Members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra will give a free concert "An Overture to the 2014-15 Opera Season," the night before the opening of the SFO season with Bellini's Norma.
Conducted by orchestra violinist Dawn Harms (also music director of the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony), the concert — at 8 p.m. Sept. 4, in the S.F. Conservatory of Music — will feature music mostly from opera overtures and intermezzi as well as "some special surprises," says Harms. A reception will follow the concert, probably in the lower-level cafe, follow directions from an announcement.
As the attractive, but ad-hoc event is still being formed, the sketchy information so far includes only excerpts from La Forza Del Destino, Manon Lescaut, and Norma, also featuring solos by concertmaster Kay Stern, and principal oboe Mingjia Liu. And, this just in:
We are also so excited to have Chanticleer member, Cortez Mitchell, singing the fabulous, haunting "Summertime," arranged by Clarice Assad.