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It's a Wonderful Life: a new holiday tradition for the opera world

By Donna Stoering, 21 November 2018
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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 20 November 2018
Programme
Heggie, It's a Wonderful Life
Performers
San Francisco Opera
Patrick Summers, Conductor
Leonard Foglia, Director
Robert Brill, Set Designer
David C. Woolard, Costume Designer
William Burden, George Bailey
Golda Schultz, Clara
Rod Gilfry, Mr Potter
Andriana Chuchman, Mary Hatch Bailey
Joshua Hopkins, Mr Potter
Keith Jameson, Uncle Billy
Sarah Cambidge, Soprano Winged Angel
Ashley Dixon, Alto Winged Angel
Amitai Pati, Tenor Winged Angel
Christian Pursell, Bass Winged Angel
Catherine Cook, Mother Bailey
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Ian Robertson, Choirmaster / chorus director
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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Donna Stoering
Donna Stoering
Donna is a lifelong musician who has served as an Artistic Ambassador for both the UK and USA to countries worldwide. An award-winning recording artist, concert pianist, educator, composer and social entrepreneur, she is also a frequent commentator and contributor to international journals and television programs about music. A former Marshall Scholar and Artist in Residence at Oxford, she has taught master-classes on performance, pedagogy or arts management at most major music conservatories worldwide. Founder/Artistic Director of a global music organization (listenforlife.org), Donna continues to teach and perform worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician, and recital partner with opera stars of the Met, Bolshoi, Royal Opera and La Scala.