Back by popular demand, “A Baroque New Year’s Eve at the Opera” will usher in the new year within San Francisco’s beautiful Herbst Theatre. Start an early night on the town with a delightful program of arias, duets, and instrumental music from Baroque opera and concert, with plenty of time left for more celebrations in the evening or an early return home for a peaceful night. Bring your family and friends to celebrate a New Year full of wonderful music.
Liv Redpath is one of the most promising young sopranos on the opera and concert stage today, and Alex Rosen has quickly risen to international prominence in concert, operatic, and song repertoire. Together these dynamic and vocally gifted singers will perform beautiful and thrilling excerpts from theatrical works by Handel, Purcell, Rameau, and Vivaldi, along with orchestral works performed by American Bach Soloists conducted by Jeffrey Thomas, who “...draws crisp, vital playing from the ace baroque instrumentalists of American Bach Soloists, who provide galvanizing vigor but also caress the gut strings of their period instruments with unusual beauty.” - Opera News
Arias & Duets from:
HANDEL Giulio Cesare, Radamisto, Semele, Apollo & Dafne
PURCELL King Arthur
RAMEAU Hippolyte et Aricie
VIVALDI La fida ninfa
"A Gift for the New Year from American Bach Soloists" - Steven Winn SFCV
Liv Redpath, soprano
"unforgettable delicacy" - Opera West
"soaring upper range highlighted with polished crystal notes" - Opera Chaser
Alex Rosen, bass
"richly resonant" - The New York Times
"pure-toned grace" - The Independent
"potent and virile" - Parterre