Photo Flash: First Look at San Francisco Opera's THE MAKROPULOS CASE

San Francisco Opera presents Leoš Janá?ek's V?c Makropulos (The Makropulos Case), a suspenseful lyric drama about the quest for eternal youth, in five performances at the War Memorial Opera House from October 14-29. Director Olivier Tambosi returns to oversee his imaginative staging, a co-production with Finnish National Opera, which premiered at San Francisco Opera in 2010 to considerable praise. Russian conductorMikhail Tatarnikov makes his Company debut leading the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and a brilliant ensemble cast featuring German soprano Nadja Michael in the pivotal role of Emilia Marty, American tenor Charles Workman in his San Francisco Opera debut as Albert Gregor and American baritone Stephen Powell as Baron Jaroslav Prus.

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver

Photo Credit: Corey Weaver