The Friday after Labor Day Weekend is the traditional opening of the San Fracisco Opera season...
...and also the opener for San Francisco's Society Season with its ceaseless rounds of charity fêtes.
The opener is a joyful affair with great people watching...
...and the opportunity to bump into old acquaintances like Cedric Westphal and Piper Kujac.
It's also a chance to gaze at outfits courting disaster...
...and completely triumphing.
Two days later, on a sunny Sunday afternoon, the company puts on a free annual concert in Golden Gate Park with star vocalists singing arias, duets and ensembles.
Mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz was one of the afternoon's highlights, singing a faux bel canto aria by Jake Heggie with the full SF Opera Orchestra being conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim.
To add to the amusement, we were serendipitously sitting on a blanket next to Printz's mom, who joined us in screaming "Brava!"
Soprano Adela Zaharia, who sang Gilda in the opening night
Rigoletto, was fabulous. For an uncharacteristically gushing review by Joshua Kosman of both
Rigoletto and the park concert,
click here for On a Pacific Aisle.
We eventually joined a picnic group organized by John Lin...
...and spent a happy afternoon with fellow opera addict James Parr.
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