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Manon
Manon
1/24 - 2/1/2025


Manon is one of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s most widely celebrated works. Showcasing his expertise of narrative choreography and insight into human psychology, this is MacMillan ...


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San Francisco Ballet Announces 2025 Partnership with Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Annual Curtain Commission


by A.A. Cristi - December 16, 2024

San Francisco Ballet has revealed new details on its annual partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF)....

Monét X Change, Jamie Barton, Nikola Printz, & More Set for San Francisco Opera Pride Concert


by Blair Ingenthron - November 16, 2024

San Francisco Opera announced the lineup for its June 27 Pride Concert, featuring renowned artists from the opera world, hosted by multi-hyphenate performer most well known for her appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race, Monét X Change....

San Francisco Opera Orchestra Signs New Short-Term Contract, Extending Long-Term Contract Negotiations


by Blair Ingenthron - November 03, 2024

San Francisco Opera Orchestra has signed another short-term contract extension to allow for additional negotiation time toward a long-term contract. The extension will continue through May 30 and has the same terms as their current contract....

CARMEN Comes to San Francisco Opera Next Month


by Stephi Wild - October 29, 2024

San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Fall Season will conclude with the return of Georges Bizet’s Carmen from November 13–December 1 at the War Memorial Opera House....

San Francisco Opera Extends Contract Through 2031 with Music Director Eun Sun Kim


by Stephi Wild - October 18, 2024

San Francisco Opera Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock has announced the contract extension of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim....

Video: First Look at The San Francisco Opera's THE HANDMAID'S TALE


by Joshua Wright - September 25, 2024

Get a first look at San Francisco Opera's West Coast premiere of composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley’s opera The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the bestselling novel by Margaret Atwood. Check out the video!...

San Francisco Opera Presents Wagner's TRISTAN UND ISOLDE


by A.A. Cristi - September 24, 2024

San Francisco Opera will present Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) from October 19–November 5 under the baton of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim who leads this monumental work for the first time. ...

Photos: THE HANDMAID'S TALE at San Francisco Opera


by Blair Ingenthron - September 15, 2024

San Francisco Opera is presenting the West Coast premiere of composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley’s opera The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the bestselling novel by Margaret Atwood. Check out production photos here!...

San Francisco Opera Opens 102nd Season With Opera in the Park


by Stephi Wild - September 06, 2024

San Francisco Opera will celebrate the opening of its 102nd season with San Francisco Chronicle Presents Opera in the Park on Sunday, September 8 at 1:30 p.m. The free concert—a beloved annual Bay Area tradition now in its 49th year—takes place at Robin Williams Meadow in Golden Gate Park....

THE HANDMAID'S TALE Comes to San Francisco Opera This Month


by Stephi Wild - September 06, 2024

San Francisco Opera will present the West Coast premiere of composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley’s opera The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the bestselling novel by Margaret Atwood. ...

Past Shows

Merola Opera Program presents Grand Finale


Merola Opera Program ’s 2024 Summer Festival comes to a triumphant conclusion with the Merola Grand Finale, featuring the 29 young opera artists selected from ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
3/13 - 3/29/2024


Enter Shakespeare’s enchanted forest of whimsy, mistaken identity, and jest—where fairies rule and love (eventually) reigns supreme. A delight for all ages, the Shakespearean favorite ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ballet)


Enter Shakespeare’s enchanted forest of whimsy, mistaken identity, and jest—where fairies rule and love (eventually) reigns supreme. A delight for all ages, the Shakespearean favorite ...

San Francisco Ballet Presents Nutcracker


Experience the magical winter wonderland of toy soldiers, King of the Mice, Sugar Plum Fairy, and so much more. This dazzling production is a kaleidoscope ...

San Francisco Ballet Presents The Nutcracker


Experience the magical winter wonderland of toy soldiers, King of the Mice, Sugar Plum Fairy, and so much more. This dazzling production is a kaleidoscope ...

Merola Opera Program


Merola Opera Program ’s 2023 Summer Festival comes to a triumphant conclusion with the  Merola Grand Finale , featuring all of this year’s young artists ...

Merola Grand Finale


Merola Opera Programs Summer Festival ends on a high note with the Merola Grand Finale, a concert featuring the 31 young artists of the 2022 ...

Don Quixote
3/3 - 3/6/2022


Don Quixote and Sancho Panza ride again! Here they are guided by their creator, Miguel de Cervantes, in person. In this "buddies on the road" ...

Hansel and Gretal
11/15 - 12/7/2019


Who's that nibbling on the gingerbread house? Why it's Hansel and Gretel of course. When these hungry, lost children are captured in the haunted forest ...

The Marriage of Figaro
10/11 - 11/1/2019


One of the most celebrated and delightfully amusing operas ever written, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro involves a wildly entertaining parade of mistaken identities, cross-dressing ...

Romeo and Juliet
9/6 - 10/1/2019

Carmen
Carmen
6/5 - 6/29/2019


San Francisco Opera's 2019 Summer Season opens with director Francesca Zambello's production of "Carmen." The popular French work about a free-spirited woman and her besotted ...

Rusalka
Rusalka
6/16 - 6/28/2019


Rusalka, Antonn Dvoks enchanting 1901 fairytale about a water nymph who trades her voice for love, returns to the War Memorial Opera House stage in ...

Orlando
Orlando
6/9 - 6/27/2019


Handels Orlando will be unveiled in a bold production by English director Harry Fehr which sets Ariostos mythic romance in London during The Blitz of ...

Videos


Daisy in San Francisco / Bay Area Daisy
Hillbarn Theatre (1/23 - 2/9) Tracker
Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street in San Francisco / Bay Area Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall (1/21 - 1/22)
Improvised Law and Order: A Spontaneous Mockery of Justice! in San Francisco / Bay Area Improvised Law and Order: A Spontaneous Mockery of Justice!
Lesher Center for the Arts - George & Sonja Vukasin Theatre (1/16 - 1/26)
Kaleidoscope by Circus Bella in San Francisco / Bay Area Kaleidoscope by Circus Bella
Big Top Tent (12/13 - 1/5)
The Aves in San Francisco / Bay Area The Aves
Peet's Theatre at Berkley Rep (5/2 - 6/8)
Back to the Future: The Musical in San Francisco / Bay Area Back to the Future: The Musical
Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (2/12 - 3/9)
Co-Founders in San Francisco / Bay Area Co-Founders
A.C.T.'s Strand Theater (5/29 - 7/6)
Hamilton in San Francisco / Bay Area Hamilton
Orpheum Theatre (11/27 - 1/5)
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