Spanish Drácula

Composed by Gustavo Santaolalla; conducted by Lina González-Granados

Orchestrated by David Campbell

Better than the original? You judge. 

At a Glance

• Relive   Hollywood’s Golden Age with a rediscovered classic film at the historic United Theater 
• Lina González-Granados leads the LA Opera Orchestra in a live performance 
• World premiere score from Oscar-winning composer Gustavo   Santaolalla 

While Bela Lugosi was vamping it up in front of the cameras by day, a night crew shot an alternate version of   Dracula in Spanish — same sets, same story, new cast. This second incarnation of the classic, starring  Carlos Villarías, was largely forgotten until a recent renaissance, and many now hail it as the superior version.

See it on the big screen (with English subtitles) as Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados leads the LA Opera Orchestra in a live performance of a new LAO-commissioned score by Academy Award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (The Last of Us, Brokeback Mountain), who’ll also star as a featured performer.