The project also addresses the need to bring new audiences to opera by commissioning works that speak to all voices, are designed with modern attention spans in mind and break down pre-conceived notions about opera. Opera for All Voices was born out of the need for new works that can reach broad-ranging audiences through resonant subject material and manageable budgets. Additional commissions will be chosen through an open invitational and in partnership with a panel of esteemed jurists. Complete information including cast, creative team and performance schedule will be announced at a later date.
The second commission, by composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist Kimberly Reed, is slated to premiere at San Francisco Opera in 2020. The first new work, composed by Augusta Read Thomas with a libretto by Jason Kim, will receive its premiere in 2019 at Santa Fe Opera. The consortium is commissioning new American operatic works that are flexible in scope and scale, with the potential to be performed in smaller venues and off the main stage while striving for rich storytelling and artistic integrity. The Opera for All Voices works will be co-commissioned and co-produced by a consortium of companies led by San Francisco Opera and Santa Fe Opera, and including Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Minnesota Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Sarasota Opera and Seattle Opera. San Francisco Opera announced Opera for All Voices: Stories of Our Time, a new nationwide commissioning initiative committed to telling wide-ranging stories that resonate with all audiences, regardless of age or prior experience with opera. SF Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and cast, featuring baritone Quinn Kelsey as Rigoletto, Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze in her San Francisco Opera debut as Gilda, and Pene Pati in his role debut as the Duke of Mantua.Įxciting new announcement from San Francisco Opera, May 31. Opera lovers fly in from all over the world to enjoy superb productions.įor Verdi’s Rigoletto, I am excited about Michael Yeargan’s shadowy, Giorgio de Chirico-inspired sets. San Francisco Opera is one of the finest opera companies in the world. This summer’s performances include a powerful roster of international opera stars, highly original sets and lighting, as well as an international lineup of conductors. Highlights of the Summer Season I’m always excited about each creative aspect of San Francisco Opera presentations. San Francisco Opera presents a trio of operatic favorites- Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème-at the War Memorial Opera House through a final matinee of La Boh è me on July 2.
0 kommentar(er)
