Press Releases

11/10/2021 - Ian Robertson Leads San Francisco Opera In Concert December 11 and 12 at Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater  Photos

10/29/2021 - Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Offers November Interactive Conversations: If Only They'd Written an Opera  Photos

10/27/2021 - New Production of Mozart's Così fan tutte November 21–December 3  Photos

10/26/2021 - Lisa Bury Named Chief Philanthropy Officer for San Francisco Opera  Photos

10/5/2021 - First Three Performances of Beethoven's Fidelio, Led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim, Mark First Livestreams in Company History  Photos

10/1/2021 - New North Stage Door Podcast Episode Explores the Music and Themes of Love and Liberation in Beethoven's Fidelio  Photos

9/24/2021 - In Song: Arturo Chacon-Cruz released today  Photos

9/21/2021 - Department of Diversity, Equity and Commmunity Offers Interactive Conversations about Opera Composer Giuseppe Verdi in October  Photos

9/17/2021 - Live Opera Continues with New Production of Beethoven's Fidelio October 14-30  Photos

9/15/2021 - Atrium Sessions, San Francisco Opera's New Digital Festival of Song, Premieres September 15  Photos

9/3/2021 - Live and In Concert: The Homecoming, September 10 at the War Memorial Opera House and Oracle Park   Photos

7/30/2021 - Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Offers Interactive Talks Spotlighting San Francisco Opera Center and Fall Season Operas   Photos

7/29/2021 - In Song: Jamie Barton now available, featuring performances with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck  Photos

7/28/2021 - San Francisco Opera Opens 99th Season with Giacomo Puccini's Tosca; August 21-September 5  Photos

7/21/2021 - After 35 Years as San Francisco Opera's Chorus Director, Ian Robertson Will Retire at Close of 2021  Photos

7/20/2021 - North Stage Door Podcast delves into Mozart, Da Ponte and San Francisco Opera's New Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy  Photos

7/19/2021 - Free Opera Streams in August  Photos

6/30/2021 - Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Offers Interactive Talks on Opera in Latin America  Photos

6/22/2021 - San Francisco Opera Returns to the War Memorial Opera House Stage for 2021–22 Season  Photos

6/17/2021 - San Francisco Opera's July 2021 schedule of free opera streams  Photos

6/4/2021 - BRAVO! Club Explores Opera in PianoFight's 8-Bit World, Thursday, June 10, 6 pm  Photos

5/27/2021 - In Song: Pene Pati now available  Photos

5/25/2021 - In Song: Pene Pati Released Thursday, May 27  Photos

4/27/2021 - The Adlers: Live at the Drive-In - April 29, May 6, May 13 at the Marin Center  Photos

4/23/2021 - San Francisco Opera's new podcast North Stage Door now available  Photos

4/21/2021 - San Francisco Opera Guild Presents Life. Changing. An Evening with Frederica von Stade & Jake Heggie, April 28  Photos

4/19/2021 - Live Opera Returns to the Bay Area: San Francisco Opera's Presentation of The Barber of Seville at the Marin Center Drive-In Opens April 23  Photos

3/31/2021 - Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Offers New Interactive Talks in April, May and June  Photos

3/30/2021 - San Francisco Opera Pilots Aloha Real-Time Remote Collaboration Music Service to Prepare for Live Performances 

3/24/2021 - Schedule of Free Opera Streams for April  Photos

3/12/2021 - Updated Schedule for San Francisco Opera's Ring Festival  Photos

3/11/2021 - In Song: J'Nai Bridges now available  Photos

3/2/2021 - Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Offers Interactive Family Programs in March  Photos

2/16/2021 - San Francisco Opera Returns to Live Performances Presents Online Ring Festival and Launches New Original Digital Programming This Spring  Photos1  Photos2  Photos3

1/26/2021 - Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Offers New Interactive Talks  Photos

9/15/2020 - Final Phase of War Memorial Opera House Seat Replacement Project Rescheduled to Fall/Winter 2020  Photos 

8/17/2020 - Carrie-Ann Matheson Appointed Artistic Director and Markus Beam Appointed General Manager of San Francisco Opera Center  Photos 

5/13/2020 - Mayors from Across the Nation Send Join Letter to Congress in Support of Arts and Culture Funding in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic  

2/27/2020 - Philanthropists Tad and Dianne Taube Give $6 Million to Name San Francisco Opera General Director Position 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 

12/05/2019 - Eun Sun Kim Appointed Music Director of San Francisco Opera Photos 

10/31/2019 - San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2020 Adler Fellows Photos 

6/10/2019 - San Francisco Opera Establishes Department of Diversity, Equity and Community   Photos