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Jane Rosenberg

Jane Rosenberg is the author and illustrator of books on the performing arts and writes reviews and articles about ballet, opera, and classical music. Her books include: Dance Me A Story: Twelve Tales of the Classic Ballets; Sing Me A Story: The Metropolitan Opera's Book of Opera Stories for Children; and Play Me A Story: A Child's Introduction to Classical Music Through Stories and Poems (book and CD).

A Modern Reimagining of Figaro Sparkles with Wit and Relevance

25/01/201518/01/2015 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Mozart: Figaro! (90210), LA Opera Off Grand, Douglas Kinney Frost (conductor), Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, Los Angeles, 16.01.15-18.01.15 (JRo)

Photo (c) LA Opera
Photo (c) LA Opera

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Daniel’s Catán’s Opera Steams Down the Amazon

04/12/201424/11/2014 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States  Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas, LA Opera, Grant Gershon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 22.11.14-20.12.14 (JRo)

Photo Craig T. Mathew/LAO
Photo Craig T. Mathew/LA Opera

 

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Rami Be’er and Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Reflect a Dangerous World

23/11/201420/11/2014 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Rami Be’er, If At All, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 19.11.14-21.11.14 (JRo)

f At All  Photo Credit  Uri Nevo
f At All Photo Credit Uri Nevo

 

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The Divine Lunacy of Baryshnikov and Dafoe in Robert Wilson’s Staging of The Old Woman

23/11/201416/11/2014 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Robert Wilson, Daniil Kharms, Darryl Pinckney, The Old Woman, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 14.11.14-15.11.14 (JRo)

 

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Photo (c) Lucie Jansch

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BalletBoyz Dance Seamlessly with Strength and Grace

23/11/201408/11/2014 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States  Liam Scarlett, Serpent, Russell Maliphant, Fallen, BalletBoyz, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 7.11.14-9.11.14 (JRo)

Photo (c) Panos
Photo (c) Panos

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Batsheva Dancers Move to Inner Voices in Sadeh21

07/11/201402/11/2014 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States  Ohad Naharin, Sadeh21, Batsheva Dance Company, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 1.11.14-2.11.14 (JRo)

SADEH21 by Ohad Naharin Photo Gadi Dagon
SADEH21 by Ohad Naharin Photo Gadi Dagon

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Doomed Love in Dido and Aeneas and Bluebeard’s Castle

07/11/201427/10/2014 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle, LA Opera, Steven Sloane (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 25.10.14-15.11.14 (JRo)

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Alexi Ratmansky’s Exuberant Romeo and Juliet

25/01/201511/07/2014 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Alexi Ratmansky, Romeo and Juliet , The National Ballet of Canada, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 10.7.14-13.7.14 (JRo)

ROM3 2011 93 (300)-500
Elena Lobsanova and Guillaume Côté in Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Bruce Zinger

 

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