CHORAL SYMPHONY BY LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of its Premiere in 1824 Composer various persons Librettist various persons Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 2024-2025 Sung Language German Supertitles English Creative/Crew Conductor Eun Sun Kim Concertmaster Kay Stern Chorus Director John Keene Director Morgan Robinson Assistant Conductor Emmanuel Tjeknavorian Musical Preparation Matthew Piatt John Churchwell Fabrizio Corona Lighting Designer Justin A. Partier Diction Anja Burmeister Stage Manager(s) Darin Burnett Assistant Stage Manager(s) Thea Railey Megan Coutts Collette Berg Technical Supervisor Ryan O’Steen Costume Supervisor Galen Till Hair and Makeup Jeanna Parham Cast Soprano Jennifer Holloway Mezzo-soprano Annika Schlicht Tenor Russell Thomas Bass Kwangchul Youn Show Dates Sat, Oct 26 2024, 7:30pm Media Image Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus with soloists in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Image Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus with vocal soloists Jennifer Holloway, Annika Schlicht, Russell Thomas, and Kwangchul Youn in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Image Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Image Eun Sun Kim with vocal soloists Kwangchul Youn, Russell Thomas, Annika Schlicht, and Jennifer Holloway bow after Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Image Eun Sun Kim and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra bow after Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Document SFO_PUB_01_MISC_2024_01_compressed.pdf (12.93 MB) Sponsors This concert is made possible, in part, by Jerome & Thao Dodson John A. & Cynthia Fry Gunn Bernard & Barbro Osher Marieke & Jeff Rothschild Dianne & Tad Taube With special thanks to Jerome & Thao Dodson for making possible the Dodson Orchestra Shell Major support provided by Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem through the Luminaries Concert Fund Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus with soloists in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Image Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus with vocal soloists Jennifer Holloway, Annika Schlicht, Russell Thomas, and Kwangchul Youn in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Image Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Image Eun Sun Kim with vocal soloists Kwangchul Youn, Russell Thomas, Annika Schlicht, and Jennifer Holloway bow after Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Image Eun Sun Kim and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra bow after Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, 2024. Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera