Carmina Burana at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
Carl Orff's potent and powerful cantata fills the Bowl on a summer night. Carmina Burana is the most frequently performed choral work of the 21st century. What made it even more popular was the memorable surfing advert for Old Spice aftershave. But has one ever wondered where its familiar title comes from. Carmina Burana, the Latin term for "Songs from Beuern." "Beuern" is the short form for Benediktbeuern. It is the…