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World Premiere of John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra
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She was his queen. He was her downfall.
San Francisco Opera's 100th Season begins with John Adams' thrilling new opera, commissioned for the Company's centennial and conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
The celebrated Bay Area composer John Adams wrote the music, and the libretto – drawn from Shakespeare, with additional passages from Virgil, Plutarch and other classical texts – for his new opera Antony and Cleopatra. Commissioned for San Francisco Opera’s centennial, it stars Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley and the Egyptian-born soprano Amina Edris in the title roles of the tragedy.
Jesse Hamlin
SF/Arts Curator
We have been thrilling audiences in San Francisco since 1923. We are known for commissioning numerous world premieres, training some of opera's greatest young artists and being one of the world’s leading opera companies.
We have been thrilling audiences in San Francisco since 1923. We are known for commissioning numerous world premieres, training some of opera's greatest young artists and being one of the world’s leading opera companies.