San Francisco Opera Announces Venue Change for April 11 & 12 performances of Bohème Out of the Box in San Francisco

APRIL 11 & 12 SHOWS MOVED TO PIER 70, BLDG 12 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Free Mobile Stage Performances of Puccini’s La Bohème (Abridged Version) Comes to San Francisco for First Time, Launching 2026 Series

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San Francisco, CA (April 10, 2026) — Due to inclement weather, the Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12 afternoon performances of San Francisco Opera’s Bohème Out of the Box, originally scheduled to take place outdoors at Crane Cove Park, have been moved to a new nearby indoor location at Pier 70, Building 12, the stunning new mixed-use conversion of a historic ship-building warehouse offering activities and eateries. The free performances are presented in partnership with The Port of San Francisco and Pier 70.

The very first opera to be presented by San Francisco Opera 103 years ago, La Bohème—Giacomo Puccini’s beloved opera of love and loss among a group of bohemian artists—will be performed in an intimate 75-minute version on a converted shipping-container stage with piano accompaniment. The opera is sung in Italian; live English translations will be available online and accessible in real-time on personal mobile devices. English and Spanish translations for the sung text and opera synopsis are also available at sfopera.com/box. Families with young children are invited to participate in free First Act workshops prior to all performances.

Launched in 2023 as part of San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Season, Bohème Out of the Box takes opera out of the Opera House and into Bay Area communities. The series has taken La Bohème’s powerful emotions and soaring music to South San Francisco, Los Gatos, Dublin, Burlingame, Alameda, Albany, Union City, Sausalito, San Ramon, Los Altos Hills and Hayward, and to Silicon Valley for staff performances at tech and corporate campuses. The April 11 and 12 performances mark its first stop in San Francisco. The series continues throughout the month with additional performances in Emeryville, Oakland, Woodside and Concord. For more information, visit sfopera.com/box.

*For the complete press release, open the PDF version above.