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An Interview with Donald Runnicles
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In addition to the Verdi Requiem, Maestro Runnicles will also conduct La Traviata this summer and Die Walküre in 2009-10.
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At the close of the 2008–09 Season, Donald Runnicles concludes his remarkable 17-year tenure as San Francisco Opera’s music director and principal conductor.
San Francisco Opera salutes its illustrious Maestro with a special one-night only gala concert of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem featuring soprano Patricia Racette,
mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, tenor Stefano Secco, bass Andrea Silvestrelli and showcasing the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus under the baton of its renowned maestro.
- Approximate running time: 1 hour, 23 minutes with no intermission
- This concert is made possible, in part, by Jane Bernstein and Bob Ellis, and Reid and Peggy Dennis, and Lisa Erdberg and Dennis Gibbons.
- Cast, program and schedule are subject to change