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The War Memorial Opera House is an opera house in San Francisco, California, located on the western side of Van Ness Avenue across from the west side/rear facade of the San Francisco City Hall. It is part of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center. It has been the home of the San Francisco Opera since opening night in 1932.
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 ...
The 2,743-seat hall was completed in 1980 at a cost of US$28 million to give the San Francisco Symphony a permanent home. [1] Previously, the symphony shared the neighboring War Memorial Opera House with the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet. The construction of Davies Hall allowed the symphony to expand to a full-time, year-round ...
Girls of the Golden West is an opera in two acts with music by John Adams and a libretto by Peter Sellars. The San Francisco Opera commissioned the work jointly with Dallas Opera, the Dutch National Opera (De Nationale Opera) and Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The opera was premiered in San Francisco on November 21, 2017. [1] The running time is ...
Amara made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the "Voice from Heaven" in Verdi's Don Carlos, the opening night of Sir Rudolf Bing's inaugural season as general manager, on November 6, 1950. [1] She continued at the Met over the course of 41 seasons until 1991, singing 56 roles in 882 appearances, nearly 60 of which were broadcast on radio and ...
The Bayview Opera House, formerly known as the South San Francisco Opera House, is a theatre at 4705 3rd Street in the Bayview-Hunters Point district in San Francisco, California, United States. [5] Founded in 1888, it is reputed to be the oldest existing theatre in the city. From 2014 to 2016, the theatre underwent renovation.
Bullock sang the role of Dame Shirley in San Francisco Opera's 2017 world premiere of Adams's opera Girls of the Golden West. [9] She also premiered the role in the European debut of the opera, at the Dutch National Opera, in Amsterdam. [10] In 2018, she starred as Kitty Oppenheimer in Adams's Doctor Atomic for Santa Fe Opera. [8]
Vaness launched her professional career in 1977 with the San Francisco Opera. [3] She appeared regularly at the New York City Opera from 1979 to 1983. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1984 [4] and has sung at many of the major opera houses of Europe, including Teatro alla Scala, the Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, and the Royal Opera House/Covent Garden.