I had Das Rheingold, but that’s not a big surprise since I’d read about the Ring Cycle coming in 2028
But the others? Well, I might have guessed the Mozart because of the wedding cake, and I did wonder if the bloodied knife was Tosca. But since I didn’t guess publicly those don’t count, do the?!
Here are the operas that San Francisco Opera has now announced.
Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, September 12-27, Conductor: Eun Sun Kim
Thea Musgrave’s Mary, Queen of Scots, September 20-October 4, Conductor: Clelia Cafiero
Jules Massenet’s Manon, October 15-November 1, Conductor: Eun Sun Kim
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, October 31-November 29, Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold, May 29-June 22, Conductor: Eun Sun Kim
Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, June 4-July 2, Conductor: Clelia Cafiero
Am I jazzed? Maybe by a few. Not by all. But so it goes. They didn’t ask me, so I didn’t tell.
