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San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Band, US
Classical
San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, based in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953).
Members
 | Richard Kvistad perc US |
| Shinji Eshima b US |
 | Thalia Moore vc US |
 | Dawn Harms vn US |
| Barbara Riccardi vn US |
| Zaven Melikian vn US |
| Jeremy Merrill 1932-2013 US |
 | Kay Stern vn US |
 | Donald Runnicles *1954 GB |
| Bruce Freifeld vn US |
 | Anthony Striplen cl US |
| Lawrence Ragent US |
 | Deborah Henry voc, ob |
| Nora Pirquet vc US |
 | David Kadarauch vc |
| Emil Miland vc US |
| Jonna Hervig US |
| Julie McKenzie US |
| Patricia Heller vl US |
| David Ridge tb, b US |
| Stephanie McNab US |
| James Matheson GB |
 | Mariya Borozina vn RU |
| Rufus Olivier b *1955 US |
| Zachariah Spellman US |
| Eva Karasik vn US |
| Craig Reiss vn US |
 | Kevin Rivard US |
| Victoria Ehrlich vc US |
| Natalia Vershilova US |
| Heidi Wilcox vn US |
| Laura Albers vn US |
 | Adam Luftman tr |
| John Burgardt US |
| Detlev Olshausen vl *1918 US |
| Raymond Ojeda bsn 1923-1989 US |
| Patti Niemi perc US |
| Martha Simonds vn US |
 | Jeremy Preston vn US |
Popular Tracks 
A Streetcar named desire / Act 3: I can smell the sea air (Blanche) on Previn: A Streetcar Named Desire by André Previn & San Francisco Opera Orchestra A Streetcar named desire / Act 3: Real! Who wants real? (Blanche, Mitch) on Previn: A Streetcar Named Desire by André Previn & San Francisco Opera Orchestra L'elisir d'amore, Act I: Quanto è bella - Live in San Francisco, 1969 on Luciano Pavarotti: The Ultimate Collection Live – Over 100 Tracks Live in Concert and at the Opera by Luciano Pavarotti Le Cid: Act III: O souverain, o juge, o pere on Giuseppe Di Stefano in San Francisco by Giuseppe Di Stefano, Gaetano Merola & Antonio Guarnieri Un ballo in maschera, Act III: Forse la soglia attinse - Live in San Francisco, 1971 on Luciano Pavarotti: The Ultimate Collection Live – Over 100 Tracks Live in Concert and at the Opera by Luciano Pavarotti La Gioconda, Act II: Cielo e mar! on Giuseppe Di Stefano in San Francisco by Giuseppe Di Stefano, Gaetano Merola & Antonio Guarnieri I puritani, Act I: Act I: Son vergin vezzosa (Elvira) on Bellini: I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini, Dorothy Cole, Raymond Wolansky, San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Richard Bonynge A Streetcar named desire / Act 1: Scene 1: "They told me to take a streetcar named Desire" (Blanche, Eunice) on Previn: A Streetcar Named Desire by André Previn & San Francisco Opera Orchestra I puritani, Act II: Act II: Vien, diletto, e in ciel la luna! (Elvira) on Bellini: I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini, Dorothy Cole, Raymond Wolansky, San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Richard Bonynge L'elisir d'amore, Act I: Ardir! Ha forse il cielo - Live in San Francisco, 1969 on Luciano Pavarotti: The Ultimate Collection Live – Over 100 Tracks Live in Concert and at the Opera by Luciano PavarottiTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Furioso | Antonio Vivaldi / Marilyn Horne, Susan Patterson, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Sandra Walker, Jeffrey Gall, William Matteuzzi, Kevin Langan / San Francisco Opera Chorus, San Francisco Opera Orchestra / Randall Behr, Brian Large | 2005 | Single |
| L'Africaine (I) | Giacomo Meyerbeer / Shirley Verrett, Placido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Justino Diaz, San Francisco Opera Chorus And San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Maurizio Arena, Lotfi Mansouri, Brian Large | 2005 | Single |
| L'Africaine (II) | Giacomo Meyerbeer / Shirley Verrett, Placido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Justino Diaz, San Francisco Opera Chorus And San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Maurizio Arena, Lotfi Mansouri, Brian Large | 2005 | Single |
| Mefistofele | Arrigo Boito / Gabriela Beňačková, Samuel Ramey, Dennis O'Neill, San Francisco Opera Chorus And San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Maurizio Arena, Robert Carsen, Brian Large | 2005 | Single |
| La Bohème | Giacomo Puccini / Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, San Francisco Opera Chorus And San Francisco Opera Orchestra | 2003 | Single |
| Dead Man Walking | Jake Heggie, Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, John Packard, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers | 2001 | Album |
| In Concert. Excerpts From Wagner Operas | Kirsten Flagstad And Set Svanholm, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Gaetano Merola | 2001 | Album |
| San Francisco Opera (The Adler Years - 3) | San Francisco Opera Orchestra | 2000 | Compil. |
| San Francisco Opera (The Adler Years - 2) | San Francisco Opera Orchestra | 2000 | Compil. |
| San Francisco Opera | San Francisco Opera Orchestra | 1999 | Compil. |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | André Previn, Renée Fleming, Elizabeth Futral, Rodney Gilfry, Anthony Dean Griffey, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, San Francisco Opera Chorus, Philip Littell | 1998 | Album |
| Norma | Vincenzo Bellini - Huguette Tourangeau, Joan Sutherland, San Francisco Opera Chorus & San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | 1997 | Album |
| The Golden Age Of Opera: Tosca, Act 1 | Giacomo Puccini - Claudia Muzio, Dino Borgioli, Alfredo Gandolfi, Louis D'Angelo, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Gaetano Merola | 1996 | Album |
| La Favorita | Gaetano Donizetti / Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Luisa Nave, Renato Bruson, Bonaldo Giaiotti, San Francisco Opera Orchestra & San Francisco Opera Chorus, Carlo Felice Cillario | 1995 | Album |
| Tosca, Act 1 | Giacomo Puccini - Claudia Muzio, Dino Borgioli, Alfredo Gandolfi, Louis D'Angelo, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Gaetano Merola | 1995 | Album |
| Three Famous Scenes From Wagner | Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior And San Francisco Opera Orchestra | 1942 | Album |
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