Steve Jobs scores a success in Santa Fe

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 23 July 2017

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

Reviewed at Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe on 22 July 2017

Bates, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Santa Fe Opera

Michael Christie, Conductor

Kevin Newbury, Director

Victoria "Vita" Tzykun, Set Designer

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, Choreography

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

Brenda Rae carries Santa Fe Opera's Lucia

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 21st July

Static blocking and an uneven cast can't kill a Lucia di Lammermoor with a star this bright.

***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.