Steve Jobs scores a success in Santa Fe

Por Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 23 julio 2017

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“Bates’ music, energetically conducted by Michael Christie, is an unstinting parade of rhythms”

Crítica hecha desde Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe el 22 julio 2017

Bates, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Santa Fe Opera

Michael Christie, Dirección

Kevin Newbury, Dirección de escena

Victoria "Vita" Tzykun, Diseño de escena

Edward Parks, Steve Jobs

Sasha Cooke, Laurene Powell Jobs

Wu Wei, Kōbun Chino Otogawa

Kelly Markgraf, Paul Jobs

Garrett Sorenson, Steve Wozniak

Jessica Jones, Chrisann Brennan

Chloe Treat, Coreografía

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Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.