Back in the before time (1998) when John Else made a documentary called Sing Faster: The Stagehands Ring Cycle. San Francisco production of Wagner's 17-hour "Der Ring des Nibelungen". #sfopera #sfoperaorchestra #IATSTE (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce4qh7npViB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Phantom Of The Opera #phantomoftheopera #thephantomoftheopera #phantom #lovestory @phantomopera @sfopera @opera @laopera @royaloperahouse @operagallery @sfoperaorchestra @metopera #watercolor #watercolorpainting #9x12 #musically #art #artsy https://www.instagram.com/p/CinDvw1ruML/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thank you @sfopeta tonight we saw #Mozart’s masterpiece The marriage of Figaro #LenozzediFigaro an opera that explores love and all it intricacies! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪This is a new production led by the amazing conducting of Henrik Nánási 🎼🎼🎼🎼and sung beautifully by returning base Michael Samuel 👏👏👏👏sang the title role beautifully along with Jeanine De Bique singing Susanna 👏👏👏👏👏his bride beautifully; Nicole Heaston sang the countess “Rosina” 👏👏👏👏👏👏and the would be philandering count was sung by Levente Molnár needless to say he does not get his Droit du seigneur! An especially wonderful performance by mezzo-soprano Serena Malfi as Cherubino made for a lovely evening and the nearly four hours flew by! 👏👏👏👏🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼 This first third of brand new productions of the Mozart trilogy Figaro , Così fan tutti and Don Giovanni is set in The time of the American revolution I understand the subsequent productions Cosi will be set in the 30s and Don Giovanni will be in the 21st century! As these operas are timeless they can withstand any treatment except for bad singing ... and we were spared even a hint of that! #HenrikNánási #MichaelSamuel @JeanineDeBique @katy_operamom @LeventeMolnár @SerenaMalfi #opera #grandopera #mozart #italianopera #sfopera #sanfrancisco @sfopera #curtaincall #clasicalmusic #setchange #operasingersofinstagram #duponte #Figaro #bravo #brava #bravotuti #operalife #operalover #art #operalive #theatre #theatro #music #classicalmusic #worldoperaday #forgiveness #sfoperaorchestra (at San Francisco Opera) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4WB5V6hrJr/?igshid=1ojpn1ya49j0v

Tonight we saw the West Coast Premier of it’s a wonderful life a new-ish opera that had its premiere in Houston in 2016 Having seen dead man walking three times and loving it our expectations were probably set to high as this new opera is not so wonderful! That being said Golda Schultz sang the part of Clara beautifully and also Andrian’s Chuchman sang the part of Mary beautifully also! We can cross this opera off our bucket list. Looking forward to the summer will be seeing Carmen Rusalka and Orlando! @sfopera @sfoperaOrchestra (at San Francisco Opera) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrHgP0phV8q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vw03r56i5cbo

Tonight we saw Puccini‘s opera Tosca Tosca is set against the background of the French Revolutionary Wars, the establishment of the Roman Republic, and its subsequent fall in 1799 when the French withdrew from Rome. There are three principal characters Tosca song beautifully by soprano Carmen Giannattasio making both her @sfopera and role debut in the brand new staging She triumphs @carmengiannattasioofficial Tenor Brian Jagde sang Cavaradossi beautifully with ardent passion there seems to be real chemistry between Tosca and her lover we last saw Brian as Calaf in Turandot Puccini‘s finale opera! @brianjagdetenor Baritone Scott Hendricks who made his San Francisco Opera debut in 2004 as Marcello in La Bohème returns in the role of Baron Scarpia @shendricksmusic Tosca is structured as a through-composed work, with arias, recitative, choruses and other elements musically woven into a seamless whole. Puccini used Wagnerian leitmotifs to identify characters, objects and ideas. Despite its popularity with audiences some critics including musicologist Joseph Kerman called it a "shabby little shocker" Despite that critical reception it makes for a great opera the drama is melodramatic but when you’re an opera singer in love with an artist living in a post French revolution Europe your life is going to be full of melodrama and Puccini‘s melodies are pretty fantastic all in all and makes for great theater! @sfopera @sfoperaOrchestra #tosca #Puccini #Warmemorialoperahouse #sanfrancisco #opera #grandopera #toscasf (at San Francisco Opera) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpbTIK8BRft/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=awkbrzqrbxbp

Plácido Domingo Sang a beautiful concert @sfopera with ANA Maria Martinez and Arturo Chacon-Cruz! We Were treated to act two of La Traviata scene one and act two scene 2 3 and four of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra And a Verdi first half, following intermission Domingo and friends saying almost an hours worth of zarzuelas and three encores a good time was had by all we only wish that Mr. Domingo would come back to sing staged opera here we last saw him in San Francisco in Cyrano de Bergerac in 2010 The audience definitely let him know he’s been missed! @placidodomingo #anamariamartinez @arturochaconc @sfopera @sfoperaOrchestra (at San Francisco Opera) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpN6fGVBU1u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mb2w7wt9n97b

Plácido Domingo Sang a beautiful concert @sfopera with ANA Maria Martinez and Arturo Chacon-Cruz! We Were treated to act two of La Traviata scene one and act two scene 2 3 and four of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra And a Verdi first half, following intermission Domingo and friends saying almost an hours worth of zarzuelas and three encores a good time was had by all we only wish that Mr. Domingo would come back to sing staged opera here we last saw him in San Francisco in Cyrano de Bergerac in 2010 The audience definitely let him know he’s been missed! @placidodomingo #anamariamartinez @arturochaconc @sfopera @sfoperaOrchestra (at San Francisco Opera) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpN2forhES2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kj1y6r2d5n3s