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THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
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A monumental work of “choral grandeur and melodic richness� (The New York Times) in one of the most impressive productions ever seen at the War Memorial Opera House.
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A rrigo B oito
The season begins with an overwhelming musical and theatrical experience: opera’s grandest version of the Faust story—an emotionally thrilling, philosophically rich retelling that features a witches’ Sabbath, angelic choruses of cherubs, and the most vivid portrait of the Devil in the entire musical repertoire.
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA PRODUCTION
Music Director Nicola Luisotti leads Boito’s monumental work of “choral grandeur and melodic richness” (The New York Times) with a superb cast: Ildar Abdrazakov, “a singer of elegance and refinement” (Washington Post) with “a dark, powerful sound” (Chicago Tribune), Patricia Racette, an “honest, intelligent and expressive singer” (The New York Times) and Ramón Vargas, a tenor with “a clear, big voice” (Toronto Star).
CAST
PERFORMANCES
Mephistopheles: Ildar Abdrazakov Marguerite, Elena: Patricia Racette Faust: Ramón Vargas
September 6 8pm · 11 7:30pm · 14 8pm · 17 7:30pm 20 8pm · 24 8pm · 29 2pm
PRODUCTION
OCTOBER 2 7:30pm
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti Production: Robert Carsen Director: Laurie Feldman Designer: Michael Levine Lighting Designer: Gary Marder Choreographer: Alphonse Poulin Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by Opening Weekend Grand Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey, The Thomas Tilton Production Fund and Thomas F. and Barbara A. Wolfe. Major support for this production also provided by the Great Interpreters of Italian Opera Fund established by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.
Photos: © Beth Bergman; Terrence McCarthy
OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14. Approximate running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes including two intermissions San Francisco Opera production Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata. Mr. Abdrazakov’s, Ms. Racette’s and Mr. Vargas’ appearances are made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.
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Dolores Claiborne
An opera by Tobias Picker · Libretto by J. D. McClatchy
Based on the novel Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King By arrangement with Andrew Welch · Commissioned by San Francisco Opera
A haunting Stephen King novel about a Maine housekeeper with a dark secret has been adapted into a highly anticipated world premiere by Tobias Picker, whose music is beloved for its “unabashed latter-day romanticism” (The New York Times) with a libretto by renowned poet J. D. McClatchy. A superb cast is led by Dolora Zajick, who brings to her roles “the kind of explosive dramatic intensity that makes her an unforgettable stage presence” (San Francisco Chronicle). WORLD PREMIERE
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Dolores Claiborne: Dolora Zajick Vera Donovan: Elizabeth Futral Selena St. George: Susannah Biller Joe St. George: Wayne Tigges Detective Thibodeau: Greg Fedderly
SEPTEMBER 18 7:30pm · 22 2pm 28 8pm
PRODUCTION Conductor: George Manahan* Director: James Robinson Set Designer: Allen Moyer Costume Designer: James Schuette* Lighting Designer: Christopher Akerlind Projection Designer: Greg Emetaz* *San Francisco Opera debut Production contains adult language and themes.
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OCTOBER 1 8pm · 4 8pm OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14. Approximate running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes including one intermission Co-production with Opera Theatre of St. Louis Sung in English with English supertitles The world premiere of Dolores Claiborne is made possible, in part, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Koret Foundation and Tad and Dianne Taube. Additional support is provided by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Ms. Zajick’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Warmth, wit and wisdom abound in Verdi’s autumnal masterpiece, a tale of a foolish old man who enjoys a good prank—even when he is the target. Based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, this delightful comedy is led by Music Director Nicola Luisotti and stars internationally renowned baritone Bryn Terfel, whose celebrated portrayal of the title character “commands the stage … making him the kind of irascible charmer you’d like to have a beer with” (The New York Times). Presented in celebration of the Verdi bicentennial year. Production New to San Francisco Opera
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PERFORMANCES
Sir John Falstaff: Bryn Terfel Mistress Alice Ford: Ainhoa Arteta Nannetta: Heidi Stober Mistress Quickly: Meredith Arwady Fenton: Francesco Demuro Ford: Fabio Capitanucci* Mistress Meg Page: Renée Rapier
OCTOBER 8 8pm · 11 8pm · 15 7:30pm · 20 2pm 24 7:30pm · 27 2pm · 30 7:30pm
PRODUCTION Conductor: Nicola Luisotti Director: Olivier Tambosi Production Designer: Frank Philipp Schlössmann Lighting Designer: Christine Binder *San Francisco Opera debut
NOVEMBER 2 8pm OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14. Approximate running time: 3 hours including two intermissions Lyric Opera of Chicago production Sung in Italian with English supertitles Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by Leslie and George Hume and The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund. Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata. Mr. Terfel’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel. Photo: Brett Coomer/Houston Grand Opera
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TheBarber Gioachino Rossini
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Bubbling with charm and bursting with beguiling melodies, Rossini’s eternally fresh comic masterpiece, in which love (with the help of a cunning barber) conquers all, returns with two charismatic casts. Resident Conductor Giuseppe Finzi, who leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra with “vigor and clarity” (San Francisco Chronicle), is at the podium.
New Production
One cast features the “lively” Isabel Leonard with “a radiant lyric voice” (The New York Times); Lucas Meachem, who displayed “vocal brilliance” and “theatrical panache” as Don Giovanni (2011) (San Francisco Chronicle); and Javier Camarena, praised by Opera News for his “exquisite finesse.” The other cast features Daniela Mack, who sings Rossini “with technical command and expressive ease” (Opera News); the “smooth-voiced” Audun Iversen (The New York Times) and Alek Shrader, whose “bright singing” is matched with “matinee-idol good looks” (The New York Times).
PRODUCTION Conductor: Giuseppe Finzi Director: Emilio Sagi Set Designer: Lorenç Corbella* Costume Designer: Pepa Ojanguren* Lighting Designer: Gary Marder *San Francisco Opera debut
OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14. Approximate running time: 3 hours including one intermission Sung in Italian with English supertitles Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by San Francisco Opera Guild and Chevron.
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CAST
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Figaro: Lucas Meachem Rosina: Isabel Leonard* Count Almaviva: Javier Camarena* Doctor Bartolo: Alessandro Corbelli Don Basilio: Andrea Silvestrelli Berta: Catherine Cook
Figaro: Audun Iversen* Rosina: Daniela Mack Count Almaviva: Alek Shrader Doctor Bartolo: Maurizio Muraro* Don Basilio: Andrea Silvestrelli Berta: Catherine Cook *San Francisco Opera debut
PERFORMANCES
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NOVEMBER 13 7:30pm · 16 8pm 26 8pm
NOVEMBER 14 7:30pm · 17 2pm 29 8pm
· 19 8pm · 22 8pm
· 20 7:30pm · 23 8pm
DECEMBER 1 2pm
Add tickets for The Barber of Seville for Families, a special 2-hour version of this production sung in English. See page 13.
Photo: Marie-Noëlle Robert/Théâtre du Châtelet
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GREER GRIMSLEY
TheFlyingDutchman Richard Wagner
A condemned ship captain navigates the world’s seas in search of true love in Wagner’s hypnotic, achingly resonant tale. Patrick Summers, beloved by San Francisco audiences for his “eloquent musical leadership” (San Francisco Chronicle), will conduct an impressive cast of renowned Wagnerians led by Greer Grimsley, a “thunderous” (San Francisco Chronicle) bass-baritone with “a sumptuously beautiful voice, smooth as silk, precise of text” (Opera News). The new production is by Petrika Ionesco, memorable for the “handsome combination of grandeur and expressive intimacy” (San Francisco Chronicle) he brought to Cyrano de Bergerac (2010). Presented in celebration of the Wagner bicentennial year. NEW PRODUCTION
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PERFORMANCES
The Dutchman: Greer Grimsley Senta: Petra Maria Schnitzer Erik: Ian Storey Daland: Kristinn Sigmundsson
OCTOBER 22 8pm · 26 8pm · 31 7:30pm
PRODUCTION Conductor: Patrick Summers Director: Petrika Ionesco Set Designer: Petrika Ionesco Costume Designer: Lili Kendaka Lighting Designer: Gary Marder Projection Designer: S. Katy Tucker
NOVEMBER 3 2pm · 7 7:30pm
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OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14. Approximate running time: 3 hours including one intermission Co-production with Opéra Royal de Wallonie (Liège, Belgium) Sung in German with English supertitles This production is made possible by the Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for New Productions.
Photo: Rozarii Lynch/Seattle Opera production of The Flying Dutchman
ShowBoat
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Music by Jerome Kern · Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Based on the novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber
A classic of American musical theater receives the operatic treatment it so richly deserves. Edna Ferber’s tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism. COMPANY PREMIERE
Francesca Zambello’s magnificent production brings to life the expansive saga in which “one memorable song follows another, each an enduring thread in the fabric of American popular culture—from ‘Ol’ Man River’ to ‘Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man’ to ‘Make Believe’ to ‘You Are Love’” (Chicago Tribune).
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PERFORMANCES
Magnolia Hawks: Heidi Stober Gaylord Ravenal: Nathan Gunn Julie La Verne: Patricia Racette Joe: Morris Robinson Queenie: Angela Renée Simpson
JUNE 2014 1 2pm · 3 8pm · 10 7:30pm · 13 8pm 19 7:30pm · 22 2pm · 26 7:30pm · 28 8pm
PRODUCTION Conductor: John DeMain Director: Francesca Zambello Set Designer: Peter J. Davison Costume Designer: Paul Tazewell Lighting Designer: Mark McCullough Sound Designer: Tod Nixon Choreographer: Michele Lynch
Photo: Dan Rest/Lyric Opera of Chicago
JULY 2014 1 8pm · 2 7:30pm OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14. Approximate running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes including one intermission Co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera and Houston Grand Opera; presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals. Sung in English with English supertitles Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. Mr. Nathan Gunn’s and Ms. Racette’s appearances are made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.
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AILYN PÉREZ STEPHEN COSTELLO
La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi
Violetta Valéry may be the most heart-wrenching character in all of opera: A high-spirited but deceptively delicate woman who unexpectedly finds, and then selflessly gives up, the love of her all-too-short life. Two casts bring this tragic tale to life: June features Sonya Yoncheva, who sings with a “superbly florid coloratura” (Opera Britannia) and Saimir Pirgu, who performed the role with “shattering emotional power” (Financial Times). The July cast is led by Ailyn Pérez, whose performance of the role was hailed as “an unalloyed triumph” (The Guardian, London) and Stephen Costello, “an ascending voice in opera” (Philadelphia Inquirer).
Classic San Francisco Opera Production
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PERFORMANCES
Violetta Valéry: Sonya Yoncheva*/ Ailyn Pérez† Alfredo Germont: Saimir Pirgu/ Stephen Costello† Giorgio Germont: Vladimir Stoyanov*/ Quinn Kelsey †
JUNE 2014 11 7:30pm · 14 8pm · 17 8pm · 20 8pm 25 7:30pm · 29 2pm JULY 2014 5 8pm† · 8 7:30pm† · 11 8pm† · 13 2pm† OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14.
PRODUCTION Conductor: Nicola Luisotti/ Giuseppe Finzi† Original Director: John Copley Director: Laurie Feldman Set Designer: John Conklin Costume Designer: David Walker Lighting Designer: Gary Marder *San Francisco Opera debut
Photo: Philip Groshong/Cincinnati Opera
Approximate running time: 3 hours including two intermissions San Francisco Opera production Sung in Italian with English supertitles Company Sponsor Mrs. Edmund W. Littlefield is proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by the Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Fund, the Koret Foundation, Tad and Dianne Taube and United. Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata.
Madame Butter ly
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Giacomo Puccini
Puccini’s heartbreaking tale of devotion, deceit and dishonor returns in artist Jun Kaneko’s fresh, astonishing production, acclaimed as “visually daring while remaining true to the essence of the music and drama” (Opera magazine). Patricia Racette’s portrayal of the title character is “exceptional … robust, nuanced and passionate” (The New York Times). “In her total dramatic identification with the role, she simply was Butterfly” (Seattle Times). Brian Jagde, whose “large, well-placed tenor sounded supple...virile...and tender” (Opera News) opposite Racette in Tosca (2012), is Pinkerton. Elizabeth DeShong and Brian Mulligan round out a superb cast. Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts. Production New to San Francisco Opera
CAST
PERFORMANCES
Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly): Patricia Racette Lt. B. F. Pinkerton: Brian Jagde Sharpless: Brian Mulligan Suzuki: Elizabeth DeShong
JUNE 2014 15 2pm · 18 7:30pm · 21 8pm · 24 8pm 27 8pm
PRODUCTION Conductor: Nicola Luisotti/Giuseppe Finzi† Director: Leslie Swackhamer* Production Designer: Jun Kaneko Lighting Designer: Gary Marder *San Francisco Opera debut
JULY 2014 3 7:30pm · 6 2pm† · 9 7:30pm† OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14. Approximate running time: 2 hours, 50 minutes including one intermission Opera Omaha production Sung in Italian with English supertitles Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata. Ms. Racette’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.
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NICOLA LUISOTTI
TheVerdi Requiem Conducted by N icola Luisotti OCTOBER 25 8pm
Music Director Nicola Luisotti, whose “focused and energetic conducting” propels Verdi’s music with “a breathless urgency” (San Francisco Chronicle), will celebrate the Italian master’s bicentennial with a performance of his Requiem— a sublime, thrilling work of high drama and deep solemnity. The San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus will be joined by a quartet of superb soloists: Leah Crocetto, “a major operatic star with a sumptuous vocal tone” (San Francisco Chronicle); Margaret Mezzacappa, 2012 winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; Michael Fabiano, who “has been praised for reigniting some of the magic of old-time Italian tenors” (Opera News); and the “thrillingly robust and commanding” Vitalij Kowaljow (San Francisco Chronicle). Presented in celebration of the Verdi bicentennial year. Conductor: Nicola Luisotti Soprano: Leah Crocetto Mezzo-Soprano: Margaret Mezzacappa Tenor: Michael Fabiano Bass: Vitalij Kowaljow San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus
This performance is available only as an “add-on” purchase to a 2013–14 subscription package; not available separately. For pricing and availability, please call the Box Office.
This performance is made possible, in part, by The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund. Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata. Mr. Kowaljow’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.
Photo: Terrence McCarthy
The Barber
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A perfect opera for families and new operagoers of all ages, The Barber of Seville for Families is a two-hour version of this season’s exciting production, sung in English with English supertitles. Exploration Workshops for Families will be presented by the San Francisco Opera Education Department prior to each performance. Sign up for E-Opera (monthly e-newsletter) at sfopera.com to receive updates.
PERFORMANCES
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OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14. Approximate running time: 2 hours including one intermission Sung in English with English supertitles
This performance cannot be purchased as a part of a Design Your Own Series package; available only as an “add-on” purchase at this time.
$10 *18 and under
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Free outdoor per ormances MEROLA’S SCHWABACHER SUMMER CONCERT Yerba Buena Gardens Saturday, July 20, 2013, 2pm merola.org OPERA AT STERN GROVE Sigmund Stern Grove Sunday, August 18, 2013, 2pm sterngrove.org SAN FRANCISCO OPERA IN THE PARK Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park Sunday, September 8, 2013, 1:30pm sfopera.com/park WEBCOR BUILDERS PRESENTS OPERA AT THE BALLPARK AT&T Park The 2013–14 Season simulcast will be announced in summer 2013. sfopera.com/simulcast Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
6 High-definition video projection screens are featured on the Balcony level for this performance. Visit sfopera.com/operavision. For the most up-to-date calendar of events, visit sfopera.com/calendar. Cast, programs, prices and schedules are subject to change. Seating subject to availability.
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Butterfly 7 2pm Traviata 2pm
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Traviata 9 7:30pm
Butterfly 10 7:30pm
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Traviata 12 8pm
Cover photos: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera; Brett Coomer/Houston Grand Opera; Ken Howard/ Metropolitan Opera. Back cover photo: © Alain Hanel Photography.
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