For several decades, a debate has raged over whether the voices of opera singers should be used to sing the musical theatre repertory. San Francisco Opera's General Director, David Gockley, was at the forefront of including musical theatre when he was General Director of the Houston Grand Opera, which was the first opera company to mount a production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Over the course of his long career at HGO, Gockley oversaw productions of My Fair Lady, A Little...
For several decades, a debate has raged over whether the voices of opera singers should be used to sing the musical theatre repertory. San Francisco Opera's General Director, David Gockley, was at the forefront of including musical theatre when he was General Director of the Houston Grand Opera, which was the first opera company to mount a production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Over the course of his long career at HGO, Gockley oversaw productions of My Fair Lady, A Little...
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