Opera In Time Of Warfare

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA TO PRESENT

H E A R T O F A S O L D I E R

WORLD PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

BY CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS AND DONNA DiNOVELLI

STARRING THOMAS HAMPSON, WILLIAM BURDEN AND MELODY MOORE

PATRICK SUMMERS TO CONDUCT, FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO TO DIRECT

Heart of a Soldier based on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James B. Stewart’s acclaimed book and the life stories of Susan Rescorla, Rick Rescorla and Daniel J. Hill. A true story of military combat, love, friendship and heroism culminating with the devastating terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

San Francisco Opera

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San Francisco Opera WORLD PREMIERES 1961-2011

1961 Dello Joio/Hoffman, Blood Moon
1976 Imbrie/Hall, Angle of Repose
1976 Ives, Meeting Mr. Ives [Spring Opera Theater]
1980 Mechem, Tartuffe [Opera Center]
1982 Fine, The Women in the Garden [Opera Center]
1982 Harbison, Full Moon in March [Opera Center]
1994 Susa/ Littell, The Dangerous Liaisons
1998 Previn/Littell, A Streetcar Named Desire
2000 Heggie/McNally, Dead Man Walking
2001 Chukhadjian/Tersian, Arshak II
2005 Adams/Sellars, Doctor Atomic
2007 Pasatieri, The Hotel Casablanca [Merola Opera Program]
2007 Glass/Hampton, Appomattox
2008 Wallace/Tan, The Bonesetter’s Daughter
2011 Theofanidis/DiNovelli, Heart of a Soldier (planned)