RobertoKalb

Press

• Rigoletto

  Atlanta Opera

  Oct 2023

  • Conductor Roberto Kalb, in his Atlanta Opera debut, leads a lucid and artfully detailed performance, balancing urgency and lyricism. Kalb exhibits a keen sense of musicality as he lovingly lingers over some phrases, allowing the music to blossom in the best Italianate style. The Atlanta Opera Orchestra sounds great and responds beautifully to Kalb’s direction.

    • Arts ATL
    • 10 November 2023

• El último sueño de Frida y Diego

  San Francisco Opera

  Jun 2023

  • Frank’s score, superbly led by debuting conductor Roberto Kalb, matches this bounty note for note and shade for shade.

    • Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
    • 03 June 2023

  • Roberto Kalb conducted with a sure feeling for pace and balance.

    • Alex Ross, The New Yorker
    • 03 June 2023

  • Roberto Kalb’s conducting could hardly be bettered; on Tuesday, you could hear every detail of the score, and the singers got exactly the support they needed.

    • Lisa Hirsch, San Francisco Classical Voice
    • 03 June 2023

  • Mexican conductor Roberto Kalb, currently music director of Detroit Opera, shaped and paced everything immaculately, with nicely responsive playing from the orchestra.

    • Harvey Steiman, Seen and Heard International
    • 03 June 2023

  • El Último Sueño is conducted by Mexican Roberto Kalb, who… deftly brought out the rich variety of colors in this music.

    • James Roy MacBean, The Berkeley Daily Planet
    • 03 June 2023

  • Conductor Roberto Kalb and his fluid wand are passionate while pulling together such richness from his 60-member orchestra.

    • David John Chavez, KQED
    • 03 June 2023

  • On opening night in the War Memorial Opera House this week, Detroit Opera Music Director Roberto Kalb, in his San Francisco Opera debut, drew a bombastic and well-crafted performance from the orchestra, and the opera chorus performed superbly.

    • Caroline Crawford, SF Gate
    • 03 June 2023