San Francisco Opera 2016 – 2017 Season Page 1
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SFOpera Leadership
John A. Gunn, Chairman, San Francisco Opera Board of Directors
Keith B. Geeslin, President, San Francisco Opera Association
David Gockley, General Director
Matthew Shilvock, General Director Designate
Nicola Luisotti, Music Director
Patrick Summers, Principal Guest Conductor
Ian Robertson, Chorus Director
Sheri Greenawald, Opera Center Director
San Francisco Opera 2016 – 2017 Season Repertory and Casting
Andrea Chenier – Sept 2016 09, 14, 17, 22, 25, 30
Music by Umberto Giordano | Libretto by Luigi Illica Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
2 Hours 40 Mins 1 Intermission
An ardent poet and a young noblewoman are passionately attracted only to be separated by the turmoil and terror of the French Revolution. Music Director, Nicola Luisotti conducts this powerful, melodic score in a lavish period production by acclaimed director David McVicar.
Cast |
Creative |
| Andrea Chenier – Yonghoon Lee* Maddalena de Coigny – Anna Pirozzi* Carlo Gerard – George Gagnidze* Bersi – J’nai Bridges* L’Incredibile – Joel Sorensen Mathieu – Robert Pomakov Roucher – David Pershall* Madelon – Jill Grove Countess de Coigny – Catherine Cook |
Conductor – Nicola Luisotti Director – David McVicar Set Designer – Robert Jones* Costume Designer – Jenny Tiramani* Lighting Designer – Adam Silverman Original Choreographer – Andrew George Revival Choreographer – Colm Seery Chorus Director – Ian Robertson |
 * San Francisco Opera Debut
Dream of the Red Chamber – World Premiere
Sept 2016 – 10, 13, 18, 23, 27, 29
One of China’s greatest classical novels as famous in China as Romeo and Juliet is in the West recounts the love triangle between a young nobleman and two very different women: one his spiritual soulmate, the other a beautiful heiress. Featuring a libretto co-authored by Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly), this new English-language opera is by Bright Sheng, one of the most important Chinese-American composers today. Acclaimed Taiwanese director and playwright Stan Lai teams up with Tim Yip, the Academy Award-winning designer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, to bring this visionary work to life.
3 hours with 1 Intermission
Cast |
Creative |
| Dai Yu – Pureum Jo* Bao Yu – Yijie Shi* Bao Chai – Nian Wang Granny Jia – Qiulin Zhang* Lady Wang – Hyona Kim* Princess Jia – Karen Chia-Ling Ho* Aunt Xue – Yanyu Guo * SF Opera Debut |
Composer and Co-librettist Bright Sheng* Co-librettist David Henry Hwang* Conductor George Manahan Director Stan Lai* Production Designer Tim Yip* Lighting Designer Gary Marder Projection Designer John Wong * Choreographer Fang-Yi Sheu * Chorus Director Ian Robertson |
 * San Francisco Opera Debut
Don Pasquale – Sept 2016Â 28 – Oct 2016 – 2, 4, 7, 12, 15
Don Pasquale has decided to cut off his live-in nephew in order to make him marry a wife of his choosing. Although his nephew Ernesto wants to marry his lover Norina, a young widow, the union is not blessed. Don Pasquale decides to marry himself in order to kick him out, and with the help of Malatesta, he is going to marry Malatesta’s youngest sister, Sofronia. But Malatesta is tricking Don Pasquale into marrying Norina in disguise in order to teach him a lesson and get Ernesto and Norina be together in the end.
2 hours 25 Mins with 1 Intermission
Cast |
Creative |
| Don Pasquale Maurizio Muraro Norina Heidi Stober Ernesto Lawrence Brownlee* Dr. Malatesta Lucas Meachem 1 Dr. Malatesta Edward Nelson 2 * San Francisco Opera Debut1 September 28, October 2, October 12, and October 15 2 October 4 and 7 |
Conductor Giuseppe Finzi Director Laurent Pelly Set Designer Chantal Thomas Costume Designer Laurent Pelly Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Chorus Director Ian Robertson |
* San Francisco Opera Debut
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