Saturday at 1 pm
August 18, 2012
Turandot (in Italian)
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Turandot - Iréne Theorin
Calaf - Marco Berti
Liù - Leah Crocetto
Timur - Raymond Aceto
Ping - Hyung Yun
Pang - Greg Fedderly
Pong - Daniel Montenegro
Emperor Altoum - Joseph Frank
A Mandarin - Ryan Kuster
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
Stage Director: Garnett Bruce
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson
August 25, 2012
Don Giovanni (in Italian)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
Don Giovanni - Lucas Meachem
Donna Anna - Ellie Dehn
Donna Elvira - Serena Farnocchia
Leporello - Marco Vinco
Don Ottavio - Shawn Mathey
Zerlina - Kate Lindsey
Masetto - Ryan Kuster
The Commendatore - Morris Robinson
Conductor: Niccola Luisotti
Stage Director: Gabriele Lavia
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson
September 1, 2012
Carmen (in French)
Composer: Georges Bizet
Cast: Carmen - Anita Rachvelishvili
Don José - Thiago Arancam
Micaëla - Sara Gartland
Escamillo - Paulo Szot
Frasquita - Susannah Biller
Mercédès - Cybele Gouverneur
Le Dancaïre - Timothy Mix
Le Remendado - Daniel Montenegro
Moralès - Trevor Scheunemann
Zuniga - Wayne Tigges
Lillas Pastia - Yusef Lambert
Conductor: Niccola Luisotti
Stage Director: Jose Maria Condemi
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson
September 8, 2012
Heart of a Soldier (in English, World Premiere)
Composer: Christopher Theofanidis
Libretto: Donna Di Novelli
Cast:
Rick Rescorla - Thomas Hampson
Daniel J. Hill - William Burden
Susan Rescorla - Melody Moore
Juliet, Barbara - Nadine Sierra
Cyril - Henry Phipps
Imam - Mohannad Mchallah
Tom, Ted - Michael Sumuel
Lolita, Bridesmaid - Susannah Biller
Pat, Ann - Sara Gartland
Kathy, Bridesmaid - Maya Lahyani
Omaha, Robert - Ta’u Pupu’a
Dexter, Dex - Daniel Snyder
Joseph, Joe - Trevor Scheunemann
Sam, Wesley - Wayne Tigges
Buddy - Koa, The Golden Retriever
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Stage Director: Francesca Zambello
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson
September 15, 2012
Faust (in French)
Composer: Charles François Gounod
Cast:
Faust - Stefano Secco
Mephistopheles - John Relyea
Marguerite - Patricia Racette
Wagner - Austin Kness
Siebel - Daniela Mack
Valentin - Brian Mulligan
Marthe - Catherine Cook
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Stage Director: Jose Maria Condemi
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson
September 22, 2012
Lucrezia Borgia (in Italian)
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Cast:
Lucrezia Borgia - Renee Fleming
Muffio Orsini - Elizabeth DeShong
Gennaro - Michael Fabiano
Alfonso d’Este - Vitalij Koaliow
Rustighello - Daniel Montenegro
Jepo Liverotto - Christopher Jackson
Oloferno Vitellozzo - Brian Jagde
Apostolo Gazello - Austin Kness
Astolfo - Ryan Kuster
Ascanio Petrucci - Ao Li
Gubetta - Igor Vieira
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Stage Director: John Pascoe
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson
September 29, 2012
Xerxes (in Italian)
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Cast:
Xerxes - Susan Graham
Romilda - Lisette Oropesa
Arsamenes - David Daniels
Atalanta - Heidi Stober
Amastris - Sonia Prina
Ariodates - Wayne Tigges
Elviro - Michael Sumuel
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Stage Director: Nicholas Hytner
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson
October 6, 2012
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
Figaro – Luca Pisaroni
Susanna – Danielle de Niese
Count Almaviva – Lucas Meachem
Countess Almaviva – Ellie Dehn
Cherubino – Michèle Losier
Dr Bartolo – John Del Carlo
Marcellina – Catherine Cook
Don Basilio – Greg Fedderly
Antonio – Bojan Knezevic
Barbarina – Sara Gartland
Don Curzio – Robert MacNeil
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
Stage Director: John Copley
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson
October 13, 2012
Nixon in China (in English)
Composer: John Adams
Cast:
Richard Nixon - Brian Mulligan
Pat Nixon - Maria Kanyova
Mao Tse-tung - Simon O’Neill
Chiang Ch’ing
(Madam Mao Tse-tung) - Hye Jung Lee
Chou En-Lai - Chen-Ye Yuan
Henry Kissinger - Patrick Carfizzi
Nancy T’ang - Ginger Costa-Jackson
Second Secretary - Buffy Baggott
Third Secretary - Nicole Birkland
Wu Ch’ang-Ch’ing - Bryan Ketron
Conductor: Lawrence Renes
Stage Director: Michael Cavanagh
San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Chorus Director: Ian Robertson