Opera in NorCal

Program: Mozart , Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Performers: San Francisco Opera; Sebastian Weigle , Conductor; Michael Cavanagh , Director; Shawna Lucey , Revival Director; Peter Kellner , Figaro; Slávka Zámečníková , Susanna; Thomas Mole , Count Almaviva; Olivia Smith , Countess Almaviva; Simone McIntosh , Cherubino

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart When Count Almaviva attempts to prevent the marriage of the wily valet Figaro and his quick-witted fiancé Susanna, the pair must enlist the help of the slighted Countess. Set in a manor house in revolutionary America, this San Francisco Opera production of Mozart’s endearing comedy is a careful inspection of the social constructs of power and class.

Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in a sumptuous evening of Richard Strauss. The concert features the highly descriptive tone poem Till Eulenspiegel; the Brentano Lieder, and the U.S. debut of a new arrangement of selections from Der Rosenkavalier.

Program: Mozart , Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Performers: San Francisco Opera; Sebastian Weigle , Conductor; Michael Cavanagh , Director; Shawna Lucey , Revival Director; Peter Kellner , Figaro; Slávka Zámečníková , Susanna; Thomas Mole , Count Almaviva; Olivia Smith , Countess Almaviva; Simone McIntosh , Cherubino

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart When Count Almaviva attempts to prevent the marriage of the wily valet Figaro and his quick-witted fiancé Susanna, the pair must enlist the help of the slighted Countess. Set in a manor house in revolutionary America, this San Francisco Opera production of Mozart’s endearing comedy is a careful inspection of the social constructs of power and class.

Violin/piano programme: Jake Heggie, Orcas Island Ferry (Crossing On and Off; V. In Twos and Threes); Florence Price, Fantasy No. 1 in G minor; Manuel Ponce, Sonata Breve (Allegretto mosso / Adagio / Allegro alla spagnuola); Toru Takemitsu, Distance de Fée; Joaquín Turina, Sonata No. 1 (Lento–Allegro molto / Aria: Lento / Rondeau–Allegretto). Heggie selections are not an asserted complete cycle; biography dates, teachers, commissions and past venues are not current programme/cast. General-public admission unconfirmed. A blank Cost field, university affiliation or Morrison’s separate admission-free series does not price this performance. Exact room Knuth Hall, Creative Arts 132, SF State, San Francisco. No campus mailing street, past-year archive repeat, related concert, fictional performer or inferred end/runtime.

Program: Mozart , Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Performers: San Francisco Opera; Sebastian Weigle , Conductor; Michael Cavanagh , Director; Shawna Lucey , Revival Director; Peter Kellner , Figaro; Slávka Zámečníková , Susanna; Thomas Mole , Count Almaviva; Olivia Smith , Countess Almaviva; Simone McIntosh , Cherubino

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart When Count Almaviva attempts to prevent the marriage of the wily valet Figaro and his quick-witted fiancé Susanna, the pair must enlist the help of the slighted Countess. Set in a manor house in revolutionary America, this San Francisco Opera production of Mozart’s endearing comedy is a careful inspection of the social constructs of power and class.