ISSUE 2
SUMMER 2013
Experience the renaissance.
G E N E R AL D I R E C T O R D AV I D G O C K L E Y
Dear friends,
W
ON YOUR MARK,
get sets … GO!
elcome to the second installment of our CAMERATA newsletter!
Established in 2010, CAMERATA is
San Francisco Opera acquires its sets (i.e. scenic productions) in a number of ways:
REVIVE
a unique funding program that
1.
enables San Francisco Opera to
been kept in a container storage near Pier 96;
build on its storied history and
2.
ensure the future of world-class opera in our community.
As a valued member of CAMERATA, you help us take on projects and productions that define our international
We
We
DESIGN
our own productions, which have
and build our own new sets,
sometimes with the co-investment of other companies;
3.
We
CO-INVEST
in productions that are first
produced elsewhere; and
reputation, allowing us to stretch in ways that might not
4.
otherwise be possible. Without your support, events such as
As a company, we have many challenges to overcome in
our successful 90th Season Community Open House and the
order for a scenic production to work here. The War
world premiere of our first family opera commission, The
Memorial Opera House is a vintage theater dating back to
Secret Garden, might not have been possible.
the 1930s, and thus boasts very little in modern, labor-saving
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We
RENT
productions from other companies.
as I provide an insider’s glimpse into one of mechanics and technology. We also play in rep (“in
the major aspects of running an opera company like ours:
repertory”), meaning that we are constantly switching from
selecting productions that will work on the War Memorial
one opera to another for rehearsals and performances.
Opera House stage. Because of CAMERATA members,
Often we have four sets in the theater at once, all vying for
these choices are all the more exciting for the company
floor space, lighting positions, and fly space.
and for the future of opera. Thank you!