San Francisco Opera: July Streaming

Christine Goerke as Elektra

Photo by Cory Weaver / Courtesy of San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera just announced its next round of streaming, which might as well be called Heavy Hitters of the 2010s or something like that. Nothing light or lightweight in this series.

• July 10: Jenufa; Jiří Bĕlohlávek; Malin Bystrom, William Burden, Karita Mattila, Scott Quin, Jill Grove. On my list of "greatest things I have ever seen," owing to the tremendous cast and conducting. From 2016.
• July 17: Les Troyens; Sir Donald Runnicles; Anna Caterina Antonacci, Brian Mulligan, Bryan Hymel, Philip Skinner, Nian Wang, Susan Graham, Sasha Cooke, Rene Barbara, Chong Wang, Christian Van Horn. Loved the production (mostly); on my list of "greatest things I have ever seen," owing to the tremendous cast and conducting. From 2015.
• July 24: Elektra; Henrik Nanasi; Christine Goerke, Adrianne Pieczonka, Michaela Martens, Alfred Walker, Robert Brubaker. Loved the production; on my list of "greatest things I have ever seen," owing to the tremendous cast and conducting. Sorry to be repeating myself, but....! From 2017.
• July 31: Luisa Miller; Nicola Luisotti; Leah Crocetto, Michael Fabiano, Vitaliy Bilyy, Andrea Silvestrelli, Ekaterina Semenchuk. Very well sung and conducted, weakish early Verdi. From 2015.

As before, these programs go live on a Saturday and are available until late the next day. If you have a San Francisco Opera web site login, there's an extended period during which you can see these.