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Kansas City Star, Patrick Neas
September 30, 2022

This is the year the big orchestras return to the Harriman-Jewell Series. This season also marks the Kansas City debut of Marin Alsop, who will conduct Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo on Oct. 10. In 2012, Alsop was named the orchestra’s first female principal conductor. She will conduct a healthy serving of music by the Brazilian Heitor Villa Lobos. (When was the last time you heard this important composer’s music in concert?) But the main event is Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, the ever-popular fantasy inspired by the Arabian Nights.

This October, the Harriman-Jewell Series presents a groundbreaking performance with the United States debut of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo. Kansas City is one of only three stops on the Brazilian orchestra’s U.S. tour, which culminates in performances at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

“It’s a long way from Piet Retief, South Africa to the opera stages of Milan, Paris and New York, but through extraordinary talent, pluck and determination, soprano Pretty Yende has the made the journey.

The Harriman-Jewell Series will present Yende, one of the most acclaimed voices of her generation, in her Kansas City debut Jan. 7, 2023, at the Folly Theater.

“Although the Harriman-Jewell Series returned to somewhat normal this past season, one thing was missing.

The stringent travel restrictions caused by the COVID pandemic prevented the Series from presenting the world-renowned orchestras, which have always been one of its hallmarks. But with the pandemic easing, the 2022-2023 season will feature four of them.”

“The Harriman-Jewell Series has announced its 2022-2023 season, and it’s positively glowing with some of the greatest stars of music and dance.