Brian Jagde is a tenor and third year Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera. He will make his mainstage leading role debut as Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca on Friday, November 16, 2012 - you can catch him for 5 more performances on November 20, 24, 27, 29 and December 2. Brian made his SFO Debut in 2010 as Joe in Puccini's La Fanciulla del West
and has been seen since in roles in Aida
(Messenger), The Makropulos Case
(Janek), and Lucrezia Borgia
(Vitellozzo) and he has covered the leading roles of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly
, Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac
, and Don José in Carmen
. He was seen as Don José in the 2011 presentation of Carmen for Families
- an abridged 2-hour version in English presented on the War Memorial Opera House stage with other members of the Adler Fellowship Program.
Posted: 11/16/2012 by
San Francisco Opera
Thursday evening we open Puccini’s
Tosca. This dazzling and passionate production has a long history with the Company and the War Memorial Opera House. Eighty years ago in 1932 the War Memorial building opened and became the home of San Francisco Opera. The first performance in the new venue was none other than
Tosca. Can you blame us for feeling a bit sentimental?
Posted: 11/14/2012 by
San Francisco Opera
Beginning November 16, Mark Delavan will grace the War Memorial Opera House stage as Scarpia in
Tosca. Before his arrival to San Francisco, Mr. Delavan took the time to answer some questions for us. What are his pre-performance rituals? What craft (besides singing, of course) does he have a passion and talent for? Read on to find out!
Posted: 11/12/2012 by
Mark Delavan (Scarpia, Tosca)
Tonight is San Francisco Opera's last performance of Richard Wagner's knight of the swan tale,
Lohengrin. As we get set to drop the curtain on this amazing opera we thought it fitting to take a look back through SF Opera's history and past presentations of
Lohengrin.
Posted: 11/09/2012 by
San Francisco Opera
5. You can channel your inner propmaker, costume designer, or makeup master.
Have you ever wanted to create an arrest order and issue it like Scarpia does? Or to apply tattoos (temporary, of course!) like Queequeg wore in Moby-Dick? Maybe you and your family love coloring projects and would love to create costumes for your very own opera paper dolls. We’ll be hosting these projects and more in the main lobby so that opera lovers and the opera curious of all ages can take part!
Posted: 11/06/2012 by
San Francisco Opera