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ThE BARBER OF SEVILLE

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A monumental work of “choral grandeur and melodic richness” (The New York Times) in one of the most impressive

productions ever seen at the War Memorial Opera House.

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ARRIGO BOITO

The season begins with an overwhelming musical and theatrical experience: opera’s grandest version of the Faust story—an emotionally thrilling, philosophically rich retelling that features

a witches’ Sabbath, angelic choruses of cherubs, and the most vivid portrait of the Devil in the entire musical repertoire.

Music Director Nicola Luisotti leads Boito’s monumental work of “choral grandeur and melodic richness” (The New York Times) with a superb cast: Ildar Abdrazakov, “a singer of elegance and refinement” (Washington Post) with “a dark, powerful sound” (Chicago Tribune), Patricia Racette, an “honest, intelligent and expressive singer” (The New York Times) and Ramón Vargas, a tenor with “a clear, big voice” (Toronto Star).

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Mephistopheles

PERFORmANCES SEPTEmBER 6 8pm · 11 7:30pm · 14 8pm · 17 7:30pm 20 8pm · 24 8pm · 29 2pm

OCTOBER 2 7:30pm

OperaVision in Balcony. See page 14.

Approximate running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes including two intermissions

San Francisco Opera production

Sung in Italian with English supertitles

CAST mephistopheles: Ildar Abdrazakov marguerite, Elena: Patricia Racette Faust: Ramón Vargas

PROdUCTION Conductor: Nicola Luisotti

Production: Robert Carsen

director: Laurie Feldman

designer: Michael Levine

Lighting designer: Gary Marder

Choreographer: Alphonse Poulin

Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata. Mr. Abdrazakov’s, Ms. Racette’s and Mr. Vargas’ appearances are made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by Opening Weekend Grand Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey, The Thomas Tilton Production Fund and Thomas F. and Barbara A. Wolfe. Major support for this production also provided by the Great Interpreters of Italian Opera Fund established by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.

Photos: © Beth Bergman; Terrence McCarthy

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An opera by TOBIAS PICKER · Libretto by J. d. mcCLATChy

Based on the novel Dolores Claiborne by STEPhEN KING

By arrangement with Andrew Welch · Commissioned by San Francisco Opera

Dolores Claiborne

Photo: Beth Bergman/Metropolitan Opera

A haunting Stephen King novel about a Maine housekeeper with a dark secret has been adapted into a highly anticipated

world premiere by Tobias Picker, whose music is beloved for its “unabashed latter-day romanticism” (The New York Times) with a libretto by renowned poet J. D. McClatchy. A superb cast is led by Dolora Zajick, who brings to her roles “the kind of explosive dramatic intensity that makes her an unforgettable stage presence” (San Francisco Chronicle).

WORlD PREMIERE

CAST dolores Claiborne: Dolora Zajick

Vera donovan: Elizabeth Futral

Selena St. George: Susannah Biller

Joe St. George: Wayne Tigges

detective Thibodeau: Greg Fedderly

PROdUCTIONConductor: George Manahan*

director: James Robinson

Set designer: Allen Moyer

Costume designer: James Schuette*

Lighting designer: Christopher Akerlind

Projection designer: Greg Emetaz*

*San Francisco Opera debut

Production contains adult language and themes.

PERFORmANCESSEPTEmBER 18 7:30pm · 22 2pm · 25 7:30pm 28 8pm

OCTOBER 1 8pm · 4 8pm


Approximate running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes including one intermission

Co-production with Opera Theatre of St. Louis

Sung in English with English supertitles

The world premiere of Dolores Claiborne is made possible, in part, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Koret Foundation and Tad and Dianne Taube. Additional support is provided by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Ms. Zajick’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

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PERFORmANCESOCTOBER 8 8pm · 11 8pm · 15 7:30pm · 20 2pm 24 7:30pm · 27 2pm · 30 7:30pm

NOVEmBER 2 8pm


Approximate running time: 3 hours including two intermissions

Lyric Opera of Chicago production


Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by Leslie and George Hume and The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund. Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata. Mr. Terfel’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

CAST Sir John Falstaff: Bryn Terfel

mistress Alice Ford: Ainhoa Arteta Nannetta: Heidi Stober

mistress Quickly: Meredith Arwady

Fenton: Francesco Demuro

Ford: Fabio Capitanucci*

mistress meg Page: Renée Rapier

PROdUCTIONConductor: Nicola Luisotti

director: Olivier Tambosi

Production designer: Frank Philipp Schlössmann

Lighting designer: Christine Binder


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GIUSEPPE VERdI

Warmth, wit and wisdom abound in Verdi’s autumnal masterpiece, a tale of a foolish old man who enjoys a

good prank—even when he is the target. Based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, this delightful comedy is led by Music Director Nicola Luisotti and stars internationally renowned baritone Bryn Terfel, whose celebrated portrayal of the title character “commands the stage … making him the kind of irascible charmer you’d like to have a beer with” (The New York Times). Presented in celebration of the Verdi bicentennial year.

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Photo: Brett Coomer/Houston Grand Opera

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GIOAChINO ROSSINI

Bubbling with charm and bursting with beguiling melodies, Rossini’s eternally fresh comic masterpiece, in which love

(with the help of a cunning barber) conquers all, returns with two charismatic casts. Resident Conductor Giuseppe Finzi, who leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra with “vigor and clarity” (San Francisco Chronicle), is at the podium.

One cast features the “lively” Isabel Leonard with “a radiant lyric voice” (The New York Times); Lucas Meachem, who displayed “vocal brilliance” and “theatrical panache” as Don Giovanni (2011) (San Francisco Chronicle); and Javier Camarena, praised by Opera News for his “exquisite finesse.”

The other cast features Daniela Mack, who sings Rossini “with technical command and expressive ease” (Opera News); the “smooth-voiced” Audun Iversen (The New York Times) and Alek Shrader, whose “bright singing” is matched with “matinee-idol good looks” (The New York Times).

NEW PRODUctION

PROdUCTIONConductor: Giuseppe Finzi

director: Emilio Sagi

Set designer: Lorenç Corbella*

Costume designer: Pepa Ojanguren*




Approximate running time: 3 hours including one intermission


Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by San Francisco Opera Guild and Chevron.

The Barber o Seville

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CAST Figaro: Lucas Meachem Rosina: Isabel Leonard* Count Almaviva: Javier Camarena* doctor Bartolo: Alessandro Corbelli don Basilio: Andrea Silvestrelli Berta: Catherine Cook

PERFORmANCESNOVEmBER 13 7:30pm · 16 8pm · 19 8pm · 22 8pm 26 8pm

dECEmBER 1 2pm

CAST Figaro: Audun Iversen* Rosina: Daniela Mack Count Almaviva: Alek Shrader doctor Bartolo: Maurizio Muraro* don Basilio: Andrea Silvestrelli Berta: Catherine Cook


PERFORmANCESNOVEmBER 14 7:30pm · 17 2pm · 20 7:30pm · 23 8pm 29 8pm

Photo: Marie-Noëlle Robert/Théâtre du Châtelet

add tickets for The Barber of Seville for Families, a special 2-hour version of this production sung in English. See page 13.

PERFORmANCESOCTOBER 22 8pm · 26 8pm · 31 7:30pm

NOVEmBER 3 2pm · 7 7:30pm · 12 7:30pm · 15 8pm


Approximate running time: 3 hours including one intermission

Co-production with Opéra Royal de Wallonie (Liège, Belgium)

Sung in German with English supertitles

This production is made possible by the Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for New Productions.

CAST The dutchman: Greer Grimsley Senta: Petra Maria Schnitzer Erik: Ian Storey daland: Kristinn Sigmundsson

PROdUCTIONConductor: Patrick Summers

director: Petrika Ionesco

Set designer: Petrika Ionesco

Costume designer: Lili Kendaka

Lighting designer: Gary Marder Projection designer: S. Katy Tucker

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RIChARd WAGNER

The FlyingDutchmanA condemned ship captain navigates the world’s seas in search of true love in Wagner’s hypnotic, achingly

resonant tale. Patrick Summers, beloved by San Francisco audiences for his “eloquent musical leadership” (San Francisco Chronicle), will conduct an impressive cast of renowned Wagnerians led by Greer Grimsley, a “thunderous” (San Francisco Chronicle) bass-baritone with “a sumptuously beautiful voice, smooth as silk, precise of text” (Opera News). The new production is by Petrika Ionesco, memorable for the “handsome combination of grandeur and expressive intimacy” (San Francisco Chronicle) he brought to Cyrano de Bergerac (2010). Presented in celebration of the Wagner bicentennial year.

NEW PRODUctION

Photo: Rozarii Lynch/Seattle Opera production of The Flying Dutchman

GREER GRIMSlEY

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music by JEROmE KERN · Book and lyrics by OSCAR hAmmERSTEIN II Based on the novel Show Boat by EdNA FERBER

PERFORmANCESJUNE 2014 1 2pm · 3 8pm · 10 7:30pm · 13 8pm 19 7:30pm · 22 2pm · 26 7:30pm · 28 8pm

JULy 2014 1 8pm · 2 7:30pm



Co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera and Houston Grand Opera; presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals.

Sung in English with English supertitles

Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. Mr. Nathan Gunn’s and Ms. Racette’s appearances are made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

CAST magnolia hawks: Heidi Stober

Gaylord Ravenal: Nathan Gunn

Julie La Verne: Patricia Racette

Joe: Morris Robinson

Queenie: Angela Renée Simpson

PROdUCTION Conductor: John DeMain

director: Francesca Zambello

Set designer: Peter J. Davison

Costume designer: Paul Tazewell

Lighting designer: Mark McCullough

Sound designer: Tod Nixon

Choreographer: Michele Lynch

A classic of American musical theater receives the operatic treatment it so richly deserves. Edna Ferber’s tale

of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism.

Francesca Zambello’s magnificent production brings to life the expansive saga in which “one memorable song follows another, each an enduring thread in the fabric of American popular culture—from ‘Ol’ Man River’ to ‘Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man’ to ‘Make Believe’ to ‘You Are Love’” (Chicago Tribune).

cOMPaNY PREMIERE

ShowBoat

Photo: Dan Rest/Lyric Opera of Chicago

CAST Violetta Valéry: Sonya Yoncheva*/ Ailyn Pérez†

Alfredo Germont: Saimir Pirgu/ Stephen Costello†

Giorgio Germont: Vladimir Stoyanov*/ Quinn Kelsey†

PROdUCTIONConductor: Nicola Luisotti/ Giuseppe Finzi†

Original director: John Copley

director: Laurie Feldman

Set designer: John Conklin

Costume designer: David Walker



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GIUSEPPE VERdI

La TraviataVioletta Valéry may be the most heart-wrenching character in all of opera: A high-spirited but

deceptively delicate woman who unexpectedly finds, and then selflessly gives up, the love of her all-too-short life. Two casts bring this tragic tale to life: June features Sonya Yoncheva, who sings with a “superbly florid coloratura” (Opera Britannia) and Saimir Pirgu, who performed the role with “shattering emotional power” (Financial Times). The July cast is led by Ailyn Pérez, whose performance of the role was hailed as “an unalloyed triumph” (The Guardian, London) and Stephen Costello, “an ascending voice in opera” (Philadelphia Inquirer).

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PERFORmANCESJUNE 2014 11 7:30pm · 14 8pm · 17 8pm · 20 8pm 25 7:30pm · 29 2pm

JULy 2014 5 8pm† · 8 7:30pm† · 11 8pm† · 13 2pm†


Approximate running time: 3 hours including two intermissions

San Francisco Opera production


Company Sponsor Mrs. Edmund W. Littlefield is proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by the Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Fund, the Koret Foundation, Tad and Dianne Taube and United. Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata.

Photo: Philip Groshong/Cincinnati Opera

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PERFORmANCESJUNE 2014 15 2pm · 18 7:30pm · 21 8pm · 24 8pm 27 8pm

JULy 2014 3 7:30pm · 6 2pm† · 9 7:30pm†



Opera Omaha production


Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata. Ms. Racette’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

CAST Cio-Cio-San (madame Butterfly): Patricia Racette

Lt. B. F. Pinkerton: Brian Jagde

Sharpless: Brian Mulligan

Suzuki: Elizabeth DeShong

PROdUCTIONConductor: Nicola Luisotti/Giuseppe Finzi†

director: Leslie Swackhamer*

Production designer: Jun Kaneko



GIACOmO PUCCINI

Puccini’s heartbreaking tale of devotion, deceit and dishonor returns in artist Jun Kaneko’s fresh,

astonishing production, acclaimed as “visually daring while remaining true to the essence of the music and drama” (Opera magazine). Patricia Racette’s portrayal of the title character is “exceptional … robust, nuanced and passionate” (The New York Times). “In her total dramatic identification with the role, she simply was Butterfly” (Seattle Times). Brian Jagde, whose “large, well-placed tenor sounded supple...virile...and tender” (Opera News) opposite Racette in Tosca (2012), is Pinkerton. Elizabeth DeShong and Brian Mulligan round out a superb cast. Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts.

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Photo: Tim Matheson/Vancouver Opera

Madame Butter ly

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Conducted by NICOLA LUISOTTI

TheVerdi RequiemOctOBER 25 8pm

Music Director Nicola Luisotti, whose “focused and energetic conducting” propels Verdi’s music with “a breathless urgency” (San Francisco Chronicle), will celebrate the Italian master’s bicentennial with a performance of his Requiem— a sublime, thrilling work of high drama and deep solemnity. The San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus will be joined by a quartet of superb soloists: Leah Crocetto, “a major operatic star with a sumptuous vocal tone” (San Francisco Chronicle); Margaret Mezzacappa, 2012 winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; Michael Fabiano, who “has been praised for reigniting some of the magic of old-time Italian tenors” (Opera News); and the “thrillingly robust and commanding” Vitalij Kowaljow (San Francisco Chronicle). Presented in celebration of the Verdi bicentennial year.

Photo: Terrence McCarthy

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This performance is available only as an “add-on” purchase to a 2013–14 subscription package; not available separately.

For pricing and availability, please call the Box Office.

Conductor: Nicola Luisotti

Soprano: Leah Crocetto

mezzo-Soprano: Margaret Mezzacappa

Tenor: Michael Fabiano

Bass: Vitalij Kowaljow

San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus

This performance is made possible, in part, by The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund. Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata. Mr. Kowaljow’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

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mEROLA’S SChWABAChER SUmmER CONCERT Yerba Buena Gardens Saturday, July 20, 2013, 2pmmerola.org

OPERA AT STERN GROVE Sigmund Stern Grove Sunday, August 18, 2013, 2pmsterngrove.org

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA IN ThE PARK Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park Sunday, September 8, 2013, 1:30pm sfopera.com/park

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AT&T Park The 2013–14 Season simulcast will be announced in summer 2013. sfopera.com/simulcast

The Barber o Seville orFamiliesA perfect opera for families and new operagoers of all ages, The Barber of Seville for Families is a two-hour version of this season’s exciting production, sung in English with English supertitles.

Exploration Workshops for Families will be presented by the San Francisco Opera Education Department prior to each performance. Sign up

for E-Opera (monthly e-newsletter) at sfopera.com to receive updates.

PERFORmANCESNOVEmBER 24 2pm · 30 2pm


Approximate running time: 2 hours including one intermission Sung in English with English supertitles

This performance cannot be purchased as a part of a Design Your Own Series package; available only as an “add-on” purchase at this time.

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 Show Boat 2 3 Show Boat 4 5 6 7

2pm 8pm

8 9 10 Show Boat 11 traviata 12 13 Show Boat 14 traviata 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 8pm

15 Butterfly 16 17 traviata 18 Butterfly 19 Show Boat 20 traviata 21 Butterfly 2pm 8pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 8pm

22 Show Boat 23 24 Butterfly 25 traviata 26 Show Boat 27 Butterfly 28 Show Boat2pm 8pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 8pm

29 traviata 30

2pm traviata

N O V E M B E R – D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 3SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 falstaff8pm

3 Dutchman 4 5 6 7 Dutchman 8 9

2pm 7:30pm

10 11 12 Dutchman 13 Barber 14 Barber 15 Dutchman 16 Barber 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 8pm

17 Barber 18 19 Barber 20 Barber 21 22 Barber 23 Barber 2pm 8pm 7:30pm 8pm 8pm

24 25 26 Barber 27 28 29 Barber 30

8pm 8pmTHANKSGIVING

1 Barber2pm

DECEMBER

AT&T Park Simulcast

High-definition video projection screens are featured on the Balcony level for this performance.

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Highlighted boxes denote opening nights.

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8pmEREV ROSH HASHANAH ROSH HASHANAH

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12 13 14Mephistopheles

7:30pm 8pmEREV YOM KIPPUR YOM KIPPUR

15 16 17Mephistopheles

18 claiborne 19 20Mephistopheles

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7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm

22 claiborne 23 24Mephistopheles

25 claiborne 26 27 28 claiborne 2pm 8pm 7:30pm 8pm

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3 4 claiborne 5

8pm 7:30pm 8pm

6 7 8 falstaff 9 10 11 falstaff 12

8pm 8pm

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7:30pm

20 falstaff 21 22 Dutchman 23 24 falstaff 25 26 Dutchman 2pm 8pm 7:30pm 8pm

27 falstaff 28 29 30 falstaff 31 Dutchman 2pm 7:30pm 7:30pm

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Verdi Requiem

J U N E – J U LY 2 0 1 4

1 Show Boat 2 Show Boat 3 Butterfly 4 5 traviata8pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm

INDEPENDENCE DAY

6 Butterfly 7 8 traviata 9 Butterfly 10 11 traviata 12

2pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm

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JULY

7:30pm

adler Gala concert

2pm

Barber for families

2pm

Barber for families

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