Goat Hall Productions is an opera company based in San Francisco, California, United States. Presenting programs under the names San Francisco Cabaret Opera, Fresh Voices Festival of New Works, and The Kurt Weill Project -- it was co-founded in 1997 by Harriet March Page and Dave Hurlbert, and is dedicated to the performance of opera and song, with a special interest in contemporary music, presenting works by Henry Purcell, John Pepusch,

W.A. Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...

, Robert Schumann, Johann Strauss II, Gustav Mahler, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, Kurt Weill, Gian Carlo Menotti,

Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and living composers—particularly those of the San Francisco Bay Area. The group has presented world, U.S., and San Francisco premieres of works including those of

Mark Alburger Mark Alburger (born April 2, 1957 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania) is a San Francisco Bay area composer and conductor. He is the founder and music director of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, as well as the music director of Goat ...

, Greg Bartholomew, John G. Bilotta,

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, Steven Clark, Alden Jenks,

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, Lisa Scola Prosek,

Mona Lyn Reese Mona Lyn Reese (born August 24, 1951) is an American composer, best known for her operas and choral music.
Alburger, Mark, "Mona Lyn Rees ...

, Mary Watkins, and Cynthia Weyuker. The organization's Artistic Director and Founder is Harriet March Page. Mark Alburger is Music Director. Guest artists have included

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and Erling Wold, the latter on a collaborative program with

San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra The San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra (SFCCO) is a chamber orchestra based in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 2002 and is dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music, most often works by the o ...

. Goat Hall was founded in the venue of that name, located at 400 Missouri Street in San Francisco's

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district—the former home of the Pickle Family Circus. Since 2001 GHP has also presented productions elsewhere in San Francisco (including Community Music Center,

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, Old First Church, Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, and Thick House), as well as Berkeley (

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Chamber Arts House and Live Oak Theatre), Oakland (

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and Oakland Metro Opera), and San Rafael (

Dominican University of California Dominican University of California is a private university in San Rafael, California. It was founded in 1890 as Dominican College by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael. It is one of the oldest universities in California. Dominican is accredite ...

). GHP has been covered by

Berkeley Daily Planet The ''Berkeley Daily Planet'' was a free weekly newspaper published in Berkeley, California, which continues today as an internet-based news publication. The ''Daily Planet'' is politically progressive, and offers endorsements of progressive a ...

East Bay Express The ''East Bay Express'' is an Oakland-based weekly newspaper serving the Berkeley, Oakland and East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is distributed throughout Alameda County and parts of Contra Costa County every Wednesday. The ' ...

San Francisco Bay Guardian The ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'' was a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1966 by Bruce B. Brugmann and his wife, Jean Dibble. The paper was shut down on October 14, 2014. It was relaun ...

, and

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. Goat Hall has received support from the Ann and

Gordon Getty Gordon Peter Getty (born December 20, 1933) is an American businessman and classical music composer, the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. His mother, Ann Rork, was his father's fourth wife. When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed ...

Foundation,

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, commonly known as the Hewlett Foundation, is a private foundation, established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder William Redington Hewlett and his wife Flora Lamson Hewlett in 1966. The Hewlett Foundation awa ...

, Marra Foundation,

Meet the Composer New Music USA is a new music organization formed by the merging of the American Music Center with Meet The Composer on November 8, 2011. The new organization retains the granting programs of the two former organizations as well as two media progra ...

, MetLife Foundation, Theatre Bay Area CASH Grants, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation. With its annual Fresh Voices programs, Goat Hall Productions is at the forefront of presenting new operas and songs in the San Francisco Bay Area, having showcased more than 120 new works in the past 12 years.

External links

Goat Hall Productions official websiteGoat Hall Productions official YouTube channel
{{authority control California opera companies Musical groups from San Francisco Organizations based in San Francisco Musical groups established in 1997