San Francisco Opera 2023-24 Paid Streaming Opera Season Begins September 20

[Helene]

Tonight, September 20, at 7:30pm (PT) San Francisco Opera opens its 2023-24 paid streaming season with  Il Trovatore.  Like most of their streams, it will be available on-demand for 48 hours starting at 10am PT the day after the livestream.  (Some performances have been livestreamed only).

The cost is $27.50 US/opera.  There aren't additional fees, and there is not cart function, so they need to be purchased one at a time.  More details, including technical details, are here:

https://www.sfopera.com/digital/Livestream/

Il Trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi)-Wednesday, September 20 (7:30pm PDT)

Leonora-Angel Blue
Azucena-Ekaterina Semenchuk
Manrico-Arturo Chacon-Cruz
Count di Luna-George Petean
Ferrando-Robert Pomakov

Run Sun Kim, conductor
Sir David McVicar, production

The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Mason Bates and Mark Campbell)—Wednesday, September 27 (7:30pm PDT)

Steve Jobs-John Moore
Laurene Powell Jobs-Sasha Cooke
Steve Wozniak-Bille Bruley
Kobun Chino Otogawa-Wei Wu
Paul Jobs-Joseph Latttanzi
Christen Brennan-Olivia Smith

Michael Christie, conductor
Kevin Newbury, director

Lohengrin (Richard Wagner) --Saturday, October 21 (7:30pm PDT)
Lohengrin-Simon O’Neill
Elsa von Brabant-Julie Adams
King Heinrich-Kristinn Signundsson
Friedrich von Telramund-Brian Mulligan
Ortrud-Judit Kutasi
The King’s Herald-Thomas Lehman

Run Sun Kim, conductor
David Alden, director

Omar (Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels) — Saturday, November 11 (7:30pm PST)

Omar-Jamez McCorkle
Julie-Brittany Renee
Fatima, Omar’s Mother-Taylor Raven
Johnson/Owen-Daniel Okulitch
Abdul, Omar’s Brother/Abe-Norman Garrett
Eliza-Laura Krumm
Katie Ellen/Caller-Rehanna Thelwell
Auctioneer/Taylor-Barry Banks

John Kennedy, conductor
Kaneza Schall-Director

The Elixir of Love (Gaetano Donizetti) — Sunday, November 26 (2pm PST)

Nemorino-Pene Pati
Adina-Slavka Zaecnikova
Dulcamara-Renato Girolami
Sergeant Belcore-David Biz

Ramon Tear, conductor
Daniel Slater, director

The Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) — Tuesday, June 4 (7:30pm PDT)

Tamino-Amitai Pati
Pamina-Ghristina Gnash
Papageno-Lauri Vasar
Sarastro-Kwangchul Youn
Queen of the Night-Anna Siminska
Monostatos-Zhengyi Bai

Run Sun Kim, conductor
Barrie Kosky/Suzanne Andrade, production

Innocence (Kaija Saariaho, Sofi Oksanen, and Aleksi Barrier) — Wednesday, June 12 (7:30p PDT)

Waitress-Ruzandra Donose
Mother-in-Law-Claire de Sevigne
Father-in-Law-Rod Gilfry
Groom-Miles Mykkanen
Priest-Krtistinn Signmundsson
Teacher-Lucy Shelton
Markets-Vilma Jaa
Lilly-Beate Mordal
Jeronimo-Camilo Delgado Diaz

Clement Mao-Takacs, conductor
Simon Stone, production

Partenope (George Frideric Handel) — Sunday, June 23 (2pm PDT)

Partenope-Julie Fuchs
Rosmira-Daniela Mack
Alsace-Carlo Vistoli
Armindo-Nicholas Tamagna
Emilio-Alek Shrader
Ormonte-Hadleigh Adams

Christoper Moulds, conductor
Christopher Alden, director