John Williams, one of Hollywood's leading composers and a former conductor of the Boston Pops, will create an opera for the company, Mr. Domingo said. The relatively new company has yet to fully establish its reputation. In an interview, Mr. Domingo said he was not especially concerned that the Los Angeles Opera would be viewed by traditionalists as going Hollywood. The traditional ones. It doesn't have any less power in the music and the singing.
Powerful music is powerful music.
Use the world of cinema. We very much want to collaborate with the world of Hollywood. But we don't want to just drop a famous name to use them. We don't want that. We want to use a director because we believe in them and their sensibility and the possibilities that they will bring to the L.A. Opera.