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.
Libretto by John Adams from Shakespeare with supplementary passages from Plutarch, Virgil and and other classical texts. Libretto consultation by Elkhanah Pulitzer and Lucia Scheckner.
RUN TIME
2 hours, 56 minutes including one intermission
LANGUAGE
Sung in English with English supertitles
LIBRETTO
John Adams
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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.
Libretto by John Adams from Shakespeare with supplementary passages from Plutarch, Virgil and and other classical texts. Libretto consultation by Elkhanah Pulitzer and Lucia Scheckner.
RUN TIME
2 hours, 56 minutes including one intermission
LANGUAGE
Sung in English with English supertitles
LIBRETTO
John Adams
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.
Libretto by John Adams from Shakespeare with supplementary passages from Plutarch, Virgil and and other classical texts. Libretto consultation by Elkhanah Pulitzer and Lucia Scheckner.
RUN TIME
2 hours, 56 minutes including one intermission
LANGUAGE
Sung in English with English supertitles
LIBRETTO
John Adams
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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.
Libretto by John Adams from Shakespeare with supplementary passages from Plutarch, Virgil and and other classical texts. Libretto consultation by Elkhanah Pulitzer and Lucia Scheckner.
RUN TIME
2 hours, 56 minutes including one intermission
LANGUAGE
Sung in English with English supertitles
LIBRETTO
John Adams
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