(Photo credit: Suzanne Vinnik) Palm Beach Opera has announced its 2025 season. The season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” under the baton of Palm Beach Opera’s Ari Rifkin Music Director, David Stern. The title roles will be shared across performances. Friday/Sunday Long Long performs Romé alongside Amina Edris as Juliette. Eric Taylor and Lydia Grindatto will each make their {…}
(Photo credit: Tom Watson) Palm Beach Opera has announced the extension of David Stern’s contract and appointment as Music Director. Maestro Stern made his Palm Beach Opera debut in the 2014 production of “Macbeth.” He became Chief Conductor in 2015, following his leadership in the company’s world premiere of “Enemies, A Love Story” by Ben Moore and Nahma Sandrow. His {…}
David Stern’s opera company, Opera Fuoco, recently released a 14-part online series of “The Marriage of Figaro” which is set in 2020. The series was created in response to the new technological developments and the new streaming era of opera which has grown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stern is a firm believer that in the Netflix-era, people want/need to {…}