Opera at the AT&T Ballpark—San Francisco

Though the highlight of the evening was the singer of the Star-Spangled Banner, we loved every other minute of this event (with the possible exception of standing for each person passing by!). The performance was spirited, and the crowd was respectful, and numbered about 25,000 according the the announcer. Local classical radio station luminaries Diane Nicolini and Hoyt Smith were emceeing.

our view of the screen

towards dusk the huge Coca Cola bottle was lit up against the fading sky

Opera At The Ballpark

A fun evening at SF Giants AT&T Park. Standsd and field was full of 20,000 people watching opera on the Jumbotron. Well, most were watching, some were looking at their phones the whole evening.

Take Me Out to the .....Opera!

Opera at the Ball Park

I loved going out with fellow sketchers to the Opera simulcast at the AT&T Ball Park.

Please see Laurie W's  and other sketches on this blog.

Opera at the Ball Park

AT&T Ball Park Opera

Rigoletto at the Park! You can see earlier (and more timely) posts by Cathy and Jana.

San Francisco Opera at the Ballpark

Rigoletto: SF Opera at the Ballpark, 5x8", drawn in ink with watercolor (and a bit of digital paint) added later. NOTE: Flags are at half mast for slain diplomats. Also, appalled by all the corporate advertising, I replaced their signs in my sketch.

Cathy, Sonia and I went on a sketching adventure to the S.F. Giant's ballpark for the simulcast of the San Francisco Opera's production of Rigoletto. At this annual tradition 30,000 people attend the opera for free and picnic on the field or feast on hot dogs, beer and garlic fries in the stands.

Rigoletto on the screen surrounded by huge ads

The performance started, just like at baseball games, with the National Anthem, sung by a superb male chorus in baseball shirts. The sound system was fantastic, maybe even better than being at the opera house.

Singing National Anthem on the field

It gets cold in San Francisco in the summer and even colder at night so this vendor was having a good night selling hot cocoa from a tank on his back.

Cocoa vendor

Cathy and Sonia did some fabulous sketches, which should appear here above very soon. And I wrote more about the evening and my adventures at the park on my blog, JanasJournal.com.