San Francisco Opera's Economic Situation

Dear San Francisco Opera Community: 

For the past several days, San Francisco Opera and our Orchestra have been working tirelessly to negotiate a fair agreement that recognizes the value and artistry of our world-class orchestra, while putting the Opera on a path toward long-term fiscal stability.

We are pleased to share that we have reached an official agreement on a new contract with our Orchestra.

We are deeply grateful to all of our patrons, subscribers, and donors for their patience and understanding as we worked through this challenging process. Both the Opera and every member of our Orchestra cares deeply about this company and the role we play delivering world class performances to our community.

Our season will now officially begin on Tuesday, September 22, with a performance of Simon Boccanegra at 7:30PM.

Although the strike has ended, staging world-class opera performances requires significant rehearsal, preparation and planning, which means that it will not be possible to hold the performances scheduled for September 19 and September 20. These two performances remain cancelled, and ticket holders are entitled to a full refund or tickets to another performance; please click here to learn more about your options for those shows.

We understand that this disruption to the opening of our season and performance cancellations presented a number of challenges for our patrons, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

We look forward to welcoming you back at the War Memorial Opera House very soon. Please reach out to a member of our box office with any questions you have about tickets or future performances.