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Girls of the Golden West at San Francisco Opera Encore Arts San Girls Golden West 2017 cover.qxp_Layout 1 10/19/17 1:17 PM Page 2 2017–18 SEASON JOHN ADAMS Girls Goo le den W W O R L D eP R sE M I tE R E WHO YOU WORK WITH MATTERS Consistently ranked one of the top 25 producers at Sotheby’s International Realty nationally, Neill Bassi has sold over $133 million in San Francisco this year. SELECT 2017 SALES Address Sale Price % of Asking Representation 3540 Jackson Street* $15,000,000 100% Buyer 3515 Pacific Avenue $10,350,000 150% Seller 3383 Pacific Avenue $10,225,000 85% Buyer 1070 Green Street #1501 $7,500,000 101% Seller 89 Belgrave Avenue* $7,500,000 100% Seller 1164 Fulton Street $7,350,000 101% Seller 2545-2547 Lyon Street* $6,980,000 103% Seller 3041 Divisadero Street $5,740,000 118% Seller 2424 Buchanan Street $5,650,000 94% Buyer 3984 20th Street $4,998,000 108% Seller 1513 Cole Street $4,250,000 108% Seller 1645 Pacific Avenue #4G* $2,750,000 97% Buyer *Sold off market NOW ACCEPTING SPRING 2018 LISTINGS Request a confidential valuation to find out how much your home might yield when marketed by Neill Bassi and Sotheby’s International Realty. NEILL BASSI Associate Broker 415.296.2233 [email protected] | neillbassi.com “Alamo Square Victorian Sale CalBRE#1883478 Breaks Neighborhood Record” Sotheby’s International Realty and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered (or unregistered) service marks used with permission. Operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, CURBED Inc. Real estate agents affiliated with Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. Encore spread.indd 1 10/17/17 3:11 PM WHO YOU WORK WITH MATTERS Consistently ranked one of the top 25 producers at Sotheby’s International Realty nationally, Neill Bassi has sold over $133 million in San Francisco this year. SELECT 2017 SALES Address Sale Price % of Asking Representation 3540 Jackson Street* $15,000,000 100% Buyer 3515 Pacific Avenue $10,350,000 150% Seller 3383 Pacific Avenue $10,225,000 85% Buyer 1070 Green Street #1501 $7,500,000 101% Seller 89 Belgrave Avenue* $7,500,000 100% Seller 1164 Fulton Street $7,350,000 101% Seller 2545-2547 Lyon Street* $6,980,000 103% Seller 3041 Divisadero Street $5,740,000 118% Seller 2424 Buchanan Street $5,650,000 94% Buyer 3984 20th Street $4,998,000 108% Seller 1513 Cole Street $4,250,000 108% Seller 1645 Pacific Avenue #4G* $2,750,000 97% Buyer *Sold off market NOW ACCEPTING SPRING 2018 LISTINGS Request a confidential valuation to find out how much your home might yield when marketed by Neill Bassi and Sotheby’s International Realty. NEILL BASSI Associate Broker 415.296.2233 [email protected] | neillbassi.com “Alamo Square Victorian Sale CalBRE#1883478 Breaks Neighborhood Record” Sotheby’s International Realty and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered (or unregistered) service marks used with permission. Operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, CURBED Inc. Real estate agents affiliated with Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. Encore spread.indd 1 10/17/17 3:11 PM November 2017 Volume 95, No. 3 Vol. 95, No. 3 • 2017–18 Season • November 2017 Jon Finck, Executive Editor Matthew Erikson, Editor Susan L. Wells, Design Consultant Paul Heppner Publisher Please e-mail comments, questions, and feedback about San Francisco Opera Magazine to [email protected] Susan Peterson Design & Production Director Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, Shaun Swick, Stevie VanBronkhorst Production Artists and Graphic Design Mike Hathaway Sales Director Amelia Heppner, Marilyn Kallins, Terri Reed San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives Brieanna Bright, Joey Chapman, Ann Manning On the cover: Seattle Area Account Executives Anonymous Carol Yip Louise A.K.S. Clapp[e] Manuscript Sales Coordinator Collection, Box 153, Neg. # 7555 (4 x 5”) California State Library Included with the letters and documents in the Louise Clappe Collection at the California State Library is this undated photograph— perhaps Louise Clappe (“Dame Shirley”) or her niece (Genevieve Stebbins)—surrounded by the California wilderness. Paul Heppner President FEATURES Mike Hathaway Vice President 20 Striking Gold Genay Genereux by Richard Scheinin Accounting & Office Manager The new John Adams opera Girls of the Golden West reunites the composer with director and librettist Peter Sellars and takes an unflinching look at the California Sara Keats Gold Rush. Marketing Manager Ciara Caya 41 Homeward Customer Service Representative & by Alice Miller Cotter Administrative Assistant With Girls of the Golden West, composer John Adams revisits his musical roots. Corporate Office 44 The Dark Side of the Gold Rush 425 North 85th Street Seattle, WA 98103 by Gary Kamiya p 206.443.0445 f 206.443.1246 The crucible of the Gold Rush and its ensuing culture clash offer lessons for today. [email protected] 800.308.2898 x105 www.encoremediagroup.com DEPARTMENTS 6 San Francisco Opera Association 49 Artist Profiles 9 Message from the Board of 66 San Francisco Opera Donors San Francisco Opera 89 Your Opera Experience Encore Arts Programs is published monthly by Encore Media 11 San Francisco Opera News 90 Postlude by General Director Group to serve musical and theatrical events in the Puget 36 2017–18 Repertoire Matthew Shilvock Sound and San Francisco Bay Areas. All rights reserved. ©2017 Encore Media Group. Reproduction 38 Synopsis and Cast without written permission is prohibited. 4 SAN FRANCISCO OPERA “ City National helps keep my financial life in tune.” So much of my life is always shifting; a different city, a different piece of music, a different ensemble. I need people who I can count on to help keep my financial life on course so I can focus on creating and sharing the “adventures” of classical music. City National shares my passion and is instrumental in helping me bring classical music to audiences all over the world. They enjoy being a part of what I do and love. That is the essence of a successful relationship. City National is The way up® for me. Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor, Educator and Composer Hear Michael’s complete story at cnb.com/Tuned2SF 17 City National Bank 17 City National 0 ©2 CNB MEMBER FDIC ® The way up. Call (866) 618-5242 to learn more or visit cnb.com EAP full-page template.indd 1 4/5/17 1:35 PM SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION Officers of the Board John A. Gunn Chairman Steven Menzies Vice Chairman Karl O. Mills Vice Chairman Reid W. Dennis Chairman Emeritus CHRISTMAS George H. Hume Vice Chairman Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. Chairman Emeritus WITH SOL MIO Officers of the Association Keith B. Geeslin President Lisa Erdberg Vice President Matthew Shilvock General Director & George H. Hume Treasurer Friday, December 1 Chief Executive Officer Thomas A. Larsen Secretary at 7:30pm Paul M. Crane Dorfman Executive Vice President Michael Simpson Chief Financial Officer War Memorial Board of Directors Opera House Susan Anderson-Norby Bruce W. Hyman Randall Reynoso + Dawn Yates Black J. Burgess Jamieson Richard J. Rigg, Ph.D. Timothy Blackburn Dorothy M. Jeffries C.P. Russell Carol Franc Buck Philip M. Jelley Bill Russell-Shapiro + Jack Calhoun + Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. + Jack Schafer Annette Campbell-White Susan Graham Johnston Matthew Shilvock + ▴ Carlyn Clause, Merola Opera Timothy F. Kahn Ruth A. Short Program President ▴ Stephen S. Kahng Mrs. George P. (Charlotte) Shultz William M. Coughran, Jr. Joseph Keegan Dianne Marie Taube Paul M. Crane Dorfman + Lawrence A. Kern Mrs. David T. (Joan) Traitel Mrs. Peter W. (Jayne) Davis Mark R. Kroll Soo Venkatesan + Ira Dearing Karen J. Kubin Diane B. Wilsey + Jerome L. Dodson Thomas A. Larsen + Sharon Winslow Carol Pucci Doll Sylvia R. Lindsey Barbara A. Wolfe Shannon Eliot, BRAVO! President ▴ James Patterson McBaine Barbara Moller Ward Wonder Robert A. Ellis + Patrick McCabe Melinda Yee Franklin Lisa Erdberg + Anne G. McWilliams S. Shariq Yosufzai + Peter Fenton Mrs. Mark A. (Teresa) Medearis Dominic Nicholls Sarah Fenton Steven Menzies + + Executive Committee Member Kristina Flanagan Helen Meyer ▴ Ex Officio in concert with the Margarita Gandia Karl O. Mills + Keith B. Geeslin + Justin Moore SF Opera Orchestra Nicholas M. Graves Jane S. Mudge, Guild President CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL: Conducted by Louise Gund + Nancy S. Mueller Reid W. Dennis John A. Gunn + Ben Nelson William W. Godward Robert Mollicone Jane M. Hartley J. Boyce Nute + Barbara K. Jackson I. Craig Henderson, M.D. Masashi Oka Franklin P. Johnson, Jr., Chairman John Hendrickson Bernard Osher + Bernard Osher Doreen Woo Ho Anne Brandeis Popkin Multi-platinum Charles Edward Hudson III Mary A. Powell New Zealand vocal trio George H. Hume + Karthik Rau Sol3 Mio will take to the War Memorial Presidents 1923 Timothy Healy 1974–84 Walter M. Baird Opera House stage for 1924–31 Robert I. Bentley 1985–90 Tully M. Friedman 1932–36 Wallace M. Alexander 1990–93 Thomas Tilton a special holiday concert. 1937–44 Robert Watt Miller 1993–95 David M. Chamberlain 1945–51 Kenneth Monteagle 1995–2002 William W. Godward 1952–68 Robert Watt Miller 2002–06 Karl O. Mills Featuring brothers and 1969–70 Prentis Cobb Hale 2006–13 George H. Hume 1971–73 William H. Orrick, Jr. 2013– Keith B. Geeslin Adler Fellow tenors Pene Pati and Amitai Pati and Chairmen of the Board their baritone cousin 1969 Robert Watt Miller 1985–99 Reid W. Dennis Moses Mackay. 1971–82 R. Gwin Follis 1999–2008 Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. 1983–84 Richard K. Miller 2008– John A. Gunn Tickets: $20–$100 San Francisco Opera General Directors Gaetano Merola 1923–53 sfopera.com/sol3mio Kurt Herbert Adler Artistic Director, 1953–57; General Director, 1957–81; General Director Emeritus, 1982-1988 Terence A.
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