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Streaming The First Century
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Upcoming Events
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SEP 27
OCT 2, 5
Antony and Cleopatra
War Memorial Opera House
He was a Roman general. She, an Egyptian queen. Their passion would redefine the world order.
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SEP 28
OCT 1, 6, 9, 11, 14
Eugene Onegin
War Memorial Opera House
She loved him at first sight. But Onegin, an aristocrat obsessed with appearances, could never be happy with a country girl like Tatyana. Or so he thought.
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OCT 15, 18, 21, 26, 30
Dialogues of the Carmelites
War Memorial Opera House
Death or dissolution. That's the choice facing one Carmelite convent as the Reign of Terror rips through revolutionary France.
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OCT 23
Community Open House
War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco Opera opens the doors of its historic home at a free event on Sunday, October 23 to reveal some of the fun and magic that transpires inside this United States landmark.
Free
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NOV 11
Opera at the Ballpark
Simulcast
Free, live simulcast of La Traviata on the video screen at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants.
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NOV 11, 13, 16, 22, 25, 27, 30
DEC 3
La Traviata
War Memorial Opera House
Fame. Power. Fortune. Violetta Valéry has it all as Paris' most admired courtesan. But never has she allowed herself to experience true love.
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NOV 15, 18, 20, 26
DEC 1
Orpheus and Eurydice
War Memorial Opera House
The iconic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice comes to life in a new production of Gluck's energetic, lyrical opera.
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NOV 19
The Traviata Encounter
War Memorial Opera House
Experience the romance, drama and passion of one of opera’s great works in a new way at The Traviata Encounter. Enjoy the first act of Verdi’s 1853 opera, followed by an immersive evening of food, drinks and mingling with artists from the production in a transformed Opera House.
2022–23 Season
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This Fall
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Death or dissolution. That's the choice facing one Carmelite convent as the Reign of Terror rips through revolutionary France.
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This Fall
La Traviata
Fame. Power. Fortune. Violetta Valéry has it all as Paris' most admired courtesan. But never has she allowed herself to experience true love.
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This Fall
Orpheus and Eurydice
What death has stolen, the musician Orpheus is determined to bring back. With Love as his guide, Orpheus journeys into the underworld to save his wife, Eurydice. But there is one condition: he must not look back at her until they return to the mortal world.
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2023
Madame Butterfly
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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2023
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Half-spirit and half-mortal, the Empress 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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2023
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
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.
