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He will have retired by the end of the 2016 summer season, so planning for the future - requested by the Board of Directors for two years after retirement - was "in close consultation" with his former associate and future successor, General Director Designate Matthew Shilvock, and Music Director Nicola Luisotti. Unlike his 44 opera seasons overall, including 10 years in San Francisco, Gockley did not plan the next season by himself. The world premiere is Bright Sheng’s Dream of the Red Chamber. 11, "The new season features a world premiere, familiar opera titles with fresh new casting, and, in the case of Aida, an arresting new production design." The design is by Los Angeles graffiti artist RETNA - né Marquis Lewis - whose hieroglyphic drawings are reminiscent of the picture symbols used in Aida's ancient Egypt.

Opera General Director David Gockley said making the announcement on Jan. And so, once again, there is Madama Butterfly (for the tenth time in the past 20 seasons) and La Bohème, with 10 performances each. Knowing those basic facts helps to explain the presence of a majority of tried-and-true warhorses, which have far better chances of selling out than new music, novelties, and rarities.

Puccini, La Bohème eight performances, June 10 - July 2 (Carlo Montanaro, John Caird Erika Grimaldi, Ellie Dehn, Arturo Chacón-Cruz).

Mozart, Don Giovanni eight performances, June 4-30 (Marc Minkowski*, Jacopo Spirei* Ildebrando D’Arcangelo*, Erin Wall*, Ana María Martínez, Marco Vinco).

Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto eight performances, May 31 - July 1 (Luisotti, Rob Kearley* Quinn Kelsey, Nino Machaidze*, Pene Pati).

4 (Yves Abel, Leslie Swackhamer Lianna Haroutounian, Maxim Aksenov, Zanda Švede) 2017

Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly 10 performances, Nov.

6 (Luisotti, Francesca Zambello Leah Crocetto, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Brian Jagde)

Giuseppe Verdi, Aida, new production 11 performances, Nov.

14-29 (Mikhail Tatarnikov*, Olivier Tambosi Nadja Michael, Scott Quinn, Stephen Powell)

Leoš Janácek, The Makropulos Case, revival five performances, Oct.15 (Giuseppe Finzi, Laurent Pelly Maurizio Muraro, Heidi Stober, Lawrence Brownlee*) Gaetano Donizetti, Don Pasquale, new production six performances, Sept.10-29 (George Manahan, Stan Lai* Karen Chia-Ling Ho*, Pureum Jo*) Bright Sheng, Dream of the Red Chamber, world premiere six performances, Sept.9-30 (Nicola Luisotti, conductor David McVicar, director Yonghoon Lee*, George Gagnidze*) premiere of coproduction six performances, Sept. Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier, U.S.