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A Carmen at Los Angeles Opera, Short on Sex Appeal

27/09/201322/09/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bizet, Carmen: LA Opera, Placido Domingo (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.9.2013-6.10.13 (JRo)

Patrica Bardon, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo Carmen Photo:Robert Millard
Patrica Bardon, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo in Carmen
Photo:Robert Millard

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles

From Balanchine to Ratmansky: Three Ballets Presented by American Ballet Theatre

23/07/201313/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States George Balanchine, Alexei Ratmansky, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 11.7.2013 (JRo)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles

Adamo’s “Gospel”: Half a Fine New Opera Better Than None

29/06/201323/06/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mark Adamo, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (World Premiere): Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 19.6.2013 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, Los Angeles

The Bittersweet “Little Mortal Jumps” Shares the Stage with the Ornate “Scheherazade” and “Azimuth”

29/06/201323/06/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Alonzo King, Scheherazade, Azimuth: Alonzo King Lines Ballet; Alejandro Cerrudo, Little Mortal Jumps: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.6.2013-23.6.2013  (JRo)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles

A Well Sung Tosca, Unmoored from History

10/06/201307/06/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Tosca: LA Opera, Placido Domingo (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 18.5.2013-8.6.2013 (JRo)

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Rossini’s Cinderella: A Musical, Visual, and Comedic Delight

25/03/201325/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Gioachino Rossini, Jacopo Ferretti, La Cenerentola: LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 23.3.2013-13.4.2013 (JRo)

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Dangerous Games: The Dance Theatrics of Wim Vandekeybus

25/03/201318/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Wim Vandekeybus, What the Body Does Not Remember: Ultima Vez, Royce Hall UCLA, Los Angeles 15.3.2013-16.3.2013

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles

An Entertaining but Perplexing Staging of The Flying Dutchman

25/01/201512/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Richard Wagner, The Fying Duthchman: LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, (9.03.2013) (JRo) 

 

An Entertaining but Perplexing Staging of The Flying Dutchman An Entertaining but Perplexing Staging of The Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman(©) Copyright 2013 Robert Millard

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles
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