4 Feb 2012 at 2:20am This summer's Philadelphia Orchestra celebration of Leopold Stokowski unofficially started early with the guest-conducting debut of the San Francisco Opera's Nicola Luisotti on Thursday night. In true Stoky style, the baton disappeared and his fingers conjured plush orchestral colors in Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Bach transcribed for orchestra, both of which were Stokowski calling cards ...
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27 Jan 2012 at 1:59am It's worked for San Francisco Opera and Washington National Opera, so why not? The company will present, free of charge, a real-time transmission of its April production of Mozart's Magic Flute at Cowboy Stadium, on "the world's largest high-definition video board structure, comprised of four jaw-droppingly big viewing screens."
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19 Jan 2012 at 1:21am Three commissioned works mark the San Francisco Opera's 2012-13 season, including the much-awaited Jake Heggie opera "Moby-Dick."
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18 Jan 2012 at 11:42am The San Francisco Opera, the second largest opera company in North America, has announced productions and preliminary casting for its 2012-13 season.
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18 Jan 2012 at 2:29am San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley believes he can have it both ways in the company's 2012-13 season. With two world premieres, the first local production of a Jake Heggie opera and two standard works of the Italian repertoire, the goal for...
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17 Jan 2012 at 3:06pm While the recession is not over in the world of the arts, San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley?s plan for the company?s 90th season, announced today, indicates that tough times may not last forever. Still carrying a deficit, a continuing concern, the company in 2012-13 is offering a felicitous mix of popular masterpieces with international stars, new productions and more risky ...
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17 Jan 2012 at 9:43am If you look back on my post about David Gockley and the San Francisco Opera ? quoting David?s very stark words about the company?s financial problems ? you?ll see a lively debate in the comments, between Lisa Hirsch and myself.
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