They also needed to modify the historic fourth floor space to handle the weight loads of an audience, and have the ability to control the lighting and acoustics for professional performances.
The Opera needed the equipment and technology to make the space flexible for the experimental performance styles and acoustical techniques that future performances may dream up. They wanted a space that would offer the ability to push performance boundaries, inspire a new generation of audiences, and be relevant for decades into the future. The idea for the space was to be both intimate and flexible, yet somewhat informal. The 299-seat Taube Theatre is located on the 4th Floor of the Wilsey Center, and was previously occupied by the Museum of Modern Art. The Opera used the retrofit to their advantage by having the foresight to consolidate inefficient Opera activities that were spread throughout the city onto one campus, adding office space, an archive, and the state-of-the-art space now named the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theatre. Reconstructing the Veterans building had been an unavoidable task since a 1996 seismic assessment deemed the building unsafe after a major earthquake. The Center was part of a 40,000 square foot renovation to the 1930s era Veterans Building, located just north of the 3,146 seat Opera House. In February of 2016, the San Francisco Opera opened the new Diane B. Recent performances include such works as The Apple Tree, The Fantasticks!, Threepenny Opera, Quilters, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, She Loves Me, Company, Very Good Eddie, Little Women, Urinetown, and The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!).By: Tom Bateman, Regional Sales Manager: West
SFCM’s Musical Theatre Workshop provides experience to singer-actors with an emphasis on American musical theatre, examining one or more musical theatre composers and their works through rehearsals and performance. In addition to fully-staged productions, a number of scene showcases and other performance opportunities are presented each year. Recent fully-staged operas have included La Clemenza di Tito, Hansel and Gretel, L’Amant Anonyme, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Fledermaus, and The Enchanted Pig by Jonathan Dove.
Each year, SFCM produces four fully-staged opera and musical theatre productions with full or chamber orchestra. The SFCM Opera and Musical Theatre program draws exceptionally gifted young singers from around the world and provides them with advanced multi-faceted training in vocal performance, acting, stage movement, stage combat, and other essentials of stagecraft.
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