Brenda Rae carries Santa Fe Opera's Lucia

Par Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 22 juillet 2017

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“the perfect coloratura soprano: crisp diction, strong trills and runs, clean onsets and crystal tone”

Critique faite à Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, le 21 juillet 2017

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucie de Lammermoor)

Santa Fe Opera

Corrado Rovaris, Direction

Ron Daniels, Mise en scène

Riccardo Hernandez, Décors

Emily Rebholz, Costumes

Brenda Rae, Lucia (Lucie)

Mario Chang, Enrico (Henri)

Zachary Nelson, Edgardo (Edgard)

Christian Van Horn, Raimondo (Raymond)

Sarah Coit, Alisa

Carlos Santelli, Arturo (Arthur)

Stephen Martin, Normanno

Christopher Akerlind, Lumières

Hidden tears season the comedy in Santa Fe's enchanting Elixir

Thomas May, 31st July

In this revival of Stephen Lawless' busy production, set in 1945 Italy, young American tenor Jonah Hoskins' endearing performance tilts Donizetti's charmer in a Nemorino-centric direction.

****1

Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered

Thomas May, 29th July

David Alden's staging of Alcina mines the rich theatricality of one of Handel's best-loved operas with enchanting but also perplexing results.

****1

Steve Jobs scores a success in Santa Fe

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 22nd July

Mason Bates's much-hyped first opera, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, excited Santa Fe audiences despite its dramatic shortcomings.

***11

The Golden Cockerel soars in Santa Fe

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 19th July

Santa Fe Opera's colorful and beautifully sung The Golden Cockerel makes a case for more Rimsky-Korsakov opera in the repertoire.

****1

Majeski stars in a superb Santa Fe Capriccio

Maria Nockin, 5th August

Maestro Leo Hussain’s translucent rendition of the score made Capriccio the crowning glory of the Santa Fe Opera Season.

*****

Santa Fe Opera Stages Puccini's Fanciulla del West

Maria Nockin, 2nd August

Richard Jones's production of Puccini’s Western opera La fanciulla del West is well sung, but fails to tap in to the Wild West atmosphere of the surroundings.

***11

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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.