Photo by Scott Wall
More than 26,000 flocked to AT&T Park on July 5 to see a free, live simulcast of San Francisco Opera’s production of Verdi's La traviata, the eighth such event since David Gockley became general director of the company. (He pioneered free open-air simulcasts while heading Houston Grand Opera.)
The production, which concluded the SFO summer season on July 13, starred husband-and-wife team Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello as Violetta Valéry and Alfredo Germont, and baritone Quinn Kelsey as Giorgio Germont. The San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus was conducted by Resident Conductor Giuseppe Finzi.