Harvey Steiman

World Premiere Becomes a Weak Throwback

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United StatesUnited States  Marco Tutino, Two Women (La Ciociara): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus, San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 19.6.2015 (HS)

Act II, Scene II Sarah Shafer as Rosetta and Anna Caterina Antonacci as Cesira with Moroccan soldiers. ©Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Act II, Scene II
Sarah Shafer as Rosetta and Anna Caterina Antonacci as Cesira with Moroccan soldiers. ©Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera

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Figaro By The Numbers, Needing Tiny Surprises

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 Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of San Francisco Opera, Patrick Summers (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 18.6.2015 (HS) Cast: Figaro: Philippe Sly Susanna: Lisette Oropesa Countess Almaviva: Nadine Sierra Cherubino: Kate Lindsey Count Almaviva: Luca Pisaroni Bartolo: John Del Carlo Marcellina: Catherine Cook Basilio: Greg Fedderly Don Curzio: John … Read more

Probing the Complexity of Missa Solemnis

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United StatesUnited StatesBeethoven, Missa Solemnis: Joélle Harvey (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor), Shenyang (bass-baritone), Pacific Boychoir (Kevin Fox, director), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin, director), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). 10.6.2015 (HS)

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