“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 […]
Daily archives: 24th March 2025
4 posts
“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 […]