“Ozzy Osbourne stood in the place where I’m conducting,” David Stern, the opera’s chief conductor who will lead both “La Boheme” and “The Magic Flute,” told AFP with a laugh. Despite its size the space “actually is very friendly,” the Paris-based conductor said, and the star voices large enough to […]
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David Stern is thrilled to come back to Simone Mayr. After having performed his Medea in Corinto, he will be recording his one act opera, Amor Conjugale, which delights and inspires through Bel Canto vocal lines and an imaginative and rich orchestral palette. Look forward to its release on the […]
David Stern‘s musical life spans three continents, and the pandemic hasn’t slowed him down. As founder and director of Opera Fuoco, a Paris-based international opera company and young artist program, he helms Figaro in the City, a modern-day video retelling of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro. It’s available in easily digestible segments of 15 […]
“A young cast, imaginative filming – how the project came about. Watch the first episode for free” When I had the initial idea to salvage a concert version of the Marriage of Figaro, Paris was just coming out of its first confinement period. Springtime was bursting out, we no longer […]
“Stern drew out Puccini’s singing phrases adroitly, providing strong, coherent support for the singers. Without a curtain coming down to produce premature applause, it was great, for once, to hear the final soft harp lines following the Mimi-Rodolfo duet in Act I and the final quiet brass chords at the […]
Figaro in the City is a modern-day retelling of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro: "la folle journée" is full of playful and hurtful intrigues that lead up to one of the most moving final scenes in opera history. Opera Fuoco’s young singers step into a staging that takes them away from the confines of a stage and into the city of Paris’ quirky ateliers, streets and gardens. Filmed in playback to allow for theatrical intimacy and the safety of the cast during the Covid-19 pandemic, the camera itself becomes a character, reacting to each turn of the plot. As the instrumentalists and conductor disappear, the characters move fluidly from the opening opera rehearsal atmosphere to a real-life scenario. Like with any television series, each episode of Figaro in the City was created to heighten the dramatic tension of the plot and to leave the audience waiting to see what happens next, all the while remaining faithful to Mozart’s original score. Conductor David Stern collaborated with videographer and stage-director Alexandre Camerlo to forge the artistic direction of this contemporary adaptation of an 18th-century classic. Special thanks to Laurent Naouri for joining the Opera Fuoco Young Artists in his debut performance as Bartolo.
“(…) The tone was set by conductor David Stern’s nicely shaped overture, taken at a moderate pace, with solo instruments given the freedom to ornament their lines. This musical approach immediately engaged fans of bel canto opera and signaled that this would not be a routine reading of a familiar […]
Grammophone magazine’s review of David Stern’s recording with NDR Radiophilharmonie and Ania Vegry of Gassmann’s rare opera arias and scenes: “Conductor David Stern draws alert playing from the NDR Radiophilharmonie. “
ITHINK Financial Amphitheatre February 21st – 2:00 PM/ February 26th – 7:30 PM Known for its enduring story and infectious score, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte captures the imaginations of young and old.
ITHINK Financial Amphitheatre February 19th 7:30 PM / February 24th 7:30 PM In February of 2021, Stern will lead performances of La Bohème and the Magic Flute in a 5000 seat open air arena, as part of the first Palm Beach Opera Festival. This innovative project will be key to […]
Centre Culturel Jean Vilar (Marly-le-Roi) – November 6th 2020 – 6:30 PM and November 7th 2020 – 6:00 PM Cancelled due to covid19 crisis The infamous philosophical tale of Candide is an epic legend, a voyage across the world – a world where humans are propelled from place to place […]
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris) – January 21st 2021 – 8:00 PM Cancelled due to Covid-19 crisis Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Sypres, two exceptional tenors and Rossini specialists, share the stage at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with Opéra Fuoco for an exceptional evening in the series of ‘Les Grands Voix’. The […]
MC2 National Theatre – Grenoble (France) – March 17th 2021 – 7:30 PM Pursuing his mission of rediscovering little-known works and his commitment to the training of singers from his Young Artists Program, David Stern offers a production tailor-made for the MC2 in Grenoble, whose musical season explores the relationship […]
Donizetti Festival – Teatro Sociale, Bergamo (Italy) – December 4th 2020 – 8:30 PM Cancelled due to covid19 crisis To end the European tour of Mayr’s Amor Conjugale, David Stern will conduct a concert performance in Bergamo’s Teatro Sociale. This re-premiere in Italy will be an important tribute to Mayr, […]
Levallois – Salle Ravel – November 29th 2020 – 8:30 PM Cancelled due to covid19 crisis Premiered in Padua and Venice in 1805, Amor Conjugale presents a lighter version of the same story plot as Beethoven’s Fidelio – “a farsa sentimentale” by the master who is also known as the […]
Bonn Beethovenfest – World conference center – September 23rd – 8 PM Cancelled due to covid19 crisis The Bavarian composer Johann Simon Mayr, aka Giovanni Simone Mayr after achieving fame and glory in Italy, set Jean-Nicolas Bouilly’s Leonore text as a ‘farse sentimentale’ entitled ‘L’amor coniugale’. It was premièred in […]
Cité de la Musique – Philharmonie de Paris – October 1st 2020 – 8:30 PM To celebrate Isaac Stern’s centenary, David Stern will conduct a tribute concert in Paris Philharmonie with pieces from Bach to Mendelssohn.
Cancelled due to covid19 crisis Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, the first world-class violin competition in Shanghai, was launched in 2015 and thereafter, a grand success for two consecutive editions in 2016 and 2018. Taking its name from the distinguished violinist Isaac Stern, the Competition aims to continue the […]
Tanglewood Music Festival – July 26th 2020 at 2:30 PM Cancelled due to covid19 – crisis. In order to celebrate Isaac Stern’s centenary, his sons David and Michael will be conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a special gala concert at the Tanglewood Festival
Marseille Opera – June 21st 2020, 4 PM Cancelled due to covid19 crisis David Stern offers a program to Marseille’s audience that promises to be brilliant! From Dutilleux to Brahms, two essential symphonies, extraordinary and exciting, that explore different shades of the symphonic language.
“After the conclusion of the famous Overture to Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Palm Beach Opera chief conductor David Stern invited the orchestra to stand to receive the applause. (…) The Overture, fortunately, was not marred by any madcap antics on stage, full of crisp string playing, such as in the […]
May 13th 2020 – Salle Ravel , Levallois Cancelled due to covid19 crisis The Marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais was transformed by Mozart and his Italian librettist Da Ponte. Nevertheless, the original political intentions of the work were undermined by the imperial censure of Mozart’s Vienna. In Eric Emmanuel Schmitt’s […]
” (…) Chief Conductor David Stern brings out the score’s varied moods, contrasting the chaotic populace with the contemplative reminiscences of the trio of officials, Ping, Pang and Pong, and the pathos of the plight of Timur and Liù.” David M.Rice – Classical Source
“Under chief conductor David Stern, the Palm Beach Opera orchestra did its usual excellent work. The outstanding string section played with transparent delicacy in Puccini’s shimmering harmonies. Soft-edged winds, stark brass and clanging percussion all contributed to bringing out the power and variety of Puccini’s richly colored score.” South Florida […]
NEW RECORDING: Discover Florian Leopold Gassmann’s beautiful opera arias with Ania Vegry. David Stern conducts the NDR Radiophilharmonie for this CD full of surprising world premieres. More info : https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/florian-leopold-gassmann-opernarien/hnum/6096005?lang=en
CANCELLED due to Covid19 April 1st & 2nd 2019 David Stern will make his debut in Australia with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In a festive program with Händel’s Water and Royal Fireworks music and Telemann rarely performed Wassermusik. The concert will sparkle in Sydney’s City Recital Hall
CANCELLED due to Covid19 May 1st 2020 – Großer Sendesaal des NDR Hannover David Stern will conduct this concert version of Händel’s Giulio Cesare. Alongside a lavish cast of talented young singers from Opera Fuoco’s former and present generations, Maestro Stern will give a fresh new vision of this baroque […]
Cancelled due to Covid19 crisis March 28th 2020 – Guangzhou Symphony Hall For this new collaboration, David Stern will conduct a program with an original dialogue between Brahms 4th symphony and compositions of the Chinese composer Zhou-Tian.