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1/22/2020 - San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock Announces 2020–21 Season Repertory and Casting Photos
1/15/2020 - San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Opera Announce Final Phase of War Memorial Opera House Seat Upgrade Project Scheduled for 2021 Photos
1/06/2020 - San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Announce 2020 Schwabacher Recital Series Photos
12/05/2019 - Eun Sun Kim Appointed Music Director of San Francisco Opera Photos
12/02/2019 - An Evening on the Stage Gala Dinner Celebrates the Philanthropy of Carol and Dixon Doll on December 4 Photos
11/19/2019 - San Francisco Opera Center Stages The Future Is Now: Adler Fellows Concert on December 6 Photos
11/04/2019 - San Francisco Opera Chorus Holds Concert on November 22 Photos
10/31/2019 - San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2020 Adler Fellows Photos
10/28/2019 - San Francisco Opera Presents Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel in New Co-Production with London's Royal Opera Photos
10/17/2019 - San Francisco Opera Presents Manon Lescaut in a Revival of Olivier Tambosi and Frank Philipp Schlössmann’s production Photos
10/3/2019 - San Francisco Opera Presents Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in a New Production by Director Michael Cavanagh Photos
9/27/2019 - San Francisco Opera Announces Casting Update for Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Opening on October 11 Photos
9/3/2019 - San Francisco Opera Announces Casting Update for Gounod's Romeo and Juliet, Opening on September 6 Photos
8/30/2019 (Updated 9/3/2019) - San Francisco Chronicle Presents Opera in the Park Caps Opening Weekend of San Francisco Opera's 97th Season Photos
8/16/2019 (Updated 9/3/2019) - San Francisco Opera Opens 97th Season on September 6 with Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet Starring Tenor Pene Pati and Soprano Nadine Sierra Photos
8/13/2019 - San Francisco Opera Cancels October 6 Plácido Domingo Concert
8/9/2019 - San Francisco Opera Announces Winner of 2019 Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition Photos
8/6/2019 - San Francisco Opera Presents Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd in Acclaimed Production by Director Michael Grandage, September 7-22 Photos
6/26/2019 (Updated 9/3/2019) - San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Giants Partner to Bring Free Live Simulcast of Gounod's Romeo and Juliet to Oracle Park on Saturday, September 21 Photos
6/25/2019 - San Francisco Opera Celebrates Pride 2019 with June 19 Pride Night at the Opera and Upcoming San Francisco Pride Parade Photos
6/24/2019 (Updated 9/3/2019) - Single Tickets for San Francisco Opera's 2019 Fall Season Now on Sale Photos
6/10/2019 - San Francisco Opera Establishes Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Photos
5/30/2019 - San Francisco Opera Guild Inaugurates 80th Anniversary Season with Marchesa Fashion Show and Announcement of Opera Ball 2019: The Capulets' Masked Ball Photos
5/13/2019 - San Francisco Opera Presents Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka, June 16–28 Photos
5/6/2019 - San Francisco Opera Presents George Frideric Handel's Orlando, June 9–27 Photos
5/1/2019 - San Francisco Opera Presents Georges Bizet's Carmen in Francesca Zambello Production Under Baton of James Gaffigan, June 5-29 Photos
4/26/2019 - San Francisco Opera Joins with City of San Francisco, French Consulate and Grace Cathedral for Public Solidarity Concert for Notre-Dame de Paris, Monday, April 29 Photos
4/15/2019 - San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Present Final Schwabacher Recital of 2019 on April 24 Photos
3/25/2019 - San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Present 2019 Schwabacher Recitals on April 3 and April 24 Photos
3/18/2019 - Plácido Domingo Returns to San Francisco Opera on October 6, 2019 for Concert Celebrating 50th Anniversary of His Company Debut Photos
2/7/2019 - San Francisco Opera's 2019 Summer Season June 5–29, War Memorial Opera House - Updated Photos
1/23/2019 - San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Present 2019 Schwabacher Recital Series Photos
1/22/2019 - San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock Announces 2019–20 Repertory Season and Casting Photos
11/15/2018 - San Francisco Opera Center Presents The Future is Now: Adler Fellows Concert, December 8, 2018 at Herbst Theatre Photos
11/15/2018 - Philanthropist Mary Poland Elected President of San Francisco Opera Guild at Annual Meeting Photos
11/9/2018 - San Francisco Opera, Compass Family Services and Community Housing Partnership Present: Shared Spaces Photos
11/9/2018 - San Francisco Opera Guild's An Evening on the Stage to Honor John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn November 28 Photos
11/8/2018 - San Francisco Opera Removes Singer David Daniels from June 2019 Presentation of Handel's Orlando
11/7/2018 - San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2019 Adler Fellows Photos
11/2/2018 - San Francisco Opera Chorus Featured November 30 at Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater Photos
10/30/2018 - San Francisco Opera Announces "Earn Your Wings" in collaboration with Community Housing Partnership and Compass Family Services Photos
10/26/2018 - San Francisco Opera Presents West Coast Premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's It's a Wonderful Life, November 17–December 9 Photos
10/12/2018 - San Francisco Opera Presents Plácido Domingo in Concert at the War Memorial Opera House, October 21 Photos
10/9/2018 - San Francisco Opera Mourns the Passing of Barbara K. Jackson and Montserrat Caballé Photos
9/27/2018 - San Francisco Opera Presents Richard Strauss' Arabella, October 16–November 3 Photos
9/20/2018 - San Francisco Opera Presents New Production of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, October 3–30 Photos
9/14/2018 - SF Opera Lab Pop-Up: Battle of the Divas, Thursday, September 20 at The Great Northern Photos
9/10/2018 - San Francisco Opera Opens 96th Season with Celebratory Weekend Including Two Sold-Out Opening Night Galas, Double Bill of Cav/Pag, Roberto Devereux and Free Opera in the Park Photos
9/6/2018 - San Francisco Opera Presents Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, September 8-27 Photos
9/6/2018 - San Francisco Opera Opens 96th Season with Double Bill of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, September 7-30 Photos
9/4/2018 - San Francisco Opera Guild Presents Opera Ball 2018: ¡Viva La Noche! September 7, 2018 led by Co-Chairs Shannon Cronan and Kathy Huber Photos
8/31/2018 - San Francisco Opera Celebrates Opening of 96th Season with Free Opera in the Park Concert on Sunday, September 9, at Golden Gate Park Photos
8/17/2018 - San Francisco Opera Announces Casting Change for Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, Opening September 8 Photos
7/30/2018 - Updated Casting for San Francisco Opera's 2018–19 Photos
5/3/2018 - The Opera Hour on Classical KDFC Begins Sunday, May 6, 8 p.m. Photos
4/30/2018 - San Francisco Opera Guild Presents Opera Ball 2018: ¡Viva La Noche! Photos
5/31/2017 -San Francisco Opera Announces Opera for All Voices: Stories of Our Time Photos
5/9/2017 -San Francisco Opera to Present The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Photos