Sisters Mildred and Dorothy 'Dolly' Good were born in St. After the successes of Nixon in China and Doctor Atomi. The opening round of biographical details in the story of the Girls of the Golden West sets the tone with names that seem properly ironic. The discussion follows the matinee performance at 5:30 p.m. Dutch National Opera presents Girls of the Golden West by the celebrated American composer John Adams. 10: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis hosts an “Opera on the Couch” event to examine the psychological aspects of the opera with Milton Schaefer and Reyna Cowan. Free, but limited to 30 attendees register at .ĭec. 2: The San Francisco History Center presents “Hands on History: Girls (and Some Guys) of the Golden West, a display of materials including the first printing of the Dame Shirley letters, newspaper accounts, daguerrotypes and other artifacts from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the library’s Koret Auditorium and is free. Review: John Adams Mines Gold Rush History for His New Opera Read in app J’Nai Bridges, center, as Josefa, a young Mexican woman during the California Gold Rush, in Girls of the Golden West. Opera dramaturg Kip Cranna and soprano Julia Bullock, who stars in the Dame Shirley role, in a public discussion that also includes Marlene Smith-Baranzini, an expert on Louise Clappe, aka Dame Shirley. 28: The San Francisco Public Library, as part of its November/December book club selection “The Shirley Letters,” hosts S.F. 24 and 28: San Francisco Opera hosts two “Talk Back” discussions with the opera’s production team at 10:45 p.m.in the War Memorial Opera House’s Littlefield Lounge following evening performances.
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17: The Society of California Pioneers presents “I hope this finds you well: Letters from the California Gold Rush,” an exhibition of first-person narratives sent home by pioneers at 101 Montgomery St., Suite 150, in the Presidio in San Francisco. Opera ticket holders during matinee and evening performances. 10: The War Memorial Opera House has mounted an exhibit of California Gold Rush artifacts – textiles, garments, tools, photographs and other ephemera – that will be on display in the foyer for S.F. at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center. Cranna also appears at the San Francisco Opera Guild East Bay chapter’s event at 8 p.m.
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Free to Guild and JCC members, $10 general public admission. at the Addison-Penzak JCC Silicon Valley in Los Gatos. Opera dramaturg Kip Cranna for a 90-minute preview lecture at 10 a.m. John Adams’ eye-opening new Gold Rush opera set to debut in SF Lectures, discussions, readings and exhibits have been scheduled related to San Francisco Opera’s world premiere production of John Adams’ “Girls of the Golden West.” Here is a rundown 'Girls of the Golden West': Catch these related events Close Menu