The Future of Opera
2023–24 Season
We are entering into our second century with eight bold, innovative productions that take us deep into the richness of the human condition in a thrilling intersection of musical styles.
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Upcoming Events
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MAR 31
APR 1, 2
Bohème Out of the Box
Bay area locations
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL! San Francisco Opera is taking opera out of the Opera House for Bohème Out of the Box. These free, live performances of an abridged version of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème will travel to outdoor locations throughout the Bay Area this spring. Sign up to attend a performance below.
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APR 12
MAY 18
Schwabacher Recital Series
Taube Atrium Theater
Since 1983, these recitals have featured renowned Merola alumni and have also been instrumental in launching the careers of internationally acclaimed artists.
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JUN 3, 6, 9, 18, 21, 24, 27
JUL 1
Madame Butterfly
War Memorial Opera House
Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts a new staging of Puccini’s heartbreaking drama from director Amon Miyamoto. Each night, the young Cio-Cio-San looks out over the port of Nagasaki, eagerly waiting the return of her husband, U.S. Naval officer Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton. Alongside her is their young son, Trouble, who has never met his father.
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JUN 4, 10, 20, 23, 28
Die Frau ohne Schatten
War Memorial Opera House
This bucket-list opera is a must-see for every opera lover! For the ultimate opera experience immerse yourself in a story about a half-spirit and half-mortal, the Empress who lives in fear of a curse: If she doesn’t acquire a human shadow in three days’ time, the spirit world will reclaim her—and turn her husband to stone.
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JUN 13, 17, 22, 25, 30
El último sueño de Frida y Diego
War Memorial Opera House
Journey through this bold world of desire and release in a pioneering new opera by Bay Area composer Gabriela Lena Frank and the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz. It's been three years since she passed. Now on the Day of the Dead in 1957, a lonely, ailing Diego Rivera makes a final wish: to see his wife Frida Kahlo once more. And the underworld heeds his call.
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JUN 16
100th Anniversary Concert and Dinner with the Artists
Wilsey Center for Opera
This once-in-a-century event features the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus, music directors past and present and 15 of the greatest artists to grace the War Memorial Opera House stage. Don't miss this chance to revel in 100 years of history as we look to the future of opera.
Season at a Glance
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THIS FALL
Il Trovatore
September 12–October 1
A count condemned her mother to be burned as a witch. And when her plans for vengeance go horribly awry—resulting in the death of her own son— Azucena decides to raise the count’s kidnapped child as her own. -
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The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
September 22–October 7
One device changed the way we interact with each other and the world, but what did it do to the man whose creative zeal brought it into existence? -
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Lohengrin
October 15–November 1
A woman is set against totalitarian society in Wagner’s epic masterpiece in which a knight in shining armor offers aid with a condition impossible to keep. -
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Omar
November 5–21
The true story of a 19th century Islamic scholar from West Africa, enslaved in South Carolina, but finding identity and faith through the written word. -
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The Elixir of Love
November 19–December 9
Lacking money, confidence and hope, a timid young waiter Nemorino gambles everything he has for a chance at an intoxicating romance with the alluring Adina. -
2024
The Magic Flute
May 30–June 30, 2024
Armed with nothing but a magic flute and magic bells, a prince and a bird-catcher embark on a perilous journey to rescue a kidnapped princess — only to discover that their adversary may actually be their ally. -
2024
Innocence
June 1–21, 2024
It was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. But just as a bride and groom toast their marriage, a devastating secret unfolds that threatens to tear the couple apart, questioning where innocence and guilt begin and end. -
2024
Partenope
June 15–28, 2024
Partenope is the queen of the Paris social scene, her salon a magnet to the era’s surrealist artists as they vie for her hand in a laugh-out-loud comedy.
