The Music Director of the Atlanta Opera Arthur Fagen opened in October the season 2013/2014 with Tosca by Giacomo Puccini earning outstanding reviews. Cast included world class performers as Kara Shay Thompson and Massimiliano Pisapia.
On October 16, 2013, Maria Pia Ugarte from The Examiner wrote:
“Maestro Arthur Fagen’s interpretation of the score was eloquent and skillful. Few understand the complexities of unifying under a baton the multiple elements that come to life in a work of this kind. Fewer are able to harness them together to deliver a coherent performance that doesn’t under or overwhelm and doesn’t drown singers with its intensity….Maestro Fagen delivered a wonderful mixture of colors that adequately complimented vocal creation and dramatic intension…. At the end of the night, the audience offered a well-deserved standing ovation with enthusiasm, one that said with distinction ‘laudamus te’ Atlanta Opera, this is a production to be proud of and we are certainly proud of you!”
On October 13, The Atlanta Cultural Arts Reviews wrote:
“If you like opera, or you think you might like opera, get your tickets because this is one of the best productions in years, with great singers, sets, costumes, music, lighting and all the elements that bring a classic story of treachery to life with a high degree of theatricality that is a delight. The orchestra under the baton of Arthur Fagan does a terrific job and the entire production directed by Tomer Zvulun is first-rate. “
On October 5, Christie Grimstad from Concertonet.com, wrote:
“Arthur Fagen leads a well-rehearsed, clean-diction orchestra ….”
Arthur Fagen conducts in Atlanta Mozart’s The Magic Flute, November 2024
After Wagner’s Die Walküre in May, Mr. Fagen returns to Atlanta with one of the greatest operas ever written, Mozart's The Magic Flute. Tomer Zvulun’s new staging and Arthur Fagen’s musical direction invite us to take a fresh look at the opera. Mozart’s timeless...
