Christian Van Horn News
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- bass-baritone
- United States of America
- opera singer, archaeologist, university teacher
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2023-10-25 16:00:53
La bohème
Carlo Rizzi conducts Federica Lombardi, Matthew Polenzani, Adam Plachetka, Olga Kulchynska, and Christian Van Horn (again) in a broadcast from New York
2023-10-10 16:00:38
La bohème
Carlo Rizzi conducts Federica Lombardi, Matthew Polenzani, Adam Plachetka, Olga Kulchynska, and Christian Van Horn in a broadcast from New York
2023-05-20 18:44:00
Britten War Requiem at SFS
[…] whether the acoustics of the Opéra Bastille, my seats, or his conducting had the greatest responsibility for this. His pacing was sometimes bizarre: for example, Isolde’s Transfiguration reached its greatest climax far too early, so that the final climax was anticlimactic. He was much better in Michel Jarrell's Bérénice:Philippe Jordan’s meticulous conducting balanced a big orchestra beautifully with the voices and brought out every last fascinating color of the orchestration.My interview with Brandon Jovanovich and Christian Van Horn makes him sound...fussy:“Philippe is a real master of the score, in that whatever it says, we’re going to do,” said Van Horn, and Jovanovich agreed. “That’s right. If it says piano, everyone will be singing piano. If it says forte, you’re forte.” Van Horn went on: “If there’s a comma between two words, you’re not going to carry that note over.”“That’s right. ‘Brandon, you’re singing an eighth note there, but it’s a sixteenth […]
2023-05-10 01:18:00
Here's most of the press release announcing the program for the June 16, 2023 Centennial Concert. Looks nice! At past gala concerts, there have occasionally been surprise guests. I seem to recall Dame Joan Sutherland and Leonie Rysanek making brief speeches at a 1990s gala.San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Season culminates with a celebration of the Company’s first 100 years. A host of treasured San Francisco Opera artists will be featured with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus in a program that honors the Company’s history through musical milestones and landmark productions. Conductors: Eun Sun Kim, Sir Donald Runnicles, Patrick SummersSopranos: Karita Mattila, Ailyn Pérez, Patricia Racette, Nina Stemme, Heidi Stober, Adela ZahariaMezzo-sopranos: Susan Graham, Daniela MackTenors: Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Fabiano, Brandon Jovanovich, Russell ThomasBaritones: Lucas Meachem, Brian MulliganBass-Baritone: Christian Van Horn San Francisco Opera OrchestraSan Francisco Opera Chorus; Chorus Director John KeeneShawna Lucey, Stage Director PROGRAM TO INCLUDE(Subject to change) Prelude from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Richard […]
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