San Francisco Opera's June 26 Pride Concert Includes Community Exhibits, Pre-Show Conversation and Post-Concert Dance Party with DJ Juanita MORE!
Dance party with DJ Juantia MORE! and lobby exhibit. Photos: Matthew Washburn (l), Cory Weaver (c, r)
Eclectic Concert Features Soloists Melody Moore, Nikola Printz, Reginald Smith, Jr. with Conductor Robert Mollicone and Host Sapphira Cristál
Sapphira Cristál, Robert Mollicone, Melody Moore, Nikola Printz, Reginald Smith, Jr.
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA MARCHES AT SF PRIDE PARADE JUNE 28
Tickets available at (415) 864-3330 and sfopera.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 8, 2026) — On Friday, June 26 San Francisco Opera celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community with the second annual Pride Concert at the War Memorial Opera House. Ticketholders can also interact with a pride-themed altar of remembrance, listen to a pre-concert conversation with community partners, explore lobby exhibits and keep the party going on the dance floor. Sapphira Cristál, the classically trained opera singer, composer and drag queen known for her theatrical lip syncs and six-octave range, returns as emcee for the evening. Conductor Robert Mollicone leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and soloists Melody Moore, Nikola Printz and Reginald Smith, Jr. in a concert blending opera, musical theater and pop songs.
Sapphira Cristál (runner-up and Miss Congeniality of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16) is renowned as a charismatic emcee who forges a special connection with her audiences. A guest artist in Madonna’s Celebration Tour, she debuted her original operatic production, Soundcake, with Monét X Change and Thorgy Thor at Lincoln Center and brought her one-woman show, The Cristál Ball Tour, across North America.
Robert Mollicone conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra with soloists soprano Melody Moore, whose appearances with San Francisco Opera include the title role of Tosca, Susan Rescorla in the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis' Heart of a Soldier, Mimì in La Bohème and Mother Marie in Dialogues of the Carmelites; versatile artist and mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, who recently portrayed Jade Boucher in San Francisco Opera’s 25th-anniversary production of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking and who originated the role of Billie Jean King in Laura Karpman’s Balls with Opera Parallèle and in their London debut at the Royal Festival Hall; and Grammy and Emmy Award-winning baritone Reginald Smith, Jr., who returns to San Francisco Opera following his 2017 debut as Count Monterone in Rigoletto.
The concert will feature music by Michael Abels, Terence Blanchard, Brandi Carlile, Umberto Giordano, Charles Gounod, k.d. lang, Jacques Offenbach, Stephen Schwartz, Michael Tilson Thomas, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder and more.
War Memorial Opera House (2025) Photo: Kristen Loken
Pride Concert Event Highlights:
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- 6:30 p.m. Rainbows All Around Us outdoor, interactive community altar by the Marigold Project in front of the Opera House on the Van Ness Avenue steps
- 7–8 p.m. Pre-show Happy Hour with discounted food and drinks
- 7:05 p.m. Pre-concert talk featuring Rainbow Pride Flag project creators Servane Briand, Bridget McGraw and Dominic Riley, moderated by lead artist Insiya Dhatt
- Educational exhibit by the GLBT Historical Society
- The Rainbow Pride Flag Project exhibit by Hand Bookbinders of California
- AIDS Memorial Quilts display by the National AIDS Memorial
- 8 p.m. Concert hosted by Sapphira Cristál featuring soloists Melody Moore, Nikola Printz and Reginald Smith Jr. with Robert Mollicone conducting the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
- 9:30–11 p.m. Post-show dance party with DJ Juanita MORE!
Community partners for the event include SF Pride, Hand Bookbinders of California, National AIDS Memorial, Marigold Project and GLBT Historical Society.
For more information, visit sfopera.com/pride.
SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE
Sunday, June 28 at 10:30 a.m.
Market Street from Beale Street to 8th Street in San Francisco
San Francisco Pride Parade (2025) Photo: Kristen Loken
On Sunday, June 28, cheer on members of San Francisco Opera and other arts organizations at the 56th annual San Francisco Pride Parade, one of the oldest celebrations of LGBTQIA+ identity in the world. For more information about the 56th San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration, visit sfpride.org.
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