If it be “Turandot,” let there be a surfeit of it. Strangely, there was a sense of continuity between the San Francisco Opera’s summer-season “Ring” cycle and the fall season opening’s “Turandot” Friday night. Both times, the walls of the War Memorial Opera House shook with the power, not excessive volume — then it was Wagner, now Puccini. This San Francisco Opera Orchestra was whipped into a frenzy, then under the baton of Donald Runnicles, on Friday by Nicola Luisotti.
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The San Francisco Opera kicked off its 2011-12 season Friday at the War Memorial Opera House with Puccini’s “Turandot” featuring Iréne Theorin in the title role and Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducting, as well as preparations for Saturday’s world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis’ “Heart of a Soldier.”
Click on the photo at right to see a slideshow of the San Francisco Opera gala opening.
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