SF Opera Costume Shop Sale offers something for everybody, any occasion
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA COSTUME SHOP SALE
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OCTOBER 24 & 25
Spectacular Array of One-Of-A-Kind Costumes, Hats, Masks, Shoes, and Fabrics
Rare Sale Includes Designs by Noted Costume and Fashion Designers
and Costumes Worn by Opera’s Greatest Stars
SAN FRANCISCO (October 9, 2009) — Looking for a unique piece of opera memorabilia, or the ultimate Halloween costume? Don’t miss the San Francisco Opera Costume Shop Sale on Saturday, October 24 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m and on Sunday, October 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the San Francisco Opera Scene Shop, located at 800 Indiana Street (between 20th and 22nd Streets) in San Francisco.
For only the fourth time in it's history, San Francisco Opera opens its extensive and historic costume warehouse to the public. This rare sale offers hundreds of stylish and exotic items, including hats, masks, fabrics and shoes, as well as handmade costumes spanning a wide variety of styles and periods, for men, women and children.
In addition to medieval, biblical, Renaissance, and eighteenth-century costumes, modern and vintage clothing previously worn in San Francisco Opera productions are also available, as well as conceptual and fantasy costumes that defy description.
Hand painted kimonos from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, photo emulsion-printed costumes from Verdi’s Macbeth, spectacular 18th-century costumes from Massenet’s Manon, and hand painted soldier costumes from Verdi’s La Forza del Destino are among the one-of-a-kind costumes on sale.
Special collection worn by greatest luminaries
The sale includes a special collection of costumes worn by some of opera’s greatest luminaries at San Francisco Opera, including Montserrat Caballé, Beverly Sills, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Régine Crespin, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Mirella Freni, Samuel Ramey, and Dame Joan Sutherland. Pieces by noted fashion and costume designers such as Gianni Versace, Bob Mackie, Thierry Bosquet, and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle are also featured.
Prices range from $1 to $750; prices for costumes from the special opera luminaries collection are available on request. Cash and credit card accepted. All sales are final and benefit San Francisco Opera. For more information, visit sfopera.com.
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Comments
This sounds like so much fun! I'm planning on checking it out! thanks for the pictures, I didn't know what to expect until now. WOW!
For those who got their early today, I'm sure they founds some exciting costumes and/or great deals.
BUT those who got there past 11:30am were waiting in line for HOURS in the hot sun, with NO INFORMATION about what was happening. SO the line moved slowly, and no updates. We started wondering if we would even get inside in time.
BUT then, somebody's friend stopped by with a report of her experience inside: only TWO REGISTERS were set up for people to check out. So the lines was moving slowly to get in, and then there would be another 2 hour line inside????
Yet, The Opera did a HUGE publicity blitz, and got the word out. I guess emails are free.
But can't anyone put 2 and 2 together and realize there would be long lines. And couldn't someone have used a little brain power to figure out a plan to deal with it??? Yeah, hire 6-10 security guards, but only 2 cashiers???
So after waiting 3 hours to get inside to shop, you would be waiting another TWO HOURS in another line just
Has no one ever been at a grocery store or a home depot before? Could they not have made arrangements for at least a few more cashiers??? OR, if those running the event were paying attention at all, they would realize that they had 300-600 people still waiting in line at 3pm. Could they have at least SAID SOMETHING to the hundreds of people waiting in line???
Seriously, at best this was apathetic. But it strikes me as very insensitive. I don't think any arts group or non-profit should treat people with such utter disregard.
We get it, a lot of people showed up. Good for the opera. But at least say something and let people know that they could be there in line for hours, only to wait another few hours.
It seems that the only thing the San Francisco Opera cares about the burningman community is your money. How naive of me to expect anything more
I'll make sure to tell everyone I know about this insensitive treatment. Does a lot to dispel any reputation of opera companies bein
Wow !
i caanot believe the comment above.
i was honored to be able to purchase items from the SF Opera
the staff made the event so much fun, as busy as they were.
I waited in line for a total of sven hours and it was MORE than worth it. Too bad some rotten people had to show up and act like baby's. i think Walgreen's has costumes for your kind.
If you were happy to wait 7 hours, that's fine.
If someone could have given an update, and let people know what to expect, then maybe people could have adjusted their plans accordingly.
I don't think it's acting "like a baby" to want to get some sort of update.
Maybe if there was more communication, I could have been prepared to wait. But being ignored for 3-4 hours by the planners is simply rude.
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