ANNOUNCING
SF OPERA LAB SEASON ONE Join us for the inaugural season in the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater at the Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera.
WINTERREISE
SVADBA-WEDDING
Franz Schubert March 11–13, 2016 3 performances
Ana Sokolovic´ April 2–10, 2016 7 Performances
Schubert’s Romantic song cycle of longing and loneliness is taken to new heights in this multimedia collaboration between South African artist William Kentridge, German baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Markus Hinterhäuser.
A Serbian bride-to-be and her friends prepare for her wedding day in this opera for six female voices a cappella. Michael Cavanagh directs a new production of Ana Sokolovic´ ’s “compelling and beautifully transparent” score (Opera News) led by Co-music Directors Dáirine Ní Mheadhra and John Hess.
CHAMBERWORKS
VOIGT LESSONS
April 7 and 20, 2016
Starring Deborah Voigt May 6 and 8, 2016
Members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra curate two eclectic and intimate nights of music and song featuring the 2016 Adler Fellows.
The superstar soprano’s one-woman show, developed with playwright Terrence McNally and director Francesca Zambello, weaves songs and arias into a vivid and often moving account of her life and career with music direction by Kevin Stites.
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE CINE-CONCERT Benoit Charest April 14–23, 2016 10 Performances Be transported to 1920s Paris and Le Jazz Hot as composer-conductor Benoit Charest leads Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville in a live performance of his original score during a screening of this beloved animated film.
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Winterreise is sponsored, in part, by The Sarah Ratchye and Edward Frank Family Foundation. Svadba-Wedding is sponsored, in part, by Dianne and Tad Taube. The Taube Atrium Theater is equipped with the Meyer Sound Constellation® acoustic system.
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