The Future of Opera
Only two Parsifal performances remaining
By Richard Wagner
"San Francisco Opera's Parsifal is pure, dazzling spectacle" - SF Chronicle
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NOV 7, 13
Parsifal
War Memorial Opera House
The Knights of the Holy Grail are in decline. But all is not lost when a naive young man named Parsifal embarks on a journey that may restore the order. Experience Wagner’s final opera and sublime score in this brand-new San Francisco Opera production.
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NOV 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28, 30
The Monkey King
War Memorial Opera House
He’s arrogant. He’s disobedient. He’s becoming the most powerful being in creation, and he’s about to wreak havoc on heaven. This new, action-packed opera combines high-energy music and text with puppetry, dance, Peking opera, and Buddhist sutras to tell the tale of the Monkey King’s beginnings.
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NOV 21
The Future is Now: Adlers in Concert
Herbst Theatre
Ramón Tebar takes the podium to conduct an evening of operatic arias and ensembles performed by San Francisco Opera’s very own resident artists, the Adler Fellows, directed by stage director Omer Ben Seadia. Discover the next great opera stars—in a unique concert event you can't see anywhere else.
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NOV 23
San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert
Taube Atrium Theater or Osher Recital Hall
Chorus Director John Keene leads the members of the Company’s full-time chorus, and Associate Chorus Master Fabrizio Corona accompanies at the piano for this afternoon of choral music.