The manner in which Luisotti moved his body connected each movement to the violins, the cellos, the violas, the clarinets and so on. Sitting in the auditorium and watching him perform was more like watching a puppet master at work with a mind of a child. Nicola Luisotti has been the director of the San Francisco Opera since 2009 and continues to garner praise from not only his audiences, but his critics as well. The conductor encouraged all of us listening to fully immerse ourselves into the music as he did with every waving hand and flick of the wrist. Along with making a name for the orchestra that draws people in like flowers to bees, the musicians all performed with such passion and energy that even their tapping feet incited my own to tap along. The orchestra flowed from movement to movement, each with a unique style ranging from the gentle plucking of the violins to the robust cellos tearing into the finale. Since 1923, each musician who has been privileged enough to contribute a single sound to the San Francisco Opera - one of the world’s leading producers of opera - has pioneered towards an innovating operatic repertoire. The ensemble consisted of mostly string with a dash of wind instruments playing together to unravel the beauty of symphonies composed by Sergei Prokofiev, Joseph Haydn and Luigi Cherubini. So although it was the San Francisco Opera, there were neither viking hats nor pigtail braids to be seen. However, this last Sunday, dozens of people crowded around the famous San Francisco Opera Orchestra in Zellerbach Hall waiting for the first note to break the silence.įirst, before you begin to imagine the fat lady singing, let me fill you in a bit: Not everything you see in movies is real.
When the lights turn off and the audience quiets down, most would find themselves in a movie theater with a coke in one hand and popcorn in the other.
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