Lawrence Renes opens the season in San Francisco with a highly acclaimed production of Britten’s Billy Budd by Tony-award winning director Michael Grandage. The production was first performed in Glyndebourne Festival in 2010 and runs in San Francisco from 7 Sep until 22 Sep. The performances feature William Burden as Captain Vere, John Chest as Billy Budd and Christian Van Horn as John Claggart. Renes previously performed with San Francisco Opera, conducting a production of John Adams’ Nixon in China.