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Jane Rosenberg

A sunny West Coast Christmas in Los Angeles Ballet’s The Nutcracker

05/01/202524/12/2024 by Jane Rosenberg

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Los Angeles Ballet’s The Nutcracker: Dancers and Orchestra of Los Angeles Ballet / Jeffery Meyer (conductor). Dolby Theater, Los Angeles, 22.12.2024. (JRo)

Los Angeles Ballet’s The Nutcracker © Cheryl Mann Photography

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A pairing of gifted young singers in LA Opera’s Romeo and Juliet

13/11/2024 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Gounod, Roméo et Juliette: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 10.11.2024. (JRo)

Amina Edris (Juliet) and Duke Kim (Romeo) © Cory Weaver

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Madame Butterfly meets Hollywood film set at the LA Opera

26/10/202423/09/2024 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Madame Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.9.2024. (JRo)

Jonathan Tetelman (Pinkerton) and Karah Son (Cio-Cio-San) © Cory Weaver

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In Los Angeles, Ballet Hispánico’s Doña Perón traces the life of Evita

17/07/202417/07/2024 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Salem, Ochoa, Doña Perón: Dancers of Ballet Hispánico / Ahmed Alon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 14.7.2024. (JRo)

Ballet Hispánico’s Doña Perón © Paula Lobo

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An eye-popping Turandot at the LA Opera 

04/06/202420/05/2024 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 18.5.2024. (JRo)

Ryan Wolfe (Ping), Terrence Chin-Loy (Pang) and Julius Ahn (Pong) © Cory Weaver

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James Conlon conducts a ravishing La traviata in Los Angeles

23/04/2024 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.4.2024. (JRo)

Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Violetta) and Lipartit Avetisyan (Alfredo) © Cory Weaver

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Book of Mountains and Seas – a poetic evocation of Chinese creation myths in Los Angeles

15/04/2024 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Huang Ruo, Book of Mountains and Seas: Artists of Ars Nova Copenhagen / Miles Lallemant (conductor). BroadStage, Santa Monica, 13.4.2024. (JRo)

A scene from Book of Mountains and Seas © Steven Pisano

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Two rarely performed works at LA Opera: Highway 1, USA and The Dwarf

06/03/2024 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States William Grant Still, Highway 1, USA & Alexander Zemlinsky, The Dwarf: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 3.3.2024. (JRo)

LA Opera’s 2024 production of Highway 1, USA © Cory Weaver

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