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November 2006
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Analyzing Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
Contact: Mary Tressel
925-798-9421
mary@tresselpr.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Analyzing Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
"Opera on the Brain" Provides Post-Performance Opportunity to Delve Deeper into the Love Triangle
San Francisco, CA – November 15, 2006 – Opera enthusiasts often engage in post-mortems of the performances they’ve experienced, discussing their personal responses to the characters’ actions and emotions.
Only in San Francisco can audience members participate in the very first Opera on the Brain, a free and exciting dialogue with a panel of local psychoanalysts immediately following the December 10th matinee of Manon Lescaut.
Produced by San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Foundation for Psychoanalysis (SFFP), this post-performance event at Cafe Grillades invites audience members to express their opinions and hear an analysis of Puccini’s ravishing score by Dr. Linda Lagemann and Dr. Milton Schaefer.
"Opera is full of passion and pathos. It's natural to bring psychoanalysis to the discussion," says program chair Dr. Lagemann.
San Francisco Opera Marketing Associate Jennifer Batoon stated, "This event is great for everyone who's told us they wanted a forum to discuss the opera with fellow audience members.
The SFFP's in-depth analysis will help spark a dynamic discussion, which adds to the excitement of the art form."
San Francisco Opera is collaborating with SFFP to provide this opportunity of extending the operatic experience beyond the War Memorial Opera House.
The story of Manon Lescaut revolves around the tortured journey of a young woman as she learns, too late, the true nature of love.
The opera is overflowing with opportunity to analyze the psychological ramifications of young Manon’s choices for herself and her two lovers.
Manon Lescaut will be performed at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 10th and Opera on the Brain will begin at approximately 5 p.m. at Café Grillades (501 Hayes Street in San Francisco). The cafe will be open for business, serving light dinner fare for those who are interested.
For more information, please visit http://www.sfopera.com/purchase/offers/ and enter offer code SFPIS7, or visit the San Francisco Foundation for Psychoanalysis website at http://www.sfpis.org/sffp/OotB.htm.
The San Francisco Opera presents opera performances of the highest international quality to the widest possible audiences.
The San Francisco Foundation for Psychoanalysis works with the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute & Society and other charitable organizations to provide mental health services to the people of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Psychoanalysts are experienced mental health professionals, already possessing advanced degrees (MD’s, PhD’s or MSW’s), who have undergone at least eight years of psychoanalytic training.
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