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Jul 21, 2022 · September 10–October 5, 2022 (7 performances) War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. The highly anticipated new opera by Bay Area composer John Adams is based on Shakespeare’s tragedy and commissioned to inaugurate San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Season.
- Centennial Celebrations
- Bohème Out of The Box
- The Traviata Encounter
- Historic Recordings Project
- Open House
- Community Stories
- Centennial Artwork
- San Francisco Opera's Instigators
- Co-Commissioned Operas Coming in Future Seasons
- Opera Ball: The Centennial Celebration
San Francisco Opera founder Gaetano Merola, 1933 (Photo: Lawrence B. Morton); Dialogues of the Carmelites with Blanche Thebom, Dorothy Kirsten and Leontyne Price, 1957 (Photo: Robert Lackenbach); Leonie Rysanek and Kurt Herbert Adler backstage at Die Frau ohne Schatten, 1976 (Photo: Caroline Crawford) On September 26, 1923, Gaetano Merolainaugurate...
In early 2023, San Francisco Opera will take opera out of the Opera House and bring it into a number of communities around the Bay Area. Audiences will be able to enjoy a shortened version of Puccini's La Bohème performed live on a shipping-container-turned-stage.
On November 19, 2022, audiences are invited to experience the romance, drama and passion of one of opera's greatest works in a new way at The Traviata Encounter. Enjoy the first act of Verdi's opera, followed by an immersive evening of food, drinks and mingling with artists from the production in a transformed Opera House.
Explore San Francisco Opera's first century through the artists and performances that built Merola's upstart company, over an expansive artistic arc, into one of the world's leading operatic institutions. Interact with the preserved audio and visual legacy of San Francisco Opera through historic radio broadcasts and other preserved media in periodi...
In addition to the Opera's 100th season, this year also marks the 90th anniversary of the War Memorial Opera House. In celebration of both anniversaries, San Francisco Opera opens the doors of its historic home on October 23, 2022. Experience one of the city's architectural gems and a world-renowned venue for live opera in this special Open House e...
While epic stories unfold on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House this season, San Francisco Opera will also explore the stories of its community. Audiences will have the opportunity to develop and share their own narratives in this collaborative storytelling initiative.
New illustrations were created for San Francisco Opera's Centennial by Bay Area artist Brian Stauffer. Visit sfopera.com to view Stauffer's work. Bookmark sfopera.com/100for the latest news and updates. NEW IDEAS AND NEW WORKS
San Francisco Opera will launch a new program in 2022 to pioneer new directions in opera. Instigators brings together bold innovators from outside the world of opera to envision future directions for the art form. The Company will welcome cohorts of individuals from a diverse range of artistic and technological fields into a creative laboratory des...
Kaija Saariaho's Innocence (Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez/Festival d'Aix-en-Provence); Rhiannon Giddens, co-composer of Omar (Photo: Ebru Yildiz); Mason Bates and Mark Campbell's The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Photo: Ken Howard) Since presenting Puccini's then still-new triptych Il Trittico in its inaugural season of 1923, San Francisco Opera has be...
September 9, 2022 Nadine Sierra; Michael Fabiano; Pene Pati; Lucas Meachem; Eun Sun Kim San Francisco Opera's Centennial Season opens with an Opening Night Concert and benefit gala, Opera Ball, co-hosted by San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Opera Guild. The concert of virtuosic arias and ensembles will feature Music Director Eun Sun Kim lea...
Defining the Future of Opera. Our current and past seasons feature a diverse array of productions, from timeless classics to contemporary works. Immerse yourself in the beauty and emotion of live opera at its finest. 2024–25 Season. 2024-25 Brochure. Un Ballo in Maschera. September 6 – September 27.
Jul 21, 2022 · San Francisco Opera's Centennial Season begins with an event-filled opening weekend that includes the Opera Ball: The Centennial Celebration (September 9), the world premiere of John Adams' new...
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Hamilton. November 27, 2024–January 5, 2025. 2 hours, 45 minutes, including one intermission. Orpheum Theatre | 1192 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94102. A revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the dawn of a new nation.
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Overview. La Traviata. Friday, November 11, 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm. Oracle Park. San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Giants invite you to join us at Opera At The Ballpark.
