Sharp and Evelyn Sharp Foundation with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. KDFC broadcasts a recording of a San Francisco Opera performance on the first Sunday of every month at 8:00pm Pacific Time. Lead funding for Works & Process is provided by The Florence Gould Foundation, The Christian Humann Foundation, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Caroline M. $40, $35 Guggenheim Members and Friends of Works & Processīox Office (212) 423-3575 or San Francisco Opera was a co-commissioner of The Death of Klinghoffer and presented the work in November 1992 commissioned Doctor Atomic for premiere in 2005 presented Nixon in China in June 2012 and commissioned Girls of the Golden West to be presented in November 2017.
Certainly, a few moments of lyricism and soaring drama emerged, but Adams’ musical imagination was not fostered by Peter Sellars’ verbose libretto. This discussion will also include set designer David Gropman along with J'Nai Bridges and Hye Jung Lee, accompanied by pianist John Churchwell. The more surprise then when Girls of the Golden Westin its San Francisco Opera world premiereproved, on the whole, ponderous and dull (seen Nov. With a libretto drawn from original sources by director Peter Sellars, Girls of the Golden West explores the dramatic and often brutal stories of pioneers on California’s Gold Rush frontier during the early 1850s. Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents San Francisco Opera: Girls of the Golden Weston Thursday and Friday, September 21 at 7:30pm.Ĭomposer John Adams and librettist/director Peter Sellars discusstheir newest collaboration with San Francisco Opera GeneralDirector Matthew Shilvock.