Archive for October 2012

San Francisco presents Wagner’s “Lohengrin” with Brandon Jovanovich as the Swan Knight

Brandon Jovanovich (Lohengrin) and Camilla Nylund (Elsa von Brabant). Photo by Cory Weaver.

No review expected. My SFO correspondent had a conflict of interest.

Jovanovich will be singing Pinkerton in Los Angeles Opera‘s upcoming Madama Butterfly :

Saturday November 17, 2012 07:30 PM
Sunday November 25, 2012 02:00 PM
Wednesday November 28, 2012 07:30 PM
Saturday December 01, 2012 07:30 PM
Thursday December 06, 2012 07:30 PM
Sunday December 09, 2012 02:00 PM

Meanwhile, in San Francisco —

CAST
LOHENGRIN: BRANDON JOVANOVICH
ELSA VON BRABANT: CAMILLA NYLUND *
ORTRUD: PETRA LANG
FRIEDRICH VON TELRAMUND: GERD GROCHOWSKI
HEINRICH DER VOGLER: KRISTINN SIGMUNDSSON
KING’S HERALD: BRIAN MULLIGAN

PRODUCTION CREDITS
CONDUCTOR: NICOLA LUISOTTI
DIRECTOR: DANIEL SLATER
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: ROBERT INNES HOPKINS *
LIGHTING DESIGNER: SIMON MILLS
CHORUS DIRECTOR: IAN ROBERTSON
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR: LEAH HAUSMAN
* SAN FRANCISCO OPERA DEBUT

War Memorial Opera House
Sat 10/20/12 7:00pm
Wed 10/24/12 7:00pm *
Sun 10/28/12 1:00pm *
Wed 10/31/12 7:00pm *

Sat 11/3/12 7:00pm
Tue 11/6/12 7:00pm
Fri 11/9/12 7:00pm

Camilla Nylund (Elsa von Brabant). Photo by Cory Weaver.

Petra Lang (Ortrud) and Gerd Grochowski (Friedrich von Telramund). Photo by Cory Weaver.

Gerd Grochowski (Friedrich von Telramund) and Brandon Jovanovich (Lohengrin). Photo by Cory Weaver.