Harvey Steiman – Page 7 – Seen and Heard International

A high-level cast and ‘La Dolce Vita’ setting charm from the get-go in San Francisco Opera’s The Elixir of Love

01/12/202327/11/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Donizetti, The Elixir of Love: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Ramón Tebar (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 26.11.2023. (HS)

Pene Pati (Nemorino) drunk on the ‘elixir’ and members of the chorus © Kristen Loken/SFO

Gustavo Dudamel and a cuatro virtuoso take San Francisco Symphony on a great ride

27/11/202326/11/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Ortiz, Grau, Brahms: Jorge Glem (cuatro), San Francisco Symphony / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 25.11.2023. (HS)

Ovation for *Odisea* with composer Gonzalo Grau, cuatro soloist Jorge Glem and conductor Gustavo Dudamel © Harvey Steiman

Breathing forests and village weddings energize the San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen

28/11/202322/11/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Stravinsky, Smith: James McVinnie (organ), Lauren Snouffer (soprano), Kayleigh Decker (mezzo-soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), David Soar (bass), Hillary Leben (animator), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (director: Jenny Wong). San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 18.11.2023. (HS)

Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony perform Stravinsky’s *Les Noces* (animation by Hillary Leben) © SFO

Rhiannon Giddens’s American Railroad, via virtuosity and American cultures, extends the Silk Road

28/11/202320/11/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various, American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble / Rhiannon Giddens (artistic director). Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 17.11.2023. (HS)

Scene from *American Railroad* © Matthew TW Huang

Rhiannon Giddens’s Omar at SFO tugs at the emotions with resonant music and images

28/11/202318/11/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, Omar: Soloists, Guest Chorus (director: John Keene). Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / John Kennedy (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 15.11.2023. (HS)

Jamez McCorkle (Omar) proves he can write to Daniel Okulitch (r, Owen,) and Barry Banks (l, Taylor) © Cory Weaver/SFO

Ethereal sounds from the JACK Quartet playing works by John Luther Adams in San Francisco

29/10/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States John Luther Adams: JACK Quartet (Austin Wulliman, Christopher Otto [violins], John Pickford Richards [viola], Jay Campbell [cello]). Presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 26.10.2023. (HS)

Ian Bostridge’s well-sung, if woebegone, wanderer in San Francisco

23/10/202322/10/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Schubert, Winterreise: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Wenwen Du (piano). San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 21.10.2023. (HS)

Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Wenwen Du during a previous recital © Curtis Perry Photography

Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony bring Beethoven’s Ninth to a glorious climax

21/10/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Beethoven, Symphony No.9 in D minor: Angel Blue (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano), Ben Bliss (tenor), Dashon Burton (bass-baritone), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony Chorus / Jenny Wong (director). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 19.10.2023. (HS)

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