San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert

He accepts the candidacy to lead the new Republic of Genoa with the hope of uniting his family. But on the very day Simon Boccanegra is elected Doge, tragedy strikes—his beloved dies, and his infant daughter vanishes.

At 18 years old, and already the Queen of France, Mary Stuart is poised, politically savvy, and confident in her divine claim to the Scottish throne. However, the Scotland she returns to bears little resemblance to the country she left behind.

Manon is young, beautiful, and has a taste for the finer things ... which is why her family is sending her to a convent. En route to her new life, she falls for the handsome Chevalier des Grieux and they run away to Paris, the city of love.

It's a busy day in the manor house as the staff prepare for the marriage of the wily valet Figaro and his quick-witted fiancé, the maid Susanna. But the head of the house, Count Almaviva, is used to getting his way—and he wants Susanna all for himself.

Glowing in the depths of the Rhine River lies magical gold, protected by three Rhinemaidens. Forsaking the gold's protective force of love, the mercenary Nibelung, Alberich, steals the treasure and forges a ring of immense power.

Political tensions are high in Rome in June, 1800—and the opera singer Floria Tosca gets caught in the crossfire when her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, aids an escaped prisoner to safety.