in concert! So incredibly talented. Thanks for posting your review and set list.I was torn between seeing her again last night, or seeing Eva Noblezada at The Soraya in Northridge. I opt'd for Eva.

By the way, Kelli's concert was at The Dorothy Chandler Pavillion."

Ugh, serves me right for posting while I'm tired.  Thanks!

 

[girlcop]

Posted: 2/2/25 at 11:01pm

BrodyFosse123 said: ""

So glad I got to see her in concert last year when she came to Ann Arbor! What a talent!

[usher2]

Posted: 2/3/25 at 2:15pm

Kelli was wonderful but the sound system not so. If you were unfamiliar with any of the songs (such as I was with the satire piece about country star at the opera,) it was nearly impossible to hear a lot of the lyrics. I would have preferred just Kelli, a piano and a few more musicians. She was drowned out by the full orchestra sometimes and other times the sound system swallowed any diction.