Video: San Francisco Opera Scene Shop Foreperson John Del Bono on 30 Years of Bringing Grand Opera to Life

San Francisco Opera Scene Shop Foreperson John Del Bono on 30 Years of Bringing Grand Opera to Life

San Francisco Opera has released a video featuring Scene Shop Foreperson John Del Bono, who reflects on his nearly 30-year career with the company and how donor support makes grand opera possible on the West Coast. (more...)

ELEKTRA at San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera has unveiled a trailer for its current production of ELEKTRA, Richard Strauss's one-act opera, which is running at the War Memorial Opera House through June 27 as part of the company's 2025–26 season. (more...)

Diana Damrau Stars in Royal Opera House's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR With Castronovo and Tézier

The Royal Opera House released footage of its 2015 Katie Mitchell production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, featuring Diana Damrau in the title role alongside Charles Castronovo and Ludovic Tézier in Donizetti's tragic opera. (more...)

Royal Opera House Releases 'Ancora un Passo' Clip from MADAMA BUTTERFLY

The Royal Opera performs 'Ancora un Passo' from Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's production of Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY, a work rooted in imperialism's destructive forces and featuring the beloved aria 'Un bel dì, vedremo.' (more...)

FELLOW TRAVELERS Comes to San Diego Opera

San Diego Opera presents FELLOW TRAVELERS, an opera set in 1953 Washington D.C. following a secret love affair amid McCarthyism. Music by Gregory Spears, libretto by Greg Pierce, based on Thomas Mallon's novel. (more...)