Performer: Michael Bell

Succédant à Jaap van Zweden à la baguette du traditionnel concert de début d'année de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, le chef a proposé une vision radicalement différente de l'ouvrage.

The effect was like raindrops falling on the surface of the world, transforming it from the dull white of fog and industry into saturated colors of fecund leaf and flower. 

West Edge Opera has come up with a means to engage and develop opera audiences in that home of West Coast radicalism, the San Francisco Bay Area.