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The Makropulos – Oct 2016 14, 18, 23, 26, 29
The seductive diva Emilia Marty has broken hearts for the last 300 years and yet she doesn’t look a day past 30. Now that the magical elixir granting her eternal youth is wearing off, can she seduce her way to immortality? Hailed as the singer-actress of our time by Opera News, Nadja Michael our electric Salome from 2009 stars as the mysterious Emilia in Olivier Tambosi’s inventive production.
Music by Leos Janacek | Libretto by Leos Janacek – Sung in Czech with English supertitles
2 Hours 20 Mins 1 Intermission
Cast |
Creative |
| Emilia Marty – Nadja Michael Albert Gregor – Scott Quinn Baron Jaroslav Prus – Stephen Powell Dr. Kolenaty Dale – Travis Vitek – Joel Sorensen Count Hauk-Sendorf – Matthew O’Neill |
Conductor – Mikhail Tatarnikov* Director – Olivier Tambosi Production Designer – Frank Philipp Schlossmann Lighting Designer – Duane Schuler Chorus Director – Ian Robertson |
* San Francisco Opera Debut
Aida
November 2016 – 05, 08, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30 Dec – 03, 06
Verdi’s grand Egyptian epic returns in a bold new staging inspired by contemporary artist RETNA, one of today’s hottest graffiti artists. Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts the intimate love story of an Egyptian military hero, Radames, and an Ethiopian slave girl, Aida, sung by San Francisco Opera favourites Brian Jagde and Leah Crocetto.
2 Hours 55 Mins 1 Intermission – Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Cast |
Creative |
| Aida – Leah Crocetto Amneris – Ekaterina Semenchuk Radames – Brian Jagde Amonasro – George Gagnidze Ramfis – Raymond Aceto |
Conductor – Nicola Luisotti 1 Conductor – Jordi Berna cer 2 Director – Francesca Zambello Artistic Designer – RETNA* Set Designer – Michael Yeargan Costume Designer –Anita Yavich Lighting Designer – Mark McCullough Chorus Director – Ian Robertson |
1 – November 5, 6, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30, and December 3
2 – December 6
* San Francisco Opera Debut
Madame Butterfly
2016 – Nov 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, 22, 26, 29 Dec – 01, 04
Cultures clash when a trusting young geisha marries an American naval officer stationed in Nagasaki. Puccini’s gut-wrenching music takes the audience on an emotionally charged journey through innocence, betrayal and sacrifice towards a heartbreaking finale. Lianna Haroutounian sings the title role in Jun Kaneko’s compelling production that raises the bar of how Madame Butterfly can be staged to previously unimaginable height’s (San Francisco Examiner).
Music by Giacomo Puccini | Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
2 Hours 45 Mins 1 Intermission – Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Cast |
Creative |
| Cio-Cio-San – Lianna Haroutounian Lt. B. F. Pinkerton –Maxim Aksenov Sharpless – Anthony Clark Evans* Suzuki – Zanda Svede Goro – Julius Ahn Bonze – Raymond Aceto |
Conductor – Yves Abel 1 Conductor – Jordi Bernacer 2 Director – Leslie Swackhamer Production Designer – Jun Kaneko Lighting Designer – Gary Marder Choreographer – Melissa Noble Chorus Director – Ian Robertson |
* San Francisco Opera Debut
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