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

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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 20 November 2018
Heggie, It's a Wonderful Life
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
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