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An Update From Our Executive Director
September 25, 2020
An Update From Our Executive Director
BY Claudia Campazzo
SFCV carries on with its mission through the pandemic and into the new season.
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SF Opera Faces COVID-19 With Controversial Orchestra Contract Revision
September 22, 2020
SF Opera Faces COVID-19 With Controversial Orchestra Contract Revision
BY Janos Gereben
A renegotiated agreement sidesteps furloughs by dramatically reducing current compensation.
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Lara Downes and a Cavalcade of Stars Ask You to “Take Care of This House”
September 22, 2020
Lara Downes and a Cavalcade of Stars Ask You to “Take Care of This House”
BY Paul Kotapish
The activist pianist commemorates National Voter Registration Day with a new video of a song from Leonard Bernstein’s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Lucas Meachem Sings For and About the Merola Program
September 21, 2020
Lucas Meachem Sings For and About the Merola Program
BY Janos Gereben
The baritone alumnus and his wife present “I Left My Aria in San Francisco.”
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Zakir Hussain Joins Music Journalist Andrew Gilbert in a Live Zoom Interview
September 19, 2020
Zakir Hussain Joins Music Journalist Andrew Gilbert in a Live Zoom Interview
BY SFCV Staff
Join writer Andrew Gilbert in a live, interactive Zoom interview with tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain.
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Recording Review
September 19, 2020
A New Recording of Proving Up Crackles With Energy
BY Steven Winn

Missy Mazzoli’s neo-Gothic opera evokes themes of the American dream on the harsh prairie frontier.

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Recording Review
September 14, 2020
Inheritance Examines America’s Gun Culture
BY Jason Victor Serinus

Soprano Susan Narucki astounds as Sarah Winchester in Lei Liang’s very American chamber opera.

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Feature Article
Another Opening to Opera From an Edgy Company
September 9, 2020
Another Opening to Opera From an Edgy Company
BY Michael Zwiebach

West Edge Opera comes up with another program to foster new works, creativity, and inclusion during our season of discontent.

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Recording Review
September 1, 2020
Jonas Kaufmann Sings of Love and Longing
BY Jason Victor Serinus

The tenor goes small-scale and intimate on Selige Stunde.

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Artist Spotlight
Nkeiru Okoye: Now Is the Moment
August 31, 2020
Nkeiru Okoye: Now Is the Moment
BY Emily Wilson

The composer talks about learning her craft and building a Black presence in opera.

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