Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Ilana Walder-Biesanz reviews opera and theater for San Francisco Classical Voice, Opera Online, Bachtrack, and Stark Insider. She studied in England as a Gates-Cambridge Scholar (European Literature and Culture) and in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar (theater studies). 

Articles By This Author

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Alcina Enchants at Black Box Baroque

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - April 11, 2016

A young, period performance company wraps up Handel’s Orlando furioso trilogy.

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A Winning Barber And a Whimsical Seville at San Francisco Opera

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - November 29, 2015

Led by a funny, natural Figaro, the S.F. Opera revival of Barber of Seville is frothy entertainment.

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West Bay Opera’s Rigoletto: High on Tradition, Low on Drama

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - October 19, 2015

Opera traditionalists will find plenty to like about West Bay Opera’s production, which lacks surprises.

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A ‘Futuristic’ Lucia Offers Nothing New But Plenty to Enjoy

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - October 12, 2015

S.F. Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor lacks novelty but packs the satisfying emotional punch of well-delivered tragedy.