Both guest conductor Matthias Pintscher and multi-Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung return to Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s stage to illuminate French impressionistic treasures by Debussy, Berlioz, Fauré and Ravel on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Glendale’s Alex Theatre, and Sunday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.

DeYoung, a “visceral (and) spine-tingling” singer (The Daily Telegraph), turns up the heat on Berlioz’ song cycle, “Les nuits d’été,” a set of six emotional songs about love and desire based on poems by Théophile Gautier.

Pintscher, hailed for his “keen musical intelligence, palpable verve and energy, as well as an impeccable command of timing” (Bachtrack), also conducts three orchestral works including two iconic ballet masterpieces, Debussy’s prelude “à l’après midi d’un faun” and Fauré’s “Masques et bergamasques.” He caps the LACO program with “Le tombeau de Couperi” by Ravel, who dedicated each of the work’s six movements to the memories of friends who died in World War I.

DeYoung and Pintscher previously appeared jointly with LACO in March 2019.

LACO recognizes the support of the Colburn Foundation. The Orchestra also receives public funding via grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; State of California; California Arts Council; the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; Perenchio Foundation; and Walter J. + Holly O. Thomson Foundation. LACO gratefully acknowledges Hogan Lovells US LLP for generous pro bono support. Steinway is the official piano of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.  
Alex Theatre is located at 216 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale. Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills.

For information and tickets ($40-$164), visit www.laco.org or call (213) 221-3920.