Schoenberg in Hollywood

As part of Boston Lyric Opera’s New Works Initiative, the world premiere of Boston-based composer Tod Machover’s opera Schoenberg in Hollywood lights up the Emerson Paramount Center on Nov. 14-18. A portrait of Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg—who fled Europe during the rise of the Nazis for the golden shores of California—the opera chronicles his search for beauty among the discord of tragedy. / Nathan Tavares