An Opera House in San Francisco, California is located on the western side of Van Ness Avenue across from the rear facade of City Hall was the opera house that held the first performance of Elegy, who performed Elegy?
Elegy (Corigliano) Elegy is an orchestral composition by the American composer John Corigliano. It was first performed by the San Francisco Symphony under the direction Verne Sellin at the War Memorial Opera House on June 1, 1966. The piece is dedicated to the composer Samuel Barber.
Messa di Gloria (Rossini) Messa di Gloria is a nine movement mass, composed by Gioacchino Rossini for the Arciconfraternita di San Luigi. First performed on 24 March 1820 in the Chiesa di San Ferdinando in Naples, it is in the traditional form of a "Gloria" mass, that is a setting of the first two prayers of the Catholic mass, the Kyrie and Gloria. (A "Gloria" mass omits the Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.) The "Messa di Gloria" was the only major piece of sacred music written while Rossini was still an active opera composer.