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Harvey Steiman

A dazzling new opera at SFO explores the other side of Steve Jobs

25/09/202324/09/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Mason Bates, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Michael Christie (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 22.9.2023. (HS)

Bille Bruley (Steve Wozniak) and John Moore (Steve Jobs) © Cory Weaver/SFO

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A vital orchestra and chorus lead the way in San Francisco’s Il trovatore

15/09/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 12.9.2023. (HS)

Soprano Angel Blue as Leonora, tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Manrico © Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera

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The concert performances which opened San Francisco Opera’s 101st season lacked passion

10/09/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Various: Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 8.9.2023. (HS)

Roberto Alagna with the San Francisco Opera Chorus © Cory Weaver/SFO

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On the final Aspen weekend there is much to savour and new works prevail

23/08/202323/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [14]: Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru and the Aspen Chamber Orchestra © Blake Nelson

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Innovative production and a star tenor make Idomeneo shine at Aspen

19/08/202319/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [13]: Harris Hall, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Matthew Polenzani’s Idomeneo contronts Alan Williams as Neptune in Mozart’s opera © Diego Redel

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What’s classical music? All of this, says the Aspen Music Festival

16/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [12]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

One of the groups of wind instruments for John Luther Adams’s An Atlas of Deep Time © Diego Redel

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Gil Shaham scores with Jonathan Leshnoff’s emotionally resonant new sonata in Aspen

14/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [11]: Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Pianist Michelle Cann plays music of the Chicago Black Renaissance © Diego Redel

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Virtuosity from Steven Banks and Gil Shaham in a thoughtful Aspen Music Festival weekend

09/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [10]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Meadows Campus, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Saxophonist Steve Banks and conductor Xian Zhang in Billy Childs’s Saxophone Concerto © Diego Redel

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  • The Tempest from Vache Baroque and Out of Chaos was a true company effort (09/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Odd directorial decisions distract slightly from beautiful singing in Lübeck’s Tosca (09/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle in a fine all-Schumann Prom (08/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Peerless Argerich outshines Shani and the Munich Philharmonic at the Proms (07/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Infrasound Ensemble prove they have chemistry in the Gubaidulina festival (07/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Benign Beethoven, scrubbed Scriabin: Hadelich, Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Proms (06/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Anna Netrebko triumphs as Aida in Zeffirelli’s legendary Verona production (06/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Paul Curran’s new Verona production La traviata has intimate moments and crowd exuberance (06/09/2026) __________________________________
  • Stefano Poda’s concept is consistent for the 2026 revival of Nabucco in the Verona Arena (06/09/2026) __________________________________
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