September 2015 listings for the San Francisco Opera

Mr. Floyd loosely used the apocryphal story of Susanna in The Book of Daniel as his starting point. (9/19)

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The San Francisco Opera presents Puccini, Bellini, Floyd and Verdi this month.  NOTE:  The opera begins at 3:00 p.m. on 9/12, due to the live remote broadcast from the Memorial Art Gallery's Clothesline Arts Festival.

9/5       Puccini:  Madame Butterfly (in Italian)

CAST:

Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly) Patricia Racette Lt. B.F. Pinkerton Brian Jagde Suzuki Elizabeth DeShong  Sharpless Brian Mulligan Goro Julius Ahn Kate Pinkerton Jacqueline Piccolino Prince Yamadori  Efrain Solis The Bonze Morris Robinson Commissioner Hadleigh Adams

9/12  3:00pm    Bellini:  Norma (in Italian)

CAST:

Norma Sondra Radvanovsky Adalgisa Jamie Barton Pollione Russell Thomas Oroveso Christian  Van Horn Clotilda Jacqueline Piccolino Flavio A.J. Glueckert

9/19      Floyd:  Susannah (in English)
CAST:

Susannah Polk Patricia Racette Sam Polk Brandon Jovanovich Rev. Olin Blitch Raymond Aceto Mrs. McLean Catherine Cook Little Bat McLean James Kryshak Mrs. Hayes Jacqueline Piccolino  Mrs. Gleaton Erin Johnson Mrs. Ott Suzanne Hendrix Elder Hayes Joel Sorensen Elder Gleaton A.J. Glueckert Elder McLean Dale Travis Elder Ott Timothy Mix

9/26      Verdi:  A Masked Ball (in Italian)

CAST:

Riccardo Ramón Vargas Amelia Julianna Di Giacomo Oscar Heidi Stober Renato Thomas  Hampson Ulrica Dolora Zajick Tommaso Scott Conner Samuele Christian Van Horn Silvano Efrain  Solis Judge A.J. Glueckert Amelia’s Servant Christopher Jackson Condemi