Outside Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, home to the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, on June 7, 2024. Amid the symphony’s financial troubles, the orchestra’s chorus members have gone on strike, forcing a cancellation of the upcoming performances of Verdi’s Requiem. (Ulysses Ortega/The New York Times)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Amid the San Francisco Symphony’s financial troubles, the orchestra’s chorus members on Thursday went on strike, forcing a cancellation of the upcoming performances of Verdi’s Requiem.
More than 150 musicians and patrons joined the chorus on picket lines, which started Thursday evening in front of Davies Symphony Hall, just before the Verdi concert was to begin…