The Adler Fellows, Orchestra, and Chorus Featured in November Concerts
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA PRESENTS:
THE FUTURE IS NOW: ADLERS IN CONCERT
Herbst Theatre
Friday, November 20 at 7:30 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CHORUS IN CONCERT
Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater
Sunday, November 22 at 2 P.M.
Tickets available at (415) 864-3330 and sfopera.com
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 5, 2026) — San Francisco Opera's fall season continues this month with a variety of opera performances and concerts. In repertory with a revival of the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), the start of the holiday season brings two annual, year-end concerts showcasing the Company's resident artists, orchestra and chorus.
THE FUTURE IS NOW: ADLERS IN CONCERT
November 20, Herbst Theatre
2026 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows; The Future Is Now (2025). (photos: Jiyang Chen; Kristen Loken)
Taking place in Herbst Theatre on Friday, November 20, The Future Is Now features the 2026 Adler Fellows: sopranos Alexa Frankian, Sofia Gotch and Mary Hoskins; mezzo-soprano Sadie Cheslak; tenor Thomas Kinch; baritones Gabriel Natal-Báez and Olivier Zerouali; and pianists Brian Cho and Ji Youn Lee. Performing with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra under the baton of Sebastian Weigle, who is currently making his Company debut conducting The Marriage of Figaro at the War Memorial Opera House, the Adlers will perform scenes and arias from operatic works by Richard Strauss, Leoncavallo, Donizetti, Bizet, Cilea, Verdi, Korngold, Menotti and Wagner. Elio Bucky, a director with previous engagements with Palm Beach Opera, Cincinnati Opera and Wolf Trap Opera and a 2025 graduate of the Merola Opera Program, stages the Adler Fellows for this concert that caps the end of their season.
The artists concluding their fellowships with this concert are third-year Adler Fellow Thomas Kinch and second-year Adler Fellows Mary Hoskins, Ji Youn Lee and Olivier Zerouali. Continuing in the program in 2027 as second-year Adler Fellows are Alexa Frankian, Sofia Gotch, Sadie Cheslak, Gabriel Natal-Báez and Brian Cho.
Tickets for The Future Is Now range from $34–$69. For tickets, visit sfopera.com, the San Francisco Opera Box Office at 301 Van Ness Avenue or call (415) 864-3330. Additional information can be found at sfopera.com/futureisnow.
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CHORUS IN CONCERT
November 22, Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater
Associate Chorus Master Fabrizio Corona and Chorus Director John Keene;
San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert. (photos: Matthew Washburn; Reneff-Olson Productions)
San Francisco Opera presents the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Chorus in concert at the intimate Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater on the fourth floor of the Veterans Building on Sunday, November 22. Chorus Director John Keene conducts, and Associate Chorus Master Fabrizio Corona is the pianist for this afternoon of accompanied and a cappella choral works.
The 90-minute program (including one intermission) features the Act I finale of Simon Boccanegra in its original 1857 version (Verdi’s 1883 revision of the opera, including a thoroughly reimagined Act I finale, was presented by San Francisco Opera earlier this season), songs by Amy Beach, masterpieces of the 20th-century choral repertoire by Randall Thompson and Henryk Górecki, and excerpts from requiems by Brahms, Mozart, Fauré and Dvořák.
Tickets for San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert are $49. Seating is general admission. For tickets, visit sfopera.com, the San Francisco Opera Box Office at 301 Van Ness Avenue or call (415) 864-3330. Additional information can be found at sfopera.com/chorusinconcert.
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