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By George Frideric Handel
June 12 – 27, 2020
Complete with an elegant heroine, misbehaving men, pure romance, and good old-fashioned cross-dressing, Partenope is a romantic comedy about what happens when the battle of the sexes stops being conventional and starts getting surreal.
Conductor: Julian Wachner
October 2014
Act 2 sinfonia: San Francisco OperaOrchestra
“Care mura”: Danielle de Niese
Act 1 sinfonia: San Francisco Opera Orchestra
“Viva, viva Partenope”: Daniela Mack, Alek Shrader, David Daniels, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Philippe Sly
Act 3 quartet: Danielle de Niese, Alek Shrader, David Daniels, Anthony Roth Costanzo
“Qual farfalletta”: Danielle de Niese
“Sì, scherza, sì”: Danielle de Niese
“Vi circondi la Gloria”: Danielle de Niese, Daniela Mack, David Daniels, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Philippe Sly
By Giuseppe Verdi
June 7 – July 2, 2020
In 16th - century Spain, Ernani is a deposed nobleman living on the run as a bandit. When two powerful men seek to make a prize of his lover, Ernani hatches a plot to rescue her — and free the country in the process. But in a world...
Published 08/19/19
Music by Mason
Bates / Libretto by Mark Campbell
June 20 – July 3, 2020
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera, the Santa Fe Opera and Seattle Opera with support from Cal
Performances and co-produced with Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
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Published 08/19/19
By Engelbert Humperdinck
November 15 – December 7, 2019
Enter a magical forest where the trees are older than time, fairies lurk in the shadows, and a house of candy sits alone amidst the trees. Experience this cherished musical fairy tale in a charming new...
Published 08/19/19