2018-19 SEASON

Orlando

Music by George Frideric Handel

After the war ends, his battle begins.

Trapped inside his war-torn mind in a military hospital during WWII, the pilot Orlando can't tell reality from delusion. As he struggles to trust his own perceptions and journey to a clearer world, his trauma ricochets on the people around him—putting love and honor to the test.

Production New to San Francisco Opera

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Libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece

Sung in Italian with English supertitles

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Running Time

Approximately 3 hours including two intermissions

Who Should See It

Fans of Dunkirk, Saving Private Ryan, Through the Looking Glass, 1940s fashion, The Source and Handel's Julius Caesar.

Found in series

Full Series: A, D*, G, J, M
Half Series: C, E, I, K, O
Out of Town Series: OT6, OT7, OT8
*Best Value Series

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Sunday	06/09/19	2:00PM *
Saturday	06/15/19	7:30PM *
Tuesday	06/18/19	7:30PM
Friday	06/21/19	7:30PM
Thursday	06/27/19	7:30PM *

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* OperaVision, HD video projection screens featured in the Balcony level for this performance, is made possible by the Koret/Taube Media Suite.

THE BUZZ

“In this intelligent second-world-war take on Orlando for Scottish Opera, Harry Fehr has created a moving and provocative human drama.”
–The Guardian

Cooke "brings an extraordinary wealth of tonal color to a performance, as well as a degree of emotional intensity.”
–San Francisco Chronicle

“To say that David Daniels is the most acclaimed countertenor of the day, perhaps the best ever, is to understate his achievement. He is simply a great singer.”
–The New York Times

Synopsis

A mentally tormented warrior becomes entangled in a love triangle set by an ambiguous agent.

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Cast and Creative

CAST

Orlando	Sasha Cooke
Angelica	Heidi Stober
Dorinda	Christina Gansch ^*
Medoro	David Daniels
Zoroastro	Christian Van Horn

PERFORMANCES

June 9, 15, 18, 21, 27, 2019

CREATIVE

Conductor	Christopher Moulds ^*
Director	Harry Fehr ^*
Production Designer	Yannis Thavoris
Lighting Designer	Anna Watson
Projection Designer	Andrzej Goulding
Chorus Director	Ian Robertson

* San Francisco Opera debut

A production of Scottish Opera.

Previous performance of Orlando can be found in our Archive.

MADE POSSIBLE BY

Bernard and Barbro Osher; and Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem, through the Emerging Stars Fund.

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Photo (top): Scottish Opera production of Orlando/Richard Campbell.