MTT and Missa solemnis

San Francisco Symphony
Founded in 1911, the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) is widely considered to be among the country’s most artistically adventurous and innovative arts institutions. Under Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT), the SFS presents more than 220 concerts and presentations annually for an audience of nearly 600,000 in its home of Davies Symphony Hall, in other Bay Area venues, and through an active national and international touring program....

Michael Tilson Thomas
Tilson Thomas is one of America's premier conductors, known for American modern music, but equally at ease with traditional symphonic music. ~ Rovi

San Francisco Symphony Chorus
The San Francisco Symphony is one of the few major U.S. orchestras with its own chorus and the SFS Chorus is recognized internationally as one of America’s finest. Established in 1972 at the request of Seiji Ozawa, the Symphony’s Music Director, the 155-member Chorus today gives a minimum of twenty-six performances each season and has sung under many of the world’s leading conductors, including Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, SFS Conductor Laureate Herbert Blomstedt, Kurt Masur, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Robert Shaw....

Laura Claycomb
Laura Claycomb caught international attention for the first time at age 24, stepping in at the last minute to perform Giulietta in I Capuleti ed i Montecchi with Geneva Opera. Ms. Claycomb gained instant recognition for her outstanding performance....

Michael Fabiano
Michael Fabiano made operatic history last season when he became the first tenor to sing in the first live, 3-D simulcast of an opera in European history; portraying Gennaro in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, produced by English National Opera and Sky ARTS....