Harvey Steiman – Page 21 – Seen and Heard International

Hip hop provides a fun jolt in San Francisco Symphony’s season opener

25/09/202325/09/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Kev Choice (hip-hop artist), Anthony Veneziale (Two-Touch), Hila Plitmann (soprano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 23.9.2023. (HS)

Red lighting and a projection enhance Mahler’s *Songs of a Wayfarer* with baritone Simon Keenlyside and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen © Drew Altizer Photography

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

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

United 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

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

15/09/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United 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

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

10/09/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United 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

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

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

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

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru and the Aspen Chamber Orchestra © Blake Nelson

Innovative production and a star tenor make Idomeneo shine at Aspen

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

United 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

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

16/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United 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

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

14/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United 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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