![]() In just one season, live HD casts brought in over $17 million, which was roughly 12 percent of the Met’s total revenue. (And even long before then, there was Lisbon’s Edison subscription service, beginning in 1885, with Boito’s Mefistofele on “théatrophone.”)įor video precedent, the Met again was at the forefront, with its large-scale transmission of live performances into movie theaters around the world, gaining audiences and boosting income. In 1885, King Luís I of Portugal had a théatrophone installed in the palace to listen to opera broadcasts and awarded the installing Edison Gower Bell Company membership in the Military Order of Christ (founded in 1319). Locally, there is also something going back to 1932: the live broadcast from the brand-new War Memorial to the capacity-occupied Civic Auditorium of Lucia di Lammermoor with Lily Pons during SF Opera’s inaugural season there. ![]() New as SF Opera’s livestreaming may be, precedents go back many decades, first to the hallowed days of Metropolitan Opera’s radio broadcasts - creating a legion of opera newbies - with Milton Cross (1931–1975) and Peter Allen (1975 – 2004) as hosts. ![]() And it will be the last time Chorus Director Ian Robertson leads the Opera Chorus after a career of 35 years.Ĭosì is conducted by Henrik Nánási, the cast consists of Nicole Cabell, Irene Roberts, Benjamin Bliss, John Brancy, Ferruccio Furlanetto, and Nicole Heaston. Eun Sun Kim will lead performances on new sets and with projections by designer Alexander V. For attending performances in the War Memorial, single (nonsubscription) tickets range from $26 to $398, available by calling (415) 864-3330 or online.ĭirector Matthew Ozawa’s new production updates Fidelio’s setting from an 18th-century prison to a modern government detainment center. 14, 17, 20 Fidelio performances, and the Nov. The streams can be seen only live, there is no on-demand viewing, for the Oct. ![]() ![]() Virtual tickets for SF Opera’s livestreams of its new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio and Mozart’s Così fan tutte are priced at $25, available online. Fidelio marks Ian Robertson’s last appearance as Chorus Master after an SF Opera career of 35 years | Credit: Kristen Loken ![]()
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