100th Anniversary Concert and Dinner with the Artists

Each night, the young Cio-Cio-San looks out over the port of Nagasaki, eagerly waiting the return of her husband, U.S. Naval officer Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton. Alongside her is their young son, Trouble, who has never met his father.

Half-spirit and half-mortal, the Empress lives in fear of a curse: If she doesn’t acquire a human shadow in three days’ time, the spirit world will reclaim her—and turn her husband to stone.

It's been three years since she passed. Now on the Day of the Dead in 1957, a lonely, ailing Diego Rivera makes a final wish: to see his wife Frida Kahlo once more. And the underworld heeds his call.

This once-in-a-century event features the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus, music directors past and present and 15 of the greatest artists to grace the War Memorial Opera House stage. Don't miss this chance to revel in 100 years of history as we look to the future of opera.

Music, dining, dancing, and elegance. Join us for a not-to-be missed evening featuring the brightest opera stars, and the most delicious culinary experiences. 

A count condemned her mother to be burned as a witch. And when her plans for vengeance go horribly awry—resulting in the death of her own son— Azucena decides to raise the count’s kidnapped child as her own.

One device changed the way we interact with each other and the world, but what did it do to the man whose creative zeal brought it into existence?

A woman is set against totalitarian society in Wagner’s epic masterpiece in which a knight in shining armor offers aid with a condition impossible to keep.

Lacking money, confidence and hope, a timid young waiter Nemorino gambles everything he has for a chance at an intoxicating romance with the alluring Adina.

Armed with nothing but a magic flute and magic bells, a prince and a bird-catcher embark on a perilous journey to rescue a kidnapped princess — only to discover that their adversary may actually be their ally.

It was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. But just as a bride and groom toast their marriage, a devastating secret unfolds that threatens to tear the couple apart, questioning where innocence and guilt begin and end.

Partenope is the queen of the Paris social scene, her salon a magnet to the era’s surrealist artists as they vie for her hand in a laugh-out-loud comedy.

The true story of a 19th century Islamic scholar from West Africa, enslaved in South Carolina, but finding identity and faith through the written word.