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San Francisco Opera Season Announcement Date
War Memorial Opera House, San FranciscoPhoto by Lisa HirschWell, this is a little bit of a head-scratcher: for many years, the San Francisco Opera season announcement has been made in the second or third week of January, whether there was a press conference or just an email announcement, or, during the pandemic, a livestream. I think that the last press conference was in January, 2017; in attendance were John Adams and Peter Sellars, because of Girls of the Golden West, and Francesca Zambello, because of the June, 2018 Ring.Today, I got an email saying that the announcement will be made on February 20, about four weeks from now. I don't know whether this indicates a permanent change in the announcement date, or if something about the 2024-25 season is still up in the air, whether it's casting for a particular opera, or decisions being made about which operas are on the schedule, […]
2023-12-20 21:12:00
Hand-Colored Vintage PostcardWar Memorial Opera House and Veterans Building, San FranciscoCollection of Lisa HirschGordon Getty turns 90 this month, and San Francisco Opera has presented Getty, a longtime patron of the company as well as a composer, with The Spirit of the Opera Award. From the press release:At the conclusion of San Francisco Opera’s December 9 fall season final performance of The Elixir of Love, the Company honored composer and philanthropist Gordon Getty in an onstage ceremony. Standing amidst the cast of Donizetti’s opera, San Francisco Opera Dianne and Tad Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock presented Mr. Getty with the Company’s Spirit of the Opera award in recognition of extraordinary artistic excellence and philanthropic leadership. Shilvock said: “Gordon Getty is one of the great champions of this art form and someone who has devoted his life to the creation, enrichment and vitality of opera in America. As a composer, he brings to our […]
2023-11-20 00:56:00
San Francisco Opera 2024 Adler Fellows; Adler Concert
War Memorial Opera House, San FranciscoPhoto by Lisa HirschSan Francisco Opera announced the 2024 Adler Fellows at the beginning of October. Here's the basic information from the press release:The artists selected as 2024 Adler Fellows are sopranos Georgiana Adams (Chicago, Illinois), Caroline Corrales (St. Louis, Missouri), Arianna Rodriguez (Fairfax, Virginia) and Olivia Smith (Penticton, British Columbia, Canada); mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz (Oakland, California); tenor Thomas Kinch (Cardiff, Wales); baritone Samuel Kidd (Ann Arbor, Michigan); bass-baritones Jongwon Han (Seoul, South Korea) and James McCarthy (Pleasantville, New York) and coaches/pianists Julian Grabarek (Acton, Massachusetts) and Yang Lin (Shanghai, China). Georgiana Adams, Caroline Corrales, Julian Grabarek, Thomas Kinch, Samuel Kidd and James McCarthy are incoming first-year fellows. Arianna Rodriguez, Olivia Smith, Nikola Printz, Jongwon Han and Yang Lin continue in the program as second-year fellows. The Adler program has trained any number of young singers who went on to good careers in opera. It's always nice to be able to say "I knew them when," and the annual Alder concert is a great opportunity to hear these talented singers. […]
2023-11-09 23:53:00
Veterans Building, with Herbst Theater, in the distance; War Memorial Opera House, foregroundVintage post card, collection of Lisa HirschSan Francisco Performance sent out a press release this afternoon with postponements of two upcoming concerts:Stephen Hough: was November 14, 20223, 7:30 pm; new date TBACastalian String Quartet: was November 15, 2023, 7:30 pm; new date TBABoth concerts were at Herbst Theater. "Travel difficulties" is the reason for both postponements.I was going to get a ticket to see the Castalian; they played a tremendous concert earlier this year at Cal Performances (Haydn, Saariaho, Schubert) and I was very much looking forward to the planned SFP program (Janacek, Beethoven, Turnage). Ah, well; later in the season, I hope.
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