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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
Language
various languages

Show Dates

Acknowledgements

A benefit for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, the Shanti Project and the AIDS Program of Hospice of San Francisco

Notes

To access the performance program, click the PDF link above.

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SAN FRANCISCO ARTS FOR LIFE
presented by
Mayor Dianne Feinstein
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Symphony
The Millard Family Foundation
The Ledler Foundation
San Francisco Examiner

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PROGRAM

Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila -- Overture
Richard Buckley, conductor

Wagner, Tannhäuser -- Dich teure Halle
Maria Slatinaru
Andrew Meltzer, conductor

Verdi, Ernani -- Infelice! E tuo credevi
James Morris
San Francisco Opera Men's Chorus
Richard Buckley, conductor

Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance -- Poor Wandering One
Valerie Masterson
San Francisco Opera Women's Chorus
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Verdi, Il Trovatore -- Di quella pira
Franco Bonisolli
San Francisco Opera Men's Chorus
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Bizet, Carmen -- Quintet
Susan Quittmeyer
Evelyn de la Rosa
Kathryn Cowdrick
Joseph Frank
David Malis
Richard Bradshaw, conductor

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde -- Liebestod
Linda Kelm
Andrew Meltzer, conductor

Ginastera, Canción al Arbol del Olvido
Alfredo Kraus
Philip Eisenberg, piano

Quintero, Morucha
Alfredo Kraus
Philip Eisenberg, piano

Puccini, Gianni Schicchi -- O mio babbino caro
Renata Scotto
Richard Buckley, conductor

Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov -- Coronation Scene
John Macurdy
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Richard Bradshaw, conductor

INTERMISSION

Weill, Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
(Suite from The Threepenny Opera for Wind Orchestra)
Overture
Ballad of the Murderous Deeds of Mack the Knife
Ballad of Easy Living
Tango-Ballad
Cannon Song
Threepenny Finale
Members of the San Francisco Symphony
Steven André Dibner, conductor

J. Strauss, Jr., Die Fledermaus -- Trio, O goodness me
Nikki Li Hartliep
Cheryl Parrish
David Malis
Richard Bradshaw, conductor

Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de Perles -- Au fond du temple saint
Walter MacNeil
Stephen Dickson
Richard Buckley, conductor

Catalani, La Wally -- Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Pilar Lorengar
Andrew Meltzer, conductor

Sousa, Stars and Stripes -- Pas de deux
(Adapted and orchestrated by Hershy Kay)
Choreography by George Balanchine
Staged by Francia Russell Cost