Nicholas Phan, Fleur Barron, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Axelle Fanyo, Christopher Purves
Cast and Conductor of Adriana Mater
June 8, 2023
Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small, courtesy of San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony performed a semi-staged version of Kaija Saariaho's second opera, Adriana Mater, the other week. It was quite an emotional occasion: Esa-Pekka Salonen had known Saariaho since they were in school together. Peter Sellars, who directed, had known her since the 1990s.
My editor was sitting close enough that he could see that the cast and Salonen were in tears when Adriana was over. Nicholas Phan said on Twitter than the experience of learning and performing the opera had been life-changing.
- Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle
- Joshua Barone, NY Times
- Lisa Hirsch, SFCV, 2023, San Francisco Symphony
- Patrick Vaz, The Reverberate Hills
- Charlise Tiee, Opera Tattler
- Michael Strickland, SF Civic Center
- Lisa Hirsch, SFCV, 2008 Santa Fe Opera
- Molly Colin, SFCV preview, 2023
Peter Sellars and Kaija Saariaho
Adriana Mater Symposium
Santa Fe, July 26, 2008
Photo by Lisa Hirsch
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