This secret SF courtyard has a public piano built in 1890. And a resident opera singer.
The courtyard outside The Center SF is open to the public on Wednesday through Saturday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Walk down Fillmore Street in the Lower Haight in the early evening and, if it’s your lucky day, you’ll hear more than just the sounds of rush hour traffic. If Matheus Luduwig Coura is in town, you’ll likely hear an early 19th century Italian opera reverberating out onto the sidewalk, his sonorous voice accompanied by the tinkling keys of an old white piano. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad Read all the good stuff without the ad breaks. Try our new app. Read all the good stuff without the ad breaks. Try our new app. “The piano was from 1890, it’s totally serendipitous how we got it,” says Coura, who performs opera professionally and lives in the neighboring artist co-op. “A roommate just saw the ad randomly on Craigslist and we gathered ourselves up and did a very difficult job of moving a very heavy piano. But it was worth it.” Matheus Luduwig Coura, resident arti