Much like today, reasons San Francisco Symphony music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, a great fan of the work, who has collaborated with British director and theater artist Netia Jones to mount a very unusual hourlong filmed concert piece that is airing for free on the SFSymphony+ streaming service at.

Face masks and proof of vaccination and booster are required.Īctor Bruce Davison has multiple parts to play in the San Francisco Symphony’s digital production of Igor Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale.” (Photo courtesy San Francisco Symphony)ĭaring digital dynamics: Igor Stravinsky began working on his multi-genre theater piece “A Soldier’s Tale” at the end of 1917, as nations were in the grip of war and an incipient lethal pandemic. Performance time is 7:30 p.m., with repeats on June 10, 15, 18, 21 and July 2, and 2 p.m. Soprano Nicole Car makes her SF Opera debut as Donna Elvira, as does Adela Zaharia in the role of Donna Anna. The production stars Canadian baritone Etienne Dupuis in the title role and bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni as his much put-upon servant Leporello. The San Francisco Opera production, conceptualized and directed by Michael Cavanagh, is the conclusion to the company’s three-part set of operas from collaborators Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, launched in 2019 with “The Marriage of Figaro” and continuing with 2021’s “Cosi fan tutte.” All of them are set in the same house over a three-century span, beginning in postcolonial America and ending some 150 years into the future when the house, now a crumbling ex-country club, and society are in the grip of material and moral decay. That dastardly Don: Spoiler alert, opera lovers: A richly deserving evildoer gets dramatically dragged to hell in Mozart’s tragicomic masterpiece “Don Giovanni,” opening its eight-performance run Saturday night in San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House. Canadian baritone Etienne Dupuis makes his San Francisco Opera debut in the title role of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” (Photo courtesy Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera)

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