United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [12]: Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)
Recitals with distinctiveness and distinction spice up the 2025 festival in Aspen
Harvey Steiman
Augustin Hadelich rises above a violin mishap in Aspen for a glorious Tchaikovsky concerto
United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [11]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)
A glorious Messiah in Aspen with Dame Jane Glover in command
United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [10]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)
Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green in conversation with Harvey Steiman
Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green on the Ring road to Wotan
In the nine years since a book about Ryan Speedo Green told his story of a troubled African-American youth redeemed by opera, the bass-baritone has risen from short opera roles to a career that has made him a star at the Metropolitan Opera. His latest triumph is an astonishingly mature portrayal of Wotan in Wagner’s Die Walküre at Santa Fe Opera [click here].
World premiere of Theofanidis’s Siddhartha, She makes a splash in Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival [9]: Klein Music Tent, Aspen. (HS)
Tautly focused The Turn of the Screw creates a creepy psychological mood at Santa Fe Opera
United States Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Santa Fe Opera / Gemma New (conductor). Crosby Theatre, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1.8.2025. (HS)
Ailyn Pérez and Liv Redpath excel in an uneven The Marriage of Figaro in Santa Fe
United States Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Santa Fe Opera / Harry Bicket (conductor). Crosby Theatre, Santa Fe, 31.7.2025. (HS)
Overly complex Die Walküre – though with a sensitive streak – at Santa Fe Opera
United States Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Orchestra of Santa Fe Opera / James Gaffigan (conductor). Crosby Theatre, Santa Fe, 30.7.2025. (HS)
