San Francisco

Slow Start, Big Finish for Bright Sheng World Premiere

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United StatesUnited States Bright Sheng: Dream of the Red Chamber, Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, George Manahan (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 13.9.2016. (HS)

Pureum Jo as Dai Yu in Sheng and Hwang's "Dream of the Red Chamber" ©Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Pureum Jo as Dai Yu in Sheng and Hwang’s “Dream of the Red Chamber”
©Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera

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Season Opener: Three Concerts with a Raft of Reich

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United StatesUnited States Rossini, Mozart, Cilea, Puccini, Reich, Gershwin, Berlin, Copland: Soloists, San Francisco Symphony, eighth blackbird, Kronos Quartet, Students of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7/9/11.9.2016. (HS)

Michael Tilson Thomas and Steve Reic perform 'Clapping Music. Photo credit: Cory Weaver.
Michael Tilson Thomas and Steve Reich perform-‘Clapping Music. Photo credit: Cory Weaver.

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Home-Grown Talent for Gala Honoring David Gockley

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United StatesUnited States Various composers: Soloists; Orchestra and Chorus of San Francisco Opera; Nicola Luisotti, Patrick Summers, Jiří Bělohlávek, John DeMain (conductors), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 16.6.2016. (HS)

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David Gockley Gala – “Make Our Garden Grow” from Leonard Bernstein’s Candide
(Photo: Corey Weaver/San Francisco Opera)

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San Francisco Goes ‘On The Town’

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United StatesUnited States Bernstein, On the Town: Soloists, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin, director), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 25.5.2016. (HS)

The San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting, perform Bernstein's "On The Town." (Photo: Stefan Cohen)
The San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting, perform Bernstein’s On The Town (c) Stefan Cohen

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