VIP EXPERIENCE
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at San Francisco Opera!
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Experience a unique tour of San Francisco Opera!
Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to visit what the public never gets to see, from the sets to the backstage,
the stage, the fly rail, the orchestra pit, the storage "Patch" and all surrounding areas.
This tour will be directed by 2 passionate professionals, John Boatwright and Lori Harrison,
working behind the scenes of San Francisco Opera on all the details that spark the magic of the Opera!
After the visit, join Laurent Caille at the Green Room, in our VIP lounge area generously decorated by Ligne Roset San Francisco. Laurent will answer your questions and dig deeper into the back of house secrets of both SF Opera and
Opera Garnier in Paris, as well as their mysteries, with insights on technical and budgetary constraints,
but also superstitions and of course the Ghost of the Opera!
Due to the exclusivity of this tour, please note that there is a very limited capacity for the VIP experience. Get your ticket fast!
Timeline:
6pm - VIP Experience - Unique tour of the backstage of San Francisco Opera
7pm to 11 pm - La Soirée
6pm - VIP Experience - Unique tour of the backstage of San Francisco Opera
7pm to 11 pm - La Soirée
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Lori Harrison - Property master at San Francisco Opera
Lori Harrison has had the privilege of leading the San Francisco Opera Prop Department since January of 1998. Other positions with the San Francisco Opera have been on the Prop Crew, in the Scene Shop, as an Assistant Technical Director, and in Assistant Stage Management. Work elsewhere has been on feature films, TV pilots and series, Industrial Light and Magic (Model Shop, features, and commercials), Greater Miami Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Syracuse Stage, and McCarter Theatre. Other interests include music, bicycles, languages, crafts, travel, and walking. |
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Laurent Caille - Artistic Director, Designer, Historian, Head Make-up Artist, Hairdresser & Wigmaker
Laurent Caille has been a French Make-up Artist since 1986, trained in Paris by Dany Sanz the founder of Make Up Forever. Hairdresser since 1984, he won France and European championships and quickly became Manager and Trainer of an international famous brand of French salons, before moving to the fashion industry in the 1980s. He has been a Head Hairdresser, Master Wigmaker and Make-up Artist in the world of Cinema and Entertainment for over 35 years. Working with noted movie and stage directors as well as renowned actors, he acquired through his career a great experience of the sets, light and image, wigs and history, participating in many French and international period and contemporaries films, famous television programs as well as many renowned shows and operas. He is also Artistic Director, Journalist, Scenographer, Photographer and Movie Director. A very brief summary of his work: « Little Girl Blue » Cannes Film Festival 2023 with Marion Cotillard, « Paris, je t'aime » with Juliette Binoche, Gérard Depardieu and Bob Hopkins, "Marie-Antoinette" by Sofia Coppola with Kirsten Dunst and Asia Argento, « Unleashed » (Danny the dog) produced by Luc Besson with Jet Li, Bob Hopkins et Morgan Freeman, « The Truth about Charlie » (Charlie’s Angels) by Jonathan Demme, « Love Bites » (Les Morsures de l’Aube) by Antoine de Caunes with Guillaume Canet and Asia Argento, French Cinema Academy Awards « Les César », Cannes Film Festival Ceremonies... |
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ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
San Francisco Opera is a vital and dynamic artistic institution which just celebrated its 2022–23 Centennial Season under the leadership of Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock and Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim. San Francisco Opera’s audience has witnessed the American debuts of operatic legends and its training programs have equipped generations of new artists for stages around the world. For 100 years, San Francisco Opera has been synonymous with the very things the Bay Area is known for—entrepreneurship, innovation and community involvement. The Company’s culture of innovation has led to pioneering uses of technology and repertory-expanding new works by leading composers. The Company’s 101st season, which launched on September 8, spans classic works and new music including an unprecedented three Bay Area premieres of San Francisco Opera co-commissions: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Sep 22–Oct 7) by composer Mason Bates and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Mark Campbell; the 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner for music, Omar (Nov 5–21), by Grammy Award-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens and co-composer Michael Abels; and the American premiere of Innocence (June 1–21), the final opera by the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho with libretto by Sofi Oksanen and dramaturgy and multilanguage translations by Aleksi Barrière. For more information, visit sfopera.com.
San Francisco Opera is a vital and dynamic artistic institution which just celebrated its 2022–23 Centennial Season under the leadership of Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock and Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim. San Francisco Opera’s audience has witnessed the American debuts of operatic legends and its training programs have equipped generations of new artists for stages around the world. For 100 years, San Francisco Opera has been synonymous with the very things the Bay Area is known for—entrepreneurship, innovation and community involvement. The Company’s culture of innovation has led to pioneering uses of technology and repertory-expanding new works by leading composers. The Company’s 101st season, which launched on September 8, spans classic works and new music including an unprecedented three Bay Area premieres of San Francisco Opera co-commissions: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Sep 22–Oct 7) by composer Mason Bates and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Mark Campbell; the 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner for music, Omar (Nov 5–21), by Grammy Award-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens and co-composer Michael Abels; and the American premiere of Innocence (June 1–21), the final opera by the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho with libretto by Sofi Oksanen and dramaturgy and multilanguage translations by Aleksi Barrière. For more information, visit sfopera.com.
