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Date(s) - 09/18/2013 - 10/04/2013
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
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Wednesday, September 18 to Friday, October 4
An opera by Tobias Picker | Libretto by J. D. McClatchy
Based on the novel Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
By arrangement with Andrew Welch | Commissioned by San Francisco Opera | World Premiere
Desperate. Passionate. Trapped. Dolores Claiborne is willing to do whatever it takes to save herself and her daughter—even if that means taking a life. One of the most compelling characters to emerge from the imagination of Stephen King, the feisty Maine housekeeper is a natural fit for opera—and specifically for the dark theatricality of American composer Tobias Picker, who “embraces opera as a populist art form” and “does so with undeniable skill” (The New York Times). Memorably played by Kathy Bates in the 1995 movie, Dolores will be sung by Patricia Racette (Sep 18, 22, 25, 28), “an artist at the peak of her powers” (Opera News) and Catherine Cook (Oct 1, 4), a singer who knows how to “delight with a treasure chest of voice and gesture” (Bay Area Reporter). This chilling work features a libretto by poet J. D. McClatchy. “Expert conductor” George Manahan is at the podium (Financial Times) and the “imaginative” and “inspired” James Robinson directs (The Wall Street Journal).
Read the full press release about the Dolores Claiborne cast change.
Production contains adult language and themes
Sung in English with English supertitles
Approximate running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes including one intermission
Pre-Opera Talks are free to ticketholders and take place in the main theater in the Orchestra section, 55 minutes prior to curtain.
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$31.00 to $372.00
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