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• Nicola Luisotti 

2010-11 Season 

• San Francisco Opera Presents Massenet’s Werther September 15-October 1
• San Francisco Opera Appoints Jennifer Lynch as Director of Development
• San Francisco Opera Season Opening Festivities
• San Francisco Opera's 2010 National Broadcast Series on WFMT Radio
• San Francisco Opera Presents Verdi’s Aida
• San Francisco Opera’s Grand Opera Cinema Series to Air on KQED Public Television
• San Francisco Opera Holds Public Casting Call for Werther Supernumeraries on August 9
• Matthew Shilvock Appointed Associate General Director of San Francisco Opera
• Single Tickets for San Francisco Opera’s 2010-11 Season Go On Sale July 11
• San Francisco Opera Opens 88th Season September 10, 2010
• San Francisco Opera Announces the 2010-11 Season

2011 The Ring of The Nibelung 

• San Francisco Opera Announces 2011 Ring Festival
• San Francisco Opera Presents Wagner's Complete Ring Cycle in Summer 2011

Summer 2010 Season 

• San Francisco Opera’s Grand Opera Cinema Series Comes to Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
• San Francisco Opera Celebrates Independence Day at Stern Grove Festival
• San Francisco Opera Presents Wagner's Die Walkure June 10-30 at the War Memorial Opera House
• San Francisco Opera Presents Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West June 9-July 2 at the War Memorial Opera House
• San Francisco Opera Presents Gounod's Faust June 5-July 1 at the War Memorial Opera House
• San Francisco Opera Hosts Wagner Ring Cycle Costume Contest
• San Francisco Opera Presents 2010 Summer Season June 5-July 2
• San Francisco Opera Guild Announces Sundown at the Golden West Saloon, May 27 at The Bently Reserve
• San Francisco Opera Premieres New Production of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West)

2009–10 Season 

• San Francisco Opera Presents Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Red Vic Movie House 
• 2010 Schwabacher Debut Recitals Conclude with Soprano Leah Crocetto on April 18
• San Francisco Opera's Grand Opera Cinema Series Continues at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas with Puccini’s La Rondine
• San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows Partner with Alonzo King LINES Ballet for World Premiere
• San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow Leah Crocetto Takes Top Prize at 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
• Schwabacher Debut Recitals Continue with Allen Periello, Susannah Biller and Austin Kness 
• San Francisco Opera's Grand Opera Cinema Series Continues at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas with Mozart's Samson and Delilah 
• San Francisco Opera's Grand Opera Cinema Series Continues at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas with Mozart's Don Giovanni 
• San Francisco Opera Announces Audited Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2008-09 
• San Francisco Opera Center Presents the 2010 Schwabacher Debut Recital Series
• San Francisco Opera's Madama Butterfly, Don Giovanni, Samson and Delilah and La Rondine Come to Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, February-April 2010 
• San Francisco Opera Center Presents The Future is Now: Adler Fellows Gala Concert 
• San Francisco Opera Presents Otello 
• San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2010 Adler Fellows
• San Francisco Opera Presents Salome 
• San Francisco Opera Costume Shop Sale Open to the Public October 24 & 25 
• San Francisco Opera presents The Daughter of the Regiment 
• San Francisco Opera's Celebratory Season Opening Heralds Arrival of New Music Director Nicola Luisotti 
• San Francisco Opera presents The Abduction from the Seraglio 
• San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Giants Partner with Webcor Builders to Bring Verdi's Il Trovatore Free to AT&T Park on September 19
• San Francisco Opera Presents Il Trittico 
• San Francisco Opera Opens 87th Season September 11, 2009 
• San Francisco Opera Presents Il Trovatore 
• San Francisco Opera's 2009 National Broadcast Series on the WFMT Radio Network Begins August 15
• San Francisco Opera and Classical 102.1 KDFC Announce "KDFC Star-Spangled Sing-Off" 
• Single Tickets for San Francisco Opera's 87th Season Go On Sale Sunday July 12 
• San Francisco Opera Presents 2009-10 Season Opening Week Festivities
• San Francisco Opera Announces the 2009-10 Season

2009 Summer Season

• Merola Opera Program Presents L'Amico Fritz Friday July 24 and Sunday July 26
• San Francisco Opera's Incoming Music Director Nicola Luisotti Chosen as Civic Grand Marshal of 2009 Columbus Day Italian Heritage Parade October 11
• Adler Fellows Leah Crocetto and Heidi Melton Take Top Honors at 2009 Jose Iturbi International Music Competition
• Merola Opera Program Presents Schwabacher Summer Concert at Herbst Theater on Friday July 10
• San Francisco Opera Presents Verdi’s La Traviata Starring Anna Netrebko, Elizabeth Futral and Ailyn Pérez in the Title Role 
• San Francisco Opera Presents The Gershwins Porgy and Bess Starring Eric Owens and Laquita Mitchell
• San Francisco Opera Presents Puccini’s Tosca Starring Adrianne Pieczonka
• Soprano Heidi Melton to Replace Patricia Racette in May 29 Verdi Requiem Concert
• San Francisco Opera Presents Verdi's Requiem Conducted by Donald Runnicles
• San Francisco Opera Announces Summer-Fall 2009 Radio Broadcasts on Classical 102.1 KDFC
• San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild Announce Opera Ball 2009: A Gala Benefit in Support of Opera Education
• Merola Opera Program Announces Participants For Its 52nd Season 
• San Francisco Opera Presents 2009 Summer Season June 2-July 5 at the War Memorial Opera House

• San Francisco Opera Announces Compensation and Benefits Changes for Administrative Staff
• San Francisco Opera Guild Announces Springtime in Paris: An Evening Honoring Frederica von Stade
• 2009 George London Foundation Awards Competition Honorees Include Seven Artists Affiliated with the Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center Adler Fellowship
• Merola Opera Program Announces 2009 Summer Season Schedule
• 2009 Schwabacher Debut Recital Series Concludes with Kurt Weill's Berlin Featuring Steven Blier on April 5
• 2009 Schwabacher Debut Recital Series Continues with Tenor James Benjamin Rodgers on March 8
• 2009 Schwabacher Debut Recital Series Continues with Baritone Quinn Kelsey on February 15 
• 2009 Schwabacher Debut Recital Series Opens with Tenor Alek Shrader on February 8 
• San Francisco Opera Announces Audited Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2007-08 
• San Francisco Opera Center Presents the 2009 Schwabacher Debut Recital Series 
• San Francisco Opera Announces 2009 Radio Broadcasts on Classical 102.1 KDFC 
• Tenor Salvatore Licitra Cancels Bay Area Engagement Saturday, January 10, 2009 
• San Francisco Opera Center Presents The Future is Now: Adler Fellows Gala Concert 2008 
• San Francisco Opera and Cal Performances Present West Coast Premiere of Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers (includes artist headshots and production photos) 
• San Francisco Opera Presents Puccini’s La Bohème (includes artist headshots and photos) 
• San Francico Opera Presents Elixir of Love for Families November 8 and 15 at the War Memorial Opera House 
• Donald Runnicles to Conduct Verdi's Requiem in a Special Gala Concert
• San Francisco Opera Presents Donizetti’s Elixir of Love, Starring Inva Mula and Ramón Vargas (photos included) 
• San Francisco Opera Presents Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov Starring Samuel Ramey (includes production photos)
• San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2009 Adler Fellows 
• San Francisco Opera Presents Mozart's Idomeneo October 15-31 at the War Memorial Opera House (includes production photos) 
• San Francisco Opera Announces Historic Forty-Million Dollar Gift From John A. Gunn & Cynthia Fry Gunn 
• Die Tote Stadt (includes production photos) 
• Simon Boccanegra (includes production photos) 
• San Francisco Opera's 2008-09 Season Opening Weekend Culminates with the 35th Annual San Francisco Chronicle Presents San Francisco Opera in the Park 
• San Francisco Opera Appoints Jon Finck Director of Communications And Public Affairs 
• San Francisco Opera and Cal Performances Present Soprano Angela Gheorghiu in Concert Saturday, September 6 at Zellerbach Hall
• San Francisco Opera's 2008 National Broadcast Series on the WFMT Radio Network Begins August 23 with Saint-Saens's Samson and Delilah 
• Season 08-09 Opening Weekend 
• Season 08-09 Updates and Single Tickets 
• San Francisco Opera Announces 2008-09 Season 

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