Matthew Shilvock (pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) has been named General Director of San Francisco Opera and will become the Company's seventh director on August 1, 2016 with a five-year contract through July 2021. Mr. Shilvock is currently SF Opera's Associate General Director since 2010 and has been with the Company since 2005.
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5 responses to “Matthew Shilvock Next SF Opera General Director”
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They promoted someone in-house. I like that.
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It looks like we may get another 1000 productions of Madama Butterfly and half-baked world premieres. I hope for the best. But I’m not sure the Gockley regime has been an artistic triumph and it seems it’ll continue.
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There is something nice about that! I hope to see what Mr. Shilvock’s point of view is, but I suppose not for a few seasons, since Gockley has programmed through 2016-17.
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I suspect you might be right. We will have at least two more world premieres after this season that Gockley is responsible for, the Bright Sheng in 2016 and a new Heggie piece after that.
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I wish Mr. Shilvock the best. There’s no pleasing everyone. The last time SFO hired from within was Mr. Kurt Adler and we all know how he’s remembered in SFO history. I hope we are looking at another golden era.
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