The latest news on performances of Opera in San Francisco / Bay Area.
Opera Parallèle will present the West Coast debut of Harvey Milk Reimagined, a bold and timely refreshed version of the groundbreaking opera originally composed by Stewart Wallace and librettist Michael Korie.
Opera San José has revealed the programming for the company’s 42nd season, which will include classic Italian operatic favorites that all explore the question, “What is love?” See the full lineup and learn more!
Opera San José will conclude its 41st season with the Northern California premiere of Héctor Armienta’s Zorro.
New Performance Traditions will present a new production of Both Eyes Open, an experimental electroacoustic opera by Brooklyn-based composer Max Giteck Duykers and Berkeley-based librettist and playwright Philip Kan Gotanda.
San Francisco's acclaimed Merola Opera Program has selected 28 artists from a pool of nearly 1,300 international applicants to participate in its 2025 program.
Opera San José will present an all-new production of Béla Bartók's chilling one-act opera Bluebeard's Castle directed by OSJ General Director/CEO Shawna Lucey.
Opera San José will present an all-new production of Béla Bartók's chilling one-act opera Bluebeard's Castle, directed by OSJ General Director/CEO Shawna Lucey and conducted by Opera San José Music Director Joseph Marcheso.
San Jose Opera's production of La Bohème is currently being presented through December 1, 2024 at the California Theatre in San Jose.
The San Francisco Opera Center has announced the 2025 Adler Fellows, highlighting emerging artists in opera.
San Francisco Opera Orchestra has signed another short-term contract extension to allow for additional negotiation time toward a long-term contract.
San Francisco Opera's 102nd season will continue in November with a variety of performances and events.
Snow will fall in San José when one of opera’s greatest love stories, Puccini’s La Bohème, returns to Opera San José.
Check out photos from San Francisco Opera's production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde here!
San Francisco Opera has announced the release of Eun Sun Kim: A Journey Into Lohengrin, an hour-long film by San Francisco Opera and Lumahai Productions, the partners behind the Company’s award-winning In Song video portrait series.
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.
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.
San Francisco Opera opened its 102nd season on Friday, September 6 with Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera.
Opera San José has announced its participation in South First Friday on Sept.
San Francisco Opera General Director Emeritus David Gockley was honored on August 20 with a bas-relief unveiled in the lobby of the War Memorial Opera House.
Experience the magic of wintry Paris as Opera San José presents LA BOHÈME.
Watch a teaser trailer for San Francisco Opera's The Handmaid's Tale, running September 14-October 1, 2024, in the video here.
San Francisco Opera's Carlo Vistoli wins the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition.
Merola Opera Program continues its Summer Festival season with a fully staged production of Don Giovanni, Mozart’s vivid retelling of the Don Juan legend, with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Opera Parallèle, in collaboration with The Transgender District, will help launch the first-ever statewide Transgender History Month in August with the third edition of Expansive, an enthusiastic showcase of transgender and nonbinary classical artists in two performances at 7.
San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season continues with George Frideric Handel’s Partenope in director Christopher Alden’s award-winning production.
Launching Opera San José’s 41st season is a family-friendly production of The Magic Flute, to be conducted by prodigy composer/conductor Alma Deutscher.
Festival Opera will host two free Opera in the Park concerts in Orinda and in Walnut Creek.
The Merola Opera Program will conclude its Summer Festival with a Grand Finale.
San Francisco Opera takes its performances on the road in June, bringing opera to various locations.
San Francisco Opera launches BEYOND INNOCENCE initiatives alongside the U.
Opera San José concludes its 40th anniversary season with the Bay Area premiere of Daniel Catán’s captivating opera, Florencia en el Amazonas, marking its debut at the California Theatre as the company’s first Spanish language opera performed on its mainstage.
San Francisco Opera presented the Opera Medal, the Company's highest honor, to Michael Cavanagh shortly before his death last month.
San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program has unveiled its 2024 season.
Opera San José has revealed the programming for the company’s 41st season.
Join the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Public Library for 'The Opera in You' Storytelling Workshops running from March to May.
The 2024–25 Season includes six mainstage opera productions along with concert presentations including a one-night-only performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, honoring the work's 200th anniversary and, in the summer of 2025, a special Pride Concert celebrating San Francisco's LGB
Tech leader Nilab Hessabi has joined the Board of Trustees of Opera San José.
Opera Parallèle, the nationally renowned contemporary opera company based in San Francisco, has announced a series of significant achievements during its 14th anniversary season.
Opera San José’s 40th anniversary season continues with a thrilling production of Verdi’s Rigoletto.
San Francisco Opera's 101st season continues May 30–June 30 at the War Memorial Opera House with the highly anticipated American premiere of Kaija Saariaho's final opera, INNOCENCE, along with Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE (DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE) and Handel's PARTENOPE, presented in award-winning production
