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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 magical Marriage of Figaro in Los Angeles

23/02/202322/02/2023 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 19.2.2023. (JRo)

Lucas Meachem (Count), Ana Maria Martinez (Countess), Craig Colclough (Figaro) and Janai Brugger (Susanna) © Cory Weaver

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles 1 Comment

In recital: the exquisite voice of Juan Diego Flórez

26/01/202326/01/2023 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Various: Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Vincenzo Scalera (piano). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 23.1.2023. (JRo)

Juan Diego Flórez © Kristin Hoebermann

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles 3 Comments

Angel Blue soars as the divine Tosca in Los Angeles

30/12/202221/11/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Tosca: Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Louis Lohraseb (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 19.11.2022. (JRo)

Angel Blue as Tosca and Ryan McKinny as Scarpia © Cory Weaver

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles 1 Comment

Masterful, moving and profound: Omar at LA Opera

30/12/202202/11/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Giddens & Abels, Omar: Guest Artists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Kazem Abdullah (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 30.10.2022. (JRo)

Jacqueline Echols as Julie and Jamez McCorkle as Omar © Cory Weaver/LAO

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles 2 Comments

From playful to political: Ballet Hispánico performs in Beverly Hills

10/10/202210/10/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Ballet Hispánico, NOCHE DE ORO: Dancers of Ballet Hispánico. Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 8.10.2022. (JRo)

Ballet Hispanico performs Con Brazos Abiertos © Paula Lobo

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Tragedy in a present-day American town: Lucia di Lammermoor at LA Opera

13/12/202220/09/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Lina González-Granados (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.9.2022. (JRo)

Drive-in: Arturo Chacón-Cruz (Edgardo) and Amanda Woodbury (Lucia) © Cory Weaver

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The enchantment of pantomime and aerial ballet: Air Play by Acrobuffos

28/07/202227/07/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Various – Acrobuffos’ Air Play: Broadstage, Santa Monica, California, 24.7.2022. (JRo)

Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone in Air Play © Nikola Milatovic

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A ghostly dance set to Bernard Hermann’s Psycho score and a Twyla Tharp ballet celebrating New Orleans

20/07/202220/07/2022 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Various: Artists of the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Orchestra / Emil de Cou and Josh Archibald-Seiffer (conductors). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.7.2022. (JRo)

Dancers in Plot Point © Angela Sterling

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