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2023-11-20 00:56:00
San Francisco Opera 2024 Adler Fellows; Adler Concert
War Memorial Opera House, San FranciscoPhoto by Lisa HirschSan Francisco Opera announced the 2024 Adler Fellows at the beginning of October. Here's the basic information from the press release:The artists selected as 2024 Adler Fellows are sopranos Georgiana Adams (Chicago, Illinois), Caroline Corrales (St. Louis, Missouri), Arianna Rodriguez (Fairfax, Virginia) and Olivia Smith (Penticton, British Columbia, Canada); mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz (Oakland, California); tenor Thomas Kinch (Cardiff, Wales); baritone Samuel Kidd (Ann Arbor, Michigan); bass-baritones Jongwon Han (Seoul, South Korea) and James McCarthy (Pleasantville, New York) and coaches/pianists Julian Grabarek (Acton, Massachusetts) and Yang Lin (Shanghai, China). Georgiana Adams, Caroline Corrales, Julian Grabarek, Thomas Kinch, Samuel Kidd and James McCarthy are incoming first-year fellows. Arianna Rodriguez, Olivia Smith, Nikola Printz, Jongwon Han and Yang Lin continue in the program as second-year fellows. The Adler program has trained any number of young singers who went on to good careers in opera. It's always nice to be able to say "I knew them when," and the annual Alder concert is a great opportunity to hear these talented singers. […]
2022-12-29 23:56:00
[…] and saw Ariane, a very great rarity, twice.Dialogues of the Carmelites at SFO. Superbly sung all around, in a beautiful, and beautifully directed, production by Olivier Py.Orpheus and Eurydice (Gluck) at SFO. A remarkably beautiful production with excellent singing and conducting. It looked and sounded better in the opera house than in the livestream.La Belle et la Bête (Glass) at Opéra Parallèle.Julia Bullock's recital, History's Persistent Voice, all new and recent works by Black women. Superb singing, gorgeous music.Nikola Printz's recital, which traversed an enormous musical and emotional range. Looking forward to hearing Printz as an Adler Fellow!Mirga G-T and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which I never wrote up. A superb orchestra superbly conducted.Almost everything conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen at SFS.Nathalie Stutzmann at SFS.Simone Young at SFS (I think she was in 2022...)No Love Allowed (more widely, Das Lebesverbot) at Pocket OperaReiner Eudakis, the new principal cello at SFSOn the not-so-good side....Danny Elfman's new […]
2022-11-17 22:35:00
War Memorial Opera House & Veterans Building, SFHand-colored postcardLisa Hirsch CollectionA press release from SF Opera announces the 2023 Adler Fellows. Here they are, with hearty congratulations; I'm most familiar with the work of mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, whom I've reviewed a couple of times, including their magnificent recital in the spring.FIRST-YEAR ADLER FELLOWS: Jongwan Han (Seoul, South Korea)Bass-baritone Jongwon Han began the 2022–23 season with debuts at Dayton Opera in Handel’s Messiah and Palm Beach Opera as Bonze in Madame Butterfly. Han was an Apprentice Artist with Santa Fe Opera. His operatic credits include the title roles of Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Schaunard in La Bohème, Baron Douphol in La Traviata and Dr. Miracle in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Having a deep connection to sacred music, Han has been featured in Bach’s Cantata BWV 140, Mozart’sSparrow Mass and Haydn’s Theresienmesse. Han was a 3rd Prize winner of 2022 Operalia The World Opera Competition and Grand Finalist in the 2021 Metropolitan Opera […]
2022-03-22 17:35:00
Nikola Printz Schwabacher Recital Media Round-Up
Nikola Printz, mezzo-soprano, with Jon Mendle, guitar (and theorbo). They're performing Schubert. Photo by Kristen Loken, care of San Francisco Opera Last week, I got to hear (and review) a truly remarkable recital by Nikola Printz, mezzo-soprano. Fabulously sung and acted, marvelously chosen repertory, great collaborators. What more could you ask? Printz will be in the Merola Opera program this summer, so look for more opportunities to hear them then. Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle Lisa Hirsch, SFCV Mike Strickland, SF Civic Center
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