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San Francisco Opera Key Leadership

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David Gockley -
Under his leadership, San Francisco Opera has already presented four world premieres (Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton’s Appomattox; Stewart Wallace and Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter; Christopher Theofanidis and Donna Di Novelli’s Heart of a Soldier...Read more

 

Nicola Luisotti - Italian conductor Nicola Luisotti has been music director of San Francisco Opera since September 2009 and holds the Caroline H. Hume Endowed Chair. In the current season he has already conducted performances of Rigoletto, Lohengrin, and Tosca. This spring he returns to conduct Così fan tutte Read more
 

 

Patrick Summers - Houston Grand Opera Artistic and Music Director and Principal Guest Conductor for San Francisco Opera, Patrick Summers has led a vast repertory for the Company, including Ariodante; Samson et Dalila; Iphigénie en Tauride; Il Trittico, Xerxes; the world premieres of André Previn&rs...Read more