Gala Celebration

San Francisco Opera Association presents

G a l a C o n c e r t In Celebration of San Francisco Opera's Seventy-fifth Season and the re-opening of the War Memorial Opera House 

(The sold-out event was the subject of a live simulcast to Davies Symphony Hall. Tickets ranged from $10 to $ 35) 

Beverly Sills, Host 

Derek Jacobi, Master of Ceremonies 

Program conceived and directed by Lotfi Mansouri San Francisco Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Chorus Donald Runnicles, Richard Bonynge, Plácido Domingo, conductors 

(A playback of the beginning of the broadcast made on Opening Night, October 15, 1932, will be heard to introduce the National Anthem at tonight's performance.) 

Wagner, Tannhäuser -- Dich, teure Halle Deborah Voigt, soprano 

Strauss, J., Jr., Die Fledermaus -- Opening Chorus, Act II: What a Joy to be Here San Francisco Opera Chorus 

Puccini, La Bohème -- Che gelida manina; Mi chiamano Mimì; O soave fanciulla Patricia Racette, soprano Jerry Hadley, tenor 

Puccini, Tosca -- Tre sbirri, una carozza … Te Deum James Morris, bass-baritone San Francisco Opera Chorus 

Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila -- Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano 

Bizet, Carmen - Habanera Frederica con Stade, mezzo-soprano San Francisco Opera Chorus Wagner, Die Walküre -- Winterstürme…Du bist der Lenz Deborah Voigt, soprano Plácido Domingo, tenor 

INTERMISSION 

Puccini, Tosca -- Vissi d'arte Carol Vaness, soprano 

Verdi, Don Carlo -- Dio, che nell'alma infondere Richard Margison, tenor Paolo Gavanelli, baritone Plácido Domingo, conductor 

Bellini, I Puritani -- Qui la voce sua soave Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano Richard Bonynge, conductor 

Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore -- Una furtiva lagrima Jerry Hadley, tenor 

Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov -- Boris's Monologue Samuel Ramey, bass 

Gounod, Roméo et Juliette -- Je veux vivre Janet Williams, soprano 

Puccini, Turandot -- Nessun dorma Richard Margison, tenor 

Heggie, So Many Notes! (World Premiere; San Francisco Opera commission) Alison Buchanan, Nicolle Foland, Peggy Kriha Dye, Christina Lamberti, sopranos Zheng Cao, mezzo-soprano Stuart Skelton, tenor John Autry, David Okerlund, Mel Ulrich, baritones