"I quite enjoy trying to understand the personality of the performer." –Harry Silverstein,
Rigoletto Stage Director
Posted: 09/24/2012 by
San Francisco Opera
"The subject is grand, immense, and has a character that is one of the most important creations of the theatre, of all countries and all ages." –Giuseppe Verdi
Posted: 09/21/2012 by
San Francisco Opera
Last Saturday, the audience for Verdi’s
Rigoletto at the Opera House was joined by a few extra viewers, as some 27,000 fans packed AT&T Park for the annual Opera at the Ballpark simulcast. Despite the cold and some competing events (the Giants at Arizona, Stanford at USC) judging from the Twitter
stream it looked like a lot of people enjoyed the opera, the ballpark, and a night out with friends.
Posted: 09/19/2012 by
San Francisco Opera
Željko Lučić is currently wowing audiences in
Rigoletto at the War Memorial Opera House. In our ongoing video series, Behind the Voice, we strive to give a voice to our singers off-stage. In the featured video below, Lučić shares his thoughts on the role of Rigoletto, fatherhood and how it affects his performance.
Posted: 09/18/2012 by
San Francisco Opera
Stage moms and Glee teeny-boppers take note: we're on the lookout for young performers between the ages of 9-21 for our upcoming production of
The Secret Garden. No, not
that Secret Garden but a
NEW world-premiere operatic version with music by Bay-Area teamed composer (and architect of the
Music Genome Project aka
Pandora) Nolan Gasser and librettist Carey Harrison.
Posted: 09/16/2012 by
San Francisco Opera