Kelsey made his Company debut as Marcello in 2008’s La Bohème and he will return to San Francisco as Amonasro in the November and December performances of Aida. Hawaiian baritone Quinn Kelsey returns to San Francisco Opera as the American Consul Sharpless, a role he has also performed at Hawaii Opera Theater and New York City Opera.
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Karanas recently made her role debut as Waltraute in San Francisco Opera’s 2010 production of Wagner’s Die Walküre and will return in that role and as the 2nd Norn in the Company’s full Ring cycle in 2011. Former Adler Fellow and mezzo-soprano Daveda Karanas appears as Butterfly’s loyal maid Suzuki. Secco’s other credits include Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor in Berlin, Genoa, Parma and Firenze Rodolfo in La Bohème in Monte-Carlo, Berlin, Paris, Parma and Bolgna and the title role of Werther in Paris, Frankfurt and Baden-Baden. Pinkerton, following recent San Francisco Opera appearances in the title role of Faust and as soloist in Verdi’s Requiem. Italian tenor Stefano Secco sings the role of Cio-Cio-San’s beloved Lieutenant B.F. She last performed at San Francisco Opera in 1995 as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. Dessì has previously appeared as Cio-Cio-San in Verona, Barcelona, Torre del Lago, Ancona, Milan and Madrid. Sharing the role of Butterfly for six performances is Daniela Dessì, an internationally renowned spinto soprano who counts nearly all of Puccini’s heroines in her repertoire. Other recent credits include the title role of Tosca in Rome, the title role of Manon Lescaut in Lyon and Magda in La Rondine in Bologna. The soprano returns as the young Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San, one of her signature roles that she has performed in Verona, Trieste, Torre del Lago, and Catania and will sing again this season at the Vienna State Opera. Svetla Vassileva previously appeared at San Francisco Opera as Liù in the 1998 production of Puccini’s Turandot. San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti and Julian Kovatchev conduct the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus. This production from Lyric Opera of Chicago, which is presented at San Francisco Opera for the first time and directed by Jose Maria Condemi, was created by Tony Award winning Broadway stage director Harold Prince and inspired by traditional Japanese theater.
Pinkerton, with baritone Quinn Kelsey as the American Consul Sharpless, a role he shares with Brian Mulligan.
Following his June 2010 appearances in the title role of Faust is tenor Stefano Secco as Lieutenant B. Bulgarian soprano Svetla Vassileva stars as Cio-Cio-San, a role she shares with Italian soprano Daniela Dessì, and former Adler Fellow Daveda Karanas is Cio-Cio-San’s maid and confidante, Suzuki. San Francisco Opera announced it will present Giacomo Puccini’s tragic love story Madama Butterfly in twelve performances running October 12–November 27 at the War Memorial Opera House.
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