Conducted by Grant Gershon, it’s the culminating event of Adams’ 70th birthday year. “Girls” tells the story of the Gold Rush, which began when a carpenter saw the first glint of metal in a nearby river, and thousands of fortune hunters descended on the region, desperate to claim some of its riches for their own.įor Adams, the Gold Country’s natural beauties were an inspiration for the work, which makes its world premiere in a San Francisco Opera production Nov. It was a good place to be, since the events of the opera take place close to his mountain getaway. That’s where he goes to compose, and it’s where he wrote much of his new opera, “Girls of the Golden West.” John Adams has lived in Berkeley since the 1970s, but in recent years, he’s spent long stretches of time in a cabin in California’s Gold Country. Politically charged ‘Dreamer’ oratorio coming to BerkeleyĢ5 years later, SF’s Del Sol Quartet still championing new ‘craft music’ ![]() ![]() ‘Girls of the Golden West’: Catch these related events John Adams' new Gold Rush epic set to debut at SF Opera Close Menu
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