San Francisco Opera to Present ‘The Magic Flute’

By Francisco Salazar

San Francisco Opera is set to present Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.”

Conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim, the opera will be presented in Barrie Kosky’s production and will star Amitai Pati as Tamino and soprano Christina Gansch as Pamina.

They will be joined by bass-baritone Lauri Vasar as Papageno, bass Kwangchul Youn as Sarastro, and soprano Anna Simińska as the Queen of the Night

Former Adler Fellow tenor Zhengyi Bai is Monostatos and the three ladies are performed by current Adler soprano Olivia Smith along with mezzo-sopranos Ashley Dixon, a former Adler, and Maire Therese Carmack, in her Company debut. Current Adlers Arianna Rodriguez (Papagena), Jongwon Han (the Speaker), Thomas Kinch and James McCarthy (the Armored Men) and three boy sopranos Niko Min, Solah Malik and Jacob Rainow (the three spirits) complete the cast.

The June 26 performance will mark the Company’s annual Pride Night at the Opera celebration. The opera will be presented between May 30 and June 30, 2023.

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