Dates: 9/12/2026 - 9/27/2026
📍 Theatre: War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco Opera’s 2026–27 Season begins with Opera Ball, the opening night benefit co-presented with San Francisco Opera Guild, and Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim leading an international cast in Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.
San Francisco Opera's Board of Directors has approved a new five-year contract for General Director Matthew Shilvock, continuing his leadership of the company into the next decade.
San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild will present OPERA BALL, an Italian palazzo-inspired gala at City Hall, alongside the opening night of Verdi's SIMON BOCCANEGRA conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim.
San Francisco Opera has announced its 2026-27 season, featuring productions of Simon Boccanegra, Mary, Queen of Scots, Manon, The Marriage of Figaro, Das Rheingold, and Tosca, along with concerts, Opera Ball, and Opera in the Park.
San Francisco Opera will present Richard Strauss' ELEKTRA, led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim, in Keith Warner's contemporary museum staging featuring a cast including Elena Pankratova and Elza van den Heever.
San Francisco Opera will present a dynamic 2026-27 season, featuring a mix of classic operas and new productions. Highlights include premieres and revivals at the iconic War Memorial Opera House.
The San Francisco Opera Center has announced the 2025 Adler Fellows, highlighting emerging artists in opera.
San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam announced today the 11 recipients of the 2024 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship.
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 performing a dazzling array of opera’s most brilliant arias, duets, and more, on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House. Conducted by Maestro Kelly Kuo and directed by 2023 Merola Stage Director Tania Arazi Coambs, this evening showcases the extraordinary talent of the 2023 cohort.
San Francisco Opera presents Eun Sun Kim Conducts Verdi, a one-night-only concert honoring the work of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi on Thursday, June 30 at 7:30 pm at the War Memorial Opera House. Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim, closes her first season as leader of the Company’s artistic forces, conducting the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Chorus and soloists Nicole Car, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Etienne Dupuis and Soloman Howard with current San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows soprano Mikayla Sager, tenor Edward Graves, bass Stefan Egerstrom. Chorus Director John Keene, who begins his tenure this summer, prepares the Chorus.
What shows are coming up next at War Memorial Opera House?
What shows have played recently at War Memorial Opera House?
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The Madness of Lady Bright Venue: iMPACt Center for Art & Dance (11/06-11/15) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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The Secret Garden Marin Shakespeare Company’s Downtown Theatre (11/27-12/20) |
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Hadestown Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (1/07-1/10) |
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Exile | Banishment | Home O1C (11/15-11/15) |
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Hamilton (Angelica Company) San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (7/07-7/18) |
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Live At the Orinda - Beth Leavel Orinda Theatre (11/08-11/08) |
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Catch Me if You Can San Mateo Performing Arts Center (10/22-10/25) |
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PlayGround Twisted Holiday Festival Potrero Stage (12/04-12/11) |
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Bay Area Musical Improv Festival - Sunday 1:30PM Show All Out Comedy (10/25-10/25) |
