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Meet the San Francisco Opera Chorus
My First Opera - Interviews with S.F. Opera staff and artists
 
An Interview with Donald Runnicles
Opera at the Movies
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2008-2009 Season

 
La Bohème


Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2008
1. Angela Gheorghiu as Mimi
2. Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo
3. Gheorghiu and Beczala
4. Quinn Kelsey as Marcello, Oren Gradus as Colline, Brian Leerhuber as Schaunard, Beczala.
5. Quinn Kelsey, Norah Amsellem as Musetta, Dale Travis as Alcindoro, Gheorghiu, Beczala, Gradus, Leerhuber, San Francisco Opera Chorus
6. Colby Roberts as Parpignol with members of the San Francisco Girls Chorus and San Francisco Boys Chorus
7. Gheorghiu and Beczala
La Bohème Pre Opera Talk with Kip Cranna
 
The Elixir of Love for Families


Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2008
1. Ji Young Yang as Adina and Alek Shrader as Nemorino
2. Dale Travis as Dr. Dulcamara and Ji Young Yang
3. Eugene Brancoveanu as Belcore, with Ji Young Yang and Alek Shrader
4. Alek Shrader
 
The Elixir of Love


Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2008
1. Ramón Vargas as Nemorino
2. Inva Mula as Adina, with the San Francisco Opera Chorus
3. Giorgio Caoduro as Belcore, with Inva Mula and Ji Young Yang
4. Alessandro Corbelli as Dulcamara
5. Ramon Vargas and Inva Mula

Meet the cast
 
Boris Godunov


Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2008
1. San Francisco Opera Chorus, Coronation Scene
2. Samuel Ramey as Boris Godunov
3. Vsevolod Grivnov as Grigory (The Pretender Dimitry)
4. Vitalij Kowaljow as Pimen
5. Vladimir Ognovenko as Varlaam
6. Samuel Ramey
7. Andrew Bidlack as the Simpleton
8. John Uhlenhopp as Shuisky
9. Samuel Ramey
 
Idomeneo


Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2008
1. Kurt Streit as Idomeneo
2. Alice Coote as Idamante
3. Genia Kühmeier as Ilia
4. Kurt Streit; Alice Coote; Iano Tamar as Elettra
5. Alice Coote and Genia Kühmeier
6. Iano Tamar
7. San Francisco Opera Chorus

Interview with John Copley
 
Die Tote Stadt


Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2008
1. Torsten Kerl as Paul, Act II
2. Emily Magee as Marietta, Act I (Marietta’s Lied)
3. Lucas Meachem as Frank/Pierrot, Act I
4. Emily Magee, Act I
5. Emily Magee, Torsten Kerl, final scene of Act I
6. San Francisco Opera orchestra, conducted by Donald Runnicles, Act I
 
The Bonesetter's Daughter


KQED Preview of Bonesetters Daughter
Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2008
1. Zheng Cao, Ning Liang, Qian Yi, prologue
2. Zheng Cao as the Young Luling/Ruth
3. Qian Yi as Precious Auntie
4. Wu Tan as the Taoist Priest
5. Hao Jiang Tian as Chang the Coffin Maker
6. Ning Liang as Luling Liu Young

Stewart Wallace Pre-Opera Talk
 
Simon Boccanegra


Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2008
1. Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Simon Boccanegra) and Barbara Frittoli (Amelia)
2. Barbara Frittoli
3. Barbara Frittoli and Marcus Haddock (Gabriele Adorno)
4. Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Barbara Frittoli, Marcus Haddock, San Francisco Opera chorus
5. Dmitri Hvostovsky and Vitalij Kowaljow (Fiesco)
6. Dmitri Hvorostovky (from the Prologue)

2007-2008 Season

 
Ariodante

Introduction by David Gockley
Excerpts
 
Lucia di Lammermoor

Introduction by David Gockley
Excerpts
Glass Harmonica
Opera at the Ballpark
 
Das Rheingold

Introduction by David Gockley
Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2008
1. Rhinemaidens (Lauren McNeese, Buffy Baggott, Catherine Cangiano)
2. Wotan (Mark Delavan)
3. Fricka (Jennifer Larmore)
4. Fasolt (Andrea Silvestrelli) and Fafner (Günther Grössboeck)
5. Alberich (Richard Paul Fink)
6. Loge (Stefan Margita) and Alberich
7. Alberich (Richard Paul Fink)
8. Wotan (Mark Delavan)
 
Madama Butterfly

Introduction by David Gockley
About Madama Butterfly
Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2007
1. Brandon Jovanovich (Pinkerton) and Patricia Racette (Cio-Cio-San) with San Francisco Opera chorus
2. Patricia Racette and Brandon Jovanovich
3. Patricia Racette
4. Patricia Racette and Zheng Cao (Suzuki)
5. Brandon Jovanovich and Stephen Powell (Sharpless)
 
The Rake's Progress

Introduction by David Gockley
About The Rake's Progress
Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2007
1. William Burden as Tom Rakewell
2. Laura Aikin as Anne Trulove
3. Denyce Graves as Baba the Turk
4. James Morris as Nick Shadow
5. San Francisco Opera Chorus
 
Macbeth

Introduction by David Gockley
About Macbeth
Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2007
1. Georgina Lukács as Lady Macbeth and Thomas Hampson as Macbeth
2. Raymond Aceto as Banquo
3. Thomas Hampson as Macbeth
4. Alfredo Portilla as Macduff
5. Georgina Lukács and members of the company
 
 
La Rondine

Introduction by David Gockley
About La Rondine

Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2007
1. Angela Gheorghiu as Magda, Act I
2. Anna Christy (Lisette), Gerard Powers (Pruniere)
Misha Didyk (Ruggero), Angela Gheorghiu (Magda)
with SFO Chorus, Act II
3. Misha Didyk and Angela Gheorghiu, Act III
 
The Magic Flute

Introduction by David Gockley
About The Magic Flute
Excerpts
 
Appomattox

Introduction by David Gockley
About Appomattox
Excerpts 		 
 
Tannhäuser

Introduction by David Gockley
About Tannhäuser
Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2007
1. Petra Maria Schnitzer as Elisabeth, Act II
2. Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser) and Petra Maria Schnitzer, Act II
3. James Rutherford as Wolfram von Eschinbach, Act III
4. Peter Seiffert, Act II
5. San Francisco Opera Chorus, Act II
Interview with Graham Vick
 
Samson and Delilah

Introduction by David Gockley
About Samson and Delilah
Excerpts Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2007
1. Petra Maria Schnitzer as Elisabeth, Act II
2. Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser) and Petra Maria Schnitzer, Act II
3. James Rutherford as Wolfram von Eschinbach, Act III
4. Peter Seiffert, Act II
5. San Francisco Opera Chorus, Act II
 		 
   
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