A great man once said, "Cali is where they put they mack down." That poet and prophet was 2Pac Shakur, who must have been looking into his crystal ball at James Conlon's contract extension with the LA Opera through the 2017/18 season. Announced by LA Opera GD Plácido Domingo, the American conductor will continue five more years as MD, which he's held since the 2006/7 season.
Across W 1st Street, King MD of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, gets coverboy treatment for The Economist's supplement.