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  • Sight Lines | Lise Davidsen
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    Sight Lines | Lise Davidsen

    Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, who is currently singing the Marschallin in the Met's Rosenkavalier revival, shares how she's prepared herself psychologically for the repertory's biggest roles.

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  • Best of the Best: Il Trovatore
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    Best of the Best: Il Trovatore

    Twenty-five of our favorite cuts from Il Trovatore, with performances by Leontyne Price, Maria Callas, Enrico Caruso, Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Sherrill Milnes, Jussi Björling—and Glenn Miller!

  • Diva Playlist 2022
    Diva Playlist 2022
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    Diva Playlist 2022

    Thirty choice cuts from some of the artists featured in our November 2022 "Diva" issue.

  • Sight Lines | John Adams
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    Sight Lines | John Adams

    Composer John Adams, whose adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra receives its world premiere opening San Francisco Opera's season, speaks with F. Paul Driscoll about the draw of Shakespeare's characters, late-in-the-game cast changes and how American popular music has influenced his own compositional voice.

  • Sight Lines | David McVicar
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    Sight Lines | David McVicar

    F. Paul Driscoll chats with director David McVicar about staging verismo works, the subtle ways he helps singers embody their characters onstage and what Britain's disastrous arts cuts augur for those who love opera.

  • Sight Lines | Jane Glover
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    Sight Lines | Jane Glover

    F. Paul Driscoll speaks with conductor and Mozart scholar Jane Glover, music director of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque.

  • Sight Lines | Enrique Mazzola
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    Sight Lines | Enrique Mazzola

    Lyric Opera of Chicago's music director chats about the conductor's role in a bel canto opera.

  • Sight Lines | André Bishop
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    Sight Lines | André Bishop

    F. Paul Driscoll speaks with Lincoln Center Theater's André Bishop about his approach to developing new plays, LCT's reexamination of the classic musical canon and why he believes the moment is right to revive Thornton Wilder's extraordinary The Skin of Our Teeth.

  • Sight Lines | Keri-Lynn Wilson
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    Sight Lines | Keri-Lynn Wilson

    F. Paul Driscoll speaks with Canadian-Ukrainian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson about the creation of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, making art in times of war and the ensemble's ambitious tour of Europe and the United States this summer.

  • Sight Lines | Matthew Shilvock
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    Sight Lines | Matthew Shilvock

    Matthew Shilvock, general director at San Francisco Opera, speaks with F. Paul Driscoll about celebrating the company's centennial with world premieres and revivals and how SFO is opening its doors to facilitate a broader sense of community.