San Francisco Opera Centennial Concert

War Memorial Oper House

Photo by Lisa Hirsch 

Here's most of the press release announcing the program for the June 16, 2023 Centennial Concert. Looks nice! At past gala concerts, there have occasionally been surprise guests. I seem to recall Dame Joan Sutherland and Leonie Rysanek making brief speeches at a 1990s gala.

San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Season culminates with a celebration of the Company’s first 100 years. A host of treasured San Francisco Opera artists will be featured with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus in a program that honors the Company’s history through musical milestones and landmark productions.

 

Conductors: Eun Sun Kim, Sir Donald Runnicles, Patrick Summers

Sopranos: Karita Mattila, Ailyn Pérez, Patricia Racette, Nina Stemme, Heidi Stober, Adela Zaharia

Mezzo-sopranos: Susan Graham, Daniela Mack

Tenors: Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Fabiano, Brandon Jovanovich, Russell Thomas

Baritones: Lucas Meachem, Brian Mulligan

Bass-Baritone: Christian Van Horn

 

San Francisco Opera Orchestra

San Francisco Opera Chorus; Chorus Director John Keene

Shawna Lucey, Stage Director

 

PROGRAM TO INCLUDE

(Subject to change)

 

Prelude from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Richard Wagner)

San Francisco Opera Orchestra

Eun Sun Kim, conductor

 

“Amour viens rendre à mon âme” from Orphée et Eurydice (Christoph Willibald Gluck)

Daniela Mack

Donald Runnicles, conductor

 

“Pur ti miro” from L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Claudio Monteverdi)

Heidi Stober and Susan Graham

Patrick Summers, conductor

 

“Odi il voto” from Ernani (Giuseppe Verdi)

Russell Thomas

San Francisco Opera Chorus

Eun Sun Kim, conductor

 

Pierrot’s Tanzlied from Die tote Stadt (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)

Lucas Meachem

Donald Runnicles, conductor

 

Embroidery Aria from Peter Grimes (Benjamin Britten)

Heidi Stober

Donald Runnicles, conductor

 

“Vicino a te” from Andrea Chénier (Umberto Giordano)

Michael Fabiano and Ailyn Pérez

Eun Sun Kim, conductor

 

“Va, pensiero” from Nabucco (Giuseppe Verdi)

San Francisco Opera Chorus

Patrick Summers, conductor

 

“Ch’ella mi creda” from La Fanciulla del West (Giacomo Puccini)

Brandon Jovanovich

Eun Sun Kim, conductor

 

Act I finale from Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)

Christian Van Horn

San Francisco Opera Chorus

Eun Sun Kim, conductor

 

Entrance of the Guests from Tannhäuser (Richard Wagner)

San Francisco Opera Chorus

Donald Runnicles, conductor

 

“Batter my heart” from Doctor Atomic (John Adams)

Brian Mulligan

Eun Sun Kim, conductor

 

“Co chvila” from Jenůfa (Leoš Janáček)

Karita Mattila

Donald Runnicles, conductor

 

“Losing my mind” from Follies (Stephen Sondheim)

Patricia Racette

Patrick Summers, conductor

 

“Ah, je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette (Charles Gounod)

Adela Zaharia

Eun Sun Kim, conductor

 

“Ombra mai fu” from Xerxes (George Frideric Handel)

Susan Graham

Patrick Summers, conductor

 

“Prosti, nebesnoye sozdanye” from Pique Dame (Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

Brandon Jovanovich

Donald Runnicles, conductor

 

“Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Heidi Stober and Christian Van Horn

Eun Sun Kim, conductor

 

“Cessa di più resistere” from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Gioachino Rossini)

Lawrence Brownlee

San Francisco Opera Chorus

Patrick Summers, conductor

 

Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (Richard Wagner)

Nina Stemme

Donald Runnicles, conductor

 

“Ave Signor” from Mefistofele (Arrigo Boito)

San Francisco Opera Chorus

Eun Sun Kim, Chorus

 

The concert is approximately three hours, including one intermission.