December will Begin with the Annual Adler Fellows Gala Concert

For those who felt that the first Sunday in December would be entirely about Christmas, San Francisco Opera (SFO) has announced a significant alternative. The month will begin with the annual concert that celebrates the conclusion of the current Adler Fellowship season. Named for former SFO General Director Kurt Herbert Adler, the Adler Fellowship Program is a multi-year performance-oriented residency during which young artists of the highest caliber received intensive individual training, coaching, professional seminars, and a wide range of performance opportunities that include participation in SFO season offerings.

The annual concert, entitled The Future is Now, will feature both those about to conclude their respective Fellowships (Julie Adams, Zanda Švēde, Nian Wang, Edward Nelson and Matthew Stump) and those who will continue as 2017 Adler Fellows (Amina Edris, Toni Marie Palmertree, Pene Pati, Brad Walker, Anthony Reed, Ronny Michael Greenberg and Jennifer Szeto). They will be joined by the SFO Orchestra led by Resident Conductor Jordi Bernàcer. The program (which is subject to change) has been designed to highlight the respective talents of all of these Fellows through an impressively diverse repertoire. The program as currently planned (which includes an orchestral introduction) is as follows:

• Introduction to Act III of Lohengrin (Wagner) 
• “Die Frist ist um” / Der Fliegende Holländer (Wagner) – Matthew Stump
• “Robert, toi que j’aime” / Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer) – Amina Edris
• “Nedda! Silvio? A quest’ora!...Decidi il mio destin”/ Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) – Toni Marie Palmertree, Edward Nelson
• “Hai già vinta la causa…Vedrò mentr’io sospiro” / Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) – Brad Walker
• “Glück das mir verblieb” / Die Tote Stadt (Korngold) – Julie Adams
• “Chi sei tu che ardisci aggirarti furtivo?” / I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini) – Nian Wang, Pene Pati
• Marfa’s fortune-telling / Khovanshchina (Mussorgsky) – Zanda Švēde
• “Toi qui sus le néant” / Don Carlos (Verdi) – Toni Marie Palmertree
• “Wie schön ist doch die Musik” / Die Schweigsame Frau (R. Strauss) – Anthony Reed
• “The trees on the mountain…That’s mighty pretty singin’, Susannah…I’m a lonely man, Susannah” /Susannah (Floyd) – Julie Adams, Brad Walker
• “Look, through the port comes the moonlight astray” / Billy Budd (Britten) – Edward Nelson, Anthony Reed
• “Quoi? Vous m’aimez?...De cet aveu si tendre” / La Fille du Régiment (Donizetti) – Amina Edris, Pene Pati
• “Crude furie degli orridi abissi” / Serse (Handel) – Nian Wang
• Song of the Viking guest / Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) – Anthony Reed
• “Quando le sere al placido” / Luisa Miller (Verdi) – Pene Pati
• “Marc Antoine! Cléopâtre!” / Cléopâtre (Massenet ) – Zanda Švēde, Matthew Stump
• “Di che fulgor, che musiche” / Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) – Amina Edris, Toni Marie Palmertree, Matthew Stump, Brad Walker, Anthony Reed

This concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 2. It will take place at Herbst Theatre at 401 Van Ness Avenue, located on the southwest corner of McAllister Street. Premiere Orchestra seating will be $65. Seating in the rear of the Orchestra and the side boxes will be $55, the Dress Circle will be $45, and the Balcony will be $30. Tickets may be purchased online through an event page on the SFO Web site. They are also being sold at the Box Office in the outer lobby of the War Memorial Opera House at 301 Van Ness Avenue, on the northwest corner of Grove Street. The Box Office will also be selling $15 Student Rush tickets between 11 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. on the day of performance, and they will also be available at the Herbst Box Office after 6:30 p.m.