KQED DTV Channels
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KQED 9
Comcast 9 and 709
Digital 9.1, 54.2 or 25.1All widescreen and HD programs
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Channel 54
Comcast 10
Digital 9.2, 54.1 or 25.2KQED Plus, formerly KTEH
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KQED Life
Comcast 189
Digital 54.3Arts, food, how-to, gardening, travel
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KQED World
Comcast 190
Digital 9.3History, world events, news, science, nature
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V-Me
Comcast 191 & 621
Digital 54.5 or 25.324-hour national Spanish-language network
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KQED Kids
Comcast 192
Digital 54.4Quality children's programming parents love too
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San Francisco Opera on KQED
In September 2011, the Grand Opera Cinema Series returns to KQED 9 in glorious HD. From the sumptuous melodies of Puccini's Tosca and La Bohème to the coloratura trills and thrills of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermor and The Elixir of Love, San Francisco Opera's imaginative stagings and all-star casts bring the glory of grand opera to your living room. Learn more about the productions on sfopera.com
La Bohème
Premieres Thu, Sep 1, 2011 - 8pm on KQED 9
La Bohème, Puccini's moving tale of starving artists falling in and out of love in 19th-century Paris, is a seamless mix of romantic passion, poignant tragedy and some of opera's best known arias. Superstar soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Polish tenor Piotr Beczala star with Nicola Luisotti, San Francisco Opera's music director and master of the Italian repertoire, conducting this beautiful San Francisco Opera production that is directed by Harry Silverstein.
Lucia di Lammermoor
Premieres Thu, Sep 8, 2011 - 8pm on KQED 9
Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti's famed saga of a woman driven mad by her arranged marriage, features celebrated French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay, whose vocal agility and dramatic charisma have established her as one of the role's foremost interpreters. Tenor Giuseppe Filianoti is Lucia's beloved Edgardo and baritone Gabriele Viviani is her brother, Lord Enrico. The striking Teatro del Maggio Musicale production, conceived by Graham Vick, is led by French conductor Jean-Yves Ossonce.
Tosca
Premieres Thu, Sep 15, 2011 - 8pm on KQED 9
A great dramatist as well as composer of some of opera's greatest melodies, Puccini brings to life a tempestuous world of cruelty and deception through the tragic story of Tosca, a beautiful yet volatile singer; Mario, the idealistic painter that she loves; and Scarpia, an amoral police chief who uses his power to satisfy his lecherous appetite. Adrianne Pieczonka appears as Tosca opposite tenor Carlo Ventre as Cavaradossi and baritone Lado Ataneli as Scarpia. Italian conductor Marco Armiliato leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus and Jose Maria Condemi directs this San Francisco Opera production. Filmed in high definition.
The Elixir of Love
Premieres Thu, Sep 22, 2011 - 8pm on KQED 9
Donizetti's comically boisterous tale of innocent love and boundless devotion, The Elixir of Love is the flirtatious tale of the shy, love-struck Nemorino and his reliance on a "love potion" to help him win the heart of the beautiful Adina. Ramón Vargas and Inva Mula headline a brilliant cast. Director James Robinson ingeniously updates this classic Italian tale to the delightful innocence of a Napa Valley county fair circa 1915. Bruno Campanella conducts.
View a Spark segment on San Francisco Opera. Original air date: June 2004. (Running Time: 10:05)
