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Lotfi Mansouri Gala Concert

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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
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Acknowledgements

San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Opera Guild gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the following Lotfi Mansouri Gala evening sponsors: Bank of America, Koret Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey, Tully and Elise Friedman, William W. Godward.

San Francisco Opera acknowledges the members of the American Guild of Musical Artists for their special contribution to this evening's performance. 

Notes

(This event opened the 2000-2001 season)

San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Kay Stern, Concertmaster

San Francisco Opera Chorus
Ian Robertson, Director

Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Patricia Racette. Twyla Robinson, Ruth Ann Swenson, Carol Vaness, Sopranos
Olga Borodina, Judith Forst, Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, mezzo-sopranos
Marcello Giordani, Matthew Lord, Richard Margicon, tenors
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
James Morris, bass-baritone

2000 Adler Fellows of the San Francisco Opera Center

Donald Runnicles, Richard Bonynge, Patrick Summers, conductors

Special guest appearance by Joan Sutherland

P R O G R A M

Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila -- Overture
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila -- Lyudmila's Act I aria
Anna Netrebko, soprano
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Charpentier, Louise -- "Depuis le jour"
Renée Fleming, soprano
Patrick Summers, conductor

Bellini, La Sonnambula "Ah, non credea mirarti…Ah, non giunge"
Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Richard Bonynge, conductor

Puccini, Tosca -- "E lucevan le stelle"
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Patrick Summers, conductor

Donizetti, Anna Bolena -- Duet: "Dal mio cor punita io sono"
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Judith Forst, mezzo-soprano
Richard Bonynge, conductor

Puccini, Madama Butterfly -- "Un bel dì"
Patricia Racette, soprano
Patrick Summers, conductor

Previn, A Streetcar Named Desire -- "I can smell the sea air"
Renée Fleming, soprano
Patrick Summers, conductor

Verdi, Il Trovatore -- Duet: "Mira, d'acerbe lagrime"
Carol Vaness, soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier -- Trio: "Hab' mir's gelobt"
Renée Fleming, soprano
Anna Netrebko, soprano
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Donald Runnicles, conductor

INTERMISSION

Verdi, Don Carlo -- "Tu che le vanità"
Carol Vaness, soprano
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila -- "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"
Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Wagner, Der Fliegende Holländer -- "Die Frist ist um"
James Morris, bass-baritone
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia -- "Largo al factotum"
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Patrick Summers, conductor

Puccini, Turandot -- "Nessun dorma"
Richard Margison, tenor
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Rossini, Gioachino (Arr. by Robin de Smet) -- "The Cat Duet"
Carol Vaness, soprano
Judith Forst, mezzo-soprano
Richard Bonynge, conductor

Campbell, Elaine and Norman -- "Opera Is..."
Matthew Lord, tenor
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Adler Fellows of the San Francisco Opera Center:
Suzanne Ramo, Twyla Robinson, Donita Volkwijn, sopranos
Elena Bocharova, Katia Escalera, mezzo-sopranos
Todd Geer, tenor
Kyu Won Han, baritone
Philip Horst, bass-baritone
John Ames, bass