Event listing: Xerxes | War Memorial Opera House | Event is in the past

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War Memorial Opera House San Francisco, California, 94102, United States

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San Francisco Opera
Patrick Summers	Conductor
Nicholas Hytner	Director
Michael Walling	Director
Susan Graham	Mezzo-soprano	Serse (Xerxes)
Lisette Oropesa	Soprano	Romilda
David Daniels	Countertenor	Arsamene (Arsamenes)
Heidi Stober	Soprano	Atalanta
Sonia Prina	Mezzo-soprano	Amastre (Amastris)
Wayne Tigges	Baritone	Ariodate (Ariodates)
Michael Sumuel	Bass	Elviro	2011 Nov 11

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