United States Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Lina González-Granados (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.9.2022. (JRo)
Tragedy in a present-day American town: Lucia di Lammermoor at LA Opera
Jane Rosenberg
The enchantment of pantomime and aerial ballet: Air Play by Acrobuffos
United States Various – Acrobuffos’ Air Play: Broadstage, Santa Monica, California, 24.7.2022. (JRo)
A ghostly dance set to Bernard Hermann’s Psycho score and a Twyla Tharp ballet celebrating New Orleans
United 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)
Musically and dramatically, an outstanding Aida from LA Opera
United States Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.5.2022. (JRo)
Dwight Rhoden’s David Bowie-themed StarDust from Complexions Contemporary Ballet
United States Complexions Contemporary Ballet: Dancers of Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 14.4.2022. (JRo)
James Conlon leads a stirring St Matthew Passion danced at LA Opera
United States J. S. Bach, St Matthew Passion: Singers, Dancers of The Hamburg Ballet, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 20.3.2022. (JRo)
A patchwork of Leonard Bernstein’s life in John Neumeier’s Bernstein Dances
United States Bernstein, Bernstein Dances: Dancers of the Hamburg Ballet, Tai Murray (violin), Sebastian Knauer (piano), members of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and other artists / Garrett Keast (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 13.3.2020. (JRo)
A fairy-tale treat from Rossini – La Cenerentola at LA Opera
United States Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Roberto Abbado (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 20.11.2021. (JRo)
Corbelli (Don Magnifico), Malfi (Angelina/Cinderella), Pogossov (Dandini), Sekgapane (Don Ramiro) and D’Arcangelo (Alidoro) © Craig T. Matthews