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San Francisco is a 1936 American musical-drama disaster film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy. MacDonald's singing helped make this film a major hit, coming on the heels of her other 1936 blockbuster, Rose Marie.
Glimmerglass Opera; Gothenburg's Stora Teatern; L'Opéra de Montréal; Chicago Lyric; San Francisco Opera; Norway's Bergen National Opera; and opera companies of Santa Fe, St. Louis, Washington, Dallas, Seattle. Lamos began his career in the theater as an actor on and off-Broadway and in regional theater. He made his film debut in Longtime ...
Mojica also befriended Feodor Chaliapin during the singer's visit to Chicago. Under Chaliapin's guidance, he played the role of Shúyskiy in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov. [5] In 1924 Mojica sang three roles at the San Francisco Opera. He appeared as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi and Rodolfo in La Boheme.
During the nine years following the opening season, the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House was designed by Arthur Brown Jr. San Francisco Opera programs, 1934–36. On October 15, 1932, the company inaugurated the new opera house with a performance of Tosca on with Claudia Muzio in the titular role. Characteristic of Merola's years as ...
Gandolfi was committed to the Chicago Civic Opera in 1923–1924. From 1924 to 1929 he was a leading baritone of the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company . In 1923 he made his debut at the San Francisco Opera , but was not a regular performer with the company until the 1930s.
Outside of the Metropolitan Opera, Thebom had actively performed as a guest artist with opera companies throughout the United States and abroad. In 1946, she made her stage debut in Chicago as Brangäne with the Chicago Opera Company. She made her debut with the San Francisco Opera (SFO) the following year singing Amneris to the Aida of Stella ...
In 1957 she debuted with the Lyric Opera of Chicago; in 1958, with the San Francisco Opera. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut on December 6, 1960, singing the title role in Gluck 's Alceste . She opened the 1962–63 Met season as Maddalena in Giordano 's Andrea Chénier , opposite Franco Corelli .
San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, American Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the New World, Percussive Arts Society Musical artist Elayne Viola Jones (January 30, 1928 – December 17, 2022) was an American timpanist .