“Musically, the Opera Fuoco Orchestra, masterfully conducted by David Stern, brings vitality and richness to Mozart’s score, while allowing the soloists to express themselves fully in their roles. The vocal interpretation highlights human characters, sometimes tormented, sometimes full of compassion, and the musical direction brings out all the beauty of […]
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“Directed by Music Director David Stern, the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra provided a refined canvas in which the history unfolded. One could appreciate the attention to detail Stern placed in the overture, with a sensitive phrasing that emphasized Verdi’s empathy with the main character. The orchestra was equally effective in […]
“The orchestra under music director David Stern delivered its usual excellent performance. The violins, in particular, played with transparent accuracy and grace in high passages such as the delicate opening Prelude that could expose intonation problems in less skilled musicians. In passages of classic Verdi drama, such as the gambling […]
“Conductor David Stern, a company veteran, was given the new title of Ari Rifkin Music Director, a promotion that recognized his years of successful work with the company’s fine orchestra” David Fleshler – South Florida Classical Review full article here: https://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2025/01/lewek-shines-in-palm-beach-operas-impassioned-romeo-et-juliette/
“The quibbles are still less for Maestro David Stern and orchestra; these came early – a misfired woodwind, an eager to enter chorus member. Stern expressly turned his attention to the chorus for a few bars, and that was that. (…) . This was an inspired, expansive reading of the score, an […]
“This is a truly rare work that Opera Fuoco is performing for the first time in France… offering Massy opera-goers the privilege of a virtual premiere… Opera Fuoco knows how to carry off this score, which exalts the expression of personal passion, with constant tact and a sense of humor…” […]
“At the helm of his Opera Fuoco orchestra and the remarkable Namur Chamber Choir, David Stern is attentive to every detail, without ever losing sight of the score or the dramatic sense of the libretto. This is certainly the fruit of a long period of preparation, leading to a very […]
“David Stern, embracing the multiple aspects of this score with vigor and dynamism (…), delivers a most seductive Hercules, putting this tragedy back in the high place it deserves in Handel’s oeuvre”. May 2024
“But the success of the production on opening night really rested on the quality of the musical performances. With six vibrant singers and a fine orchestral performance under chief conductor David Stern, the production brought Mozart’s music to vivid life.” February 2023
“Under the direction of Music Director David Stern, the production (…) was a success in all fronts, starting with a superlative Palm Beach Opera Orchestra. On opening night, the ensemble was in top form, its principals delivering technically flawless solos and giving the soloists on the stage a sensitive and […]
“David Stern leads a polished instrumental ensemble … Under his precise direction, the musical numbers are well-balanced and atmospherically well-defined.” January 2023
“The Dutch philharmonie zuidnederland under conductor David Stern brings a perfect rendition of Lady in the Dark, with immaculate directing from up-and-coming UK talent Anna Pool, a well-executed choreography by Rebecca Howell, a solid cast, and gorgeous costumes from Madeleine Boyd.” Sarita RAO Read the full article here
L’opéra est signé Puccini. Il voit le jour en 1896, sur les planches du Teatro Regio de Turin, sous la baguette d’Arturo Toscanini mais il a été présenté samedi 13 et dimanche 14 août sous celle de David Stern dans le jardin de la Grange aux pianos. Le coup de […]
La Boheme with Opera Fuoco Young Artists and the ensemble Ataïr at La Grange aux Pianos “David Stern shows himself to be a maestro as diligent as he is precise, who watches over his musicians and his singers, who are all up to the challenge.”
Au cœur de la campagne berrichonne, le festival de la Grange aux pianos déroule depuis dix ans un programme musical qui fait la part belle à l’art lyrique. Cette édition 2022 ne fait pas exception, avec une Bohème passionnée donnée à la belle étoile. Depuis 2012, de Pelléas à Mélisande à L’Heure espagnole de Ravel en […]
Fils du violoniste Isaac Stern, le plus français des chefs d’orchestre américains a une passion pour la musique et Paris. Il fête cette année les vingt ans d’Opera Fuoco, sa compagnie lyrique, pépinière de futurs virtuoses.
From the influence of his parents to his own artistic path, this five-part portrait of an extraordinary conductor reveals his intimate approach to music...
West Palm Beach, FL (August 26, 2024) – Palm Beach Opera announces the contract extension of internationally-acclaimed conductor David Stern through the 2026-2027 season with the new title of Music Director. Maestro Stern has served as Palm Beach Opera’s Chief Conductor since 2015, an appointment that was made following his impressive musical leadership of the company’s world premiere of Enemies, A Love Story by Ben Moore and Nahma Sandrow.
William Boyce, a contemporary of Handel, wrote his Seranata when Handel spent 9 months in Dublin. Based on the Song of Song of Solomon, the libretto is a delightful collection of erotic poetry from the bible, scored for two shepherds, a tenor and a soprano, chorus and orchestra.
Contrary to the claims of the reference edition, Hercules is not an oratorio. Handel always wanted it to be considered a musical drama, and thus an opera in English. In order to reinforce the dramatic tension and to give Hercules its operatic colors, David Stern proposes an interpretation based on the original manuscript and the reworkings that Handel made in 1749 and 1752.
If Verdi had spent too many summers sipping rosé wine on the French riviera he might very well had composed Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. Quintessentially gallic, this work weaves beautifully melodies into the infamous tale and evokes the melancholy aspects of the story more than the heroic.
There is a reason that Verdi’s rendering of “la Dame aux Camélias” is immensely popular today: it is a perfect opera. The story, the music, the poignancy and the romance never fade or diminish. L’amor è palpito, per sempre.
Mozart’s last opera was by no means a return to an earlier style. This Opera Seria displays all the sensibility and colors of the composer’s late period. The relationship between the singers and the orchestra is nothing short of revolutionary.
This innovative program takes selections from a wide variety of Bach’s cantatas to underline the composer’s affinity to nature. The wind, the rain and the snow all become apparent through orchestrations that paint the texts, offering us the Leipzig master’s version of the 4 seasons.
Tosca is a violent and turbulent story that exposes the kind of raw emotional content that defines verismo, the style that urges opera to connect completely to credible, real life situations.
The Tales of Hoffman bears well the name of its genre: opéra fantastique. The last work of the famed operetta composer, Jacques Offenbach, Hoffman transcends many labels and pre-conceived notions: it is serious as it is comic, dark as it is light, popular as it is introspective and abstract
Opera Fuoco celebrates its 20th anniversary ! To celebrate this anniversary David Stern has invited soloists from 4 generations of the Opera Fuoco Young Artists Program. For two decades, the company has been committed to the training and integration of young talents who have become great talents.
David Stern leads this concertante performance of Giovanni Simone Mayr’s L’amor conjugale at the Theater an def Wien, which brings together Opera Fuoco’s period instrument orchestra and four generations of its Young Artist Program. The evening presents Mayr’s charming one-act opera based on Nicolas Brouilly’s Leonora (same as Beethoven’s Fidelio) written in the late classical and early bel canto styles, resulting in a quirky combination of German and Italian opera traditions.
David Stern leads this Opera Fuoco production of Nozze di Figaro with the newest members of the Opera Fuoco Young Artists Program in a staging by Alexander Camerlo. It is a pocket-size version of Mozart’s masterpiece, bringing out its youthful and chamber music qualities all while giving the young singers the opportunity to learn these important roles at the highest musical level.
Returning to China for the first time since the pandemic, David Stern joins the MISA festival to conduct the wonderful Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and present Rino Yoshimoro, a new talent and one of the six finalists of the 2020/22 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violon Competition.