10, centers on the tales of three women from radically different backgrounds - an East Coast dame, a Mexican waitress, and a Chinese sex worker - and one man, an escaped slave.
The new opera, which had its world premiere last night on Nov. There will be three Ring cycles in a revival of Francesca Zambello's staging of the four Wagner operas, and they will feature new projections and stage action not part of its 2011 performances in San Francisco. With San Francisco Opera's Girls of the Golden West, composer John Adams and librettist-director Peter Sellars give a much more nuanced take on this historical period. The libretto texts are drawn from first hand accounts by Mark Twain, newspaper articles, letters, journals, original Gold Rush song lyrics and political speeches and slogans. 8 with a revival of Puccini's "Turandot" and includes new productions of Strauss' "Elektra" with Christine Goerke and Stephanie Blythe as well as Massenet's "Manon" with Nadine Sierra and Michael Fabiano. Girls of the Golden West takes place in mining camps in the Sierra Mountains during the California Gold Rush of the early 1850’s. Grant Gershon conducts, Sellars directs and David Gropman designs the sets in the co-production with The Dallas Opera, Nationale Opera and Ballet Amsterdam and the Venice's Teatro La Fenice.Īdams, who turns 70 on Feb, 15, previously composed "Nixon in China," ''The Death of Klinghoffer" and "Doctor Atomic," which all appeared at the San Francisco Opera. Ansel Easton Adams (born on February 20th 1902 and died on April 22nd 1984) was an American photographer and an Environmentalists who was best known for his black and white. The work, with a libretto by Peter Sellars, portrays stories of the California Gold Rush in the 1850s and stars tenor Paul Appleby, soprano Julia. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Composer John Adams 'Girls of the Golden West' will be given its world premiere by the San Francisco Opera on Nov. The work, with a libretto by Peter Sellars, portrays stories of the California Gold Rush in the 1850s and stars tenor Paul Appleby, soprano Julia Bullock and mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges, the company said Tuesday in announcing its 2017-18 season. Adams Girls of the Golden West to premiere on Nov 21. was the wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams and is seen as the second First Lady of the United. Next February 12 and 14 Opera Omaha will stage Puccini’s real spaghetti western The Girl of the Golden West aka La Fanciulla del West. THE MOST EAGERLY ANTICIPATED EVENT of San Francisco Opera’s fall season was the world premiere of Girls of the Golden West on November 21and the company’s opening night performance lived up to expectations. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Composer John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West" will be given its world premiere by the San Francisco Opera on Nov.
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