Promising SF Opera Season Gets Started With "Norma"

San Francisco Opera celebrates the opening of its 92nd Season on Friday, September 5, 2014 with a gala performance of Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma, conducted by San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti and featuring an illustrious cast led by soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role.  The opening night festivities are highlighted by Opera Ball 2014: Passione, a benefit supporting the education programs of San Francisco Opera Guild and San Francisco Opera Education Department, and BRAVO! CLUB’s Opening Night Gala.  Saturday, September 6 marks the long-awaited Company premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s quintessentially American opera, Susannah, starring Patricia Racette. Concluding the opening weekend of the 2014–15 Season is one of the Bay Area’s most popular musical events––San Francisco Chronicle Presents Opera in the Park, San Francisco Opera’s annual free concert in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, September 7.