The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. Los Angeles Opera last week unveiled two new productions of operas old or avant-garde: Verdi’s 19th century chestnut “La Traviata,” and Huang Ruo’s 2021 “Book of Mountains and Seas,” based on ancient Chinese myths. Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo, far right, Rachel Willis-Sorensen as Violetta and the cast of L.A. Opera’s “La …
