Harvey Steiman

Stellar Cast Turns Don Pasquale Into Ear Candy

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United StatesUnited States Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Giuseppe Finzi (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 12.10.2016. (HS)

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Lucas Meachem (Dr Malatesta), Heidi Stober (Norina), Lawrence Brownlee (Ernesto)
and Maurizio Muraro (Don Pasquale) © Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera

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A Well-Sung If Too-Cautious Andrea Chénier

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United StatesUnited States Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists and chorus of San Francisco Opera/Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 17.9.2016. (HS)

Yonghoon Lee as Andrea Chénier and George Gagnidze as Carlo Gérard in Act II of Giordano's "Andrea Chénier" (Photo credit: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera)
Yonghoon Lee (Andrea Chénier) and George Gagnidze (Carlo Gérard) in Andrea Chénier
(Photo credit: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera)

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Slow Start, Big Finish for Bright Sheng World Premiere

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United StatesUnited States Bright Sheng: Dream of the Red Chamber, Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, George Manahan (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 13.9.2016. (HS)

Pureum Jo as Dai Yu in Sheng and Hwang's "Dream of the Red Chamber" ©Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Pureum Jo as Dai Yu in Sheng and Hwang’s “Dream of the Red Chamber”
©Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera

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Season Opener: Three Concerts with a Raft of Reich

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United StatesUnited States Rossini, Mozart, Cilea, Puccini, Reich, Gershwin, Berlin, Copland: Soloists, San Francisco Symphony, eighth blackbird, Kronos Quartet, Students of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7/9/11.9.2016. (HS)

Michael Tilson Thomas and Steve Reic perform 'Clapping Music. Photo credit: Cory Weaver.
Michael Tilson Thomas and Steve Reich perform-‘Clapping Music. Photo credit: Cory Weaver.

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Theatrics and Dazzling Stars in the Music Festival’s Final Weekend

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United StatesUnited States Aspen (14) – Handel, Brahms, Currier, Ravel, Ginastera, Mohammed Fairouz, Falla, Haydn, Schubert, Feinberg, Skryabin, Chopin: Inon Barnatan (piano), Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano), Aspen Chamber Symphony, Siudy Flamenco Dance Theater, Edgar Meyer and Christian McBride (bass), Marc-André Hamelin (piano). Harris Hall, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen Art Museum. Aspen, Colorado, 18-20.8.2016. (HS)

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