, San Francisco Opera will perform live this spring, the company announced Tuesday, laying out plans for two drive-in productions in April and May.
What’s shaping up to be a long winter for arts lovers as the pandemic drags on will yield to something of a spring thaw, as San Francisco Opera moves forward with “The Barber of Seville,” director Matthew Ozawa’s new 90-minute adaptation of Rossini and “The Adlers: Live at the Drive-In,” which will feature the company’s 11 resident artists performing Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Lehár and more in an open-air concert.
“There is an incredible reawakening of the arts ahead of us. As the pandemic recedes, we need that visceral energy of live performance — artists and audiences connected in magical moments of emotive expression — more than ever,” company General Director Matthew Shilvock said. The live performances are being made possible through a collaboration with doctors at UC San Francisco. Consultations during the last nine months have resulted in safety protocols developed in tandem with state, local and industry guidelines, including rules regarding COVID-19 testing of company members as well as social distancing, masks and other precautions.
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