Press Releases

5/14/2020 - Upcoming Opera Is ON Streaming Performances from San Francisco Opera May 16-30  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  

5/7/2020 - New Online Offerings from San Francisco Opera's Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Launch This Month  Photos 

5/1/2020 - Opera is ON to Feature Archival San Francisco Opera Performances  Photos 

4/14/2020 - 2020 Summer Season Canceled Due To COVID-19 Pandemic  Photos 

4/10/2020 - San Francisco Opera Guild and Neiman Marcus' Carolina Herrera Fashion Show and Luncheon Postponedn Photos 

3/16/2020 - March 28 First Act Workshop and April 1 & 22 Schwabacher Recitals Canceled Due to COVID-19 Prevention Measures

3/04/2020 - San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald to Retire in 2020 Photos 

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

2/3/2020 - San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program present March 4 Schwabacher Recital Photos 

1/30/2020 - San Francisco Opera's 2020 Summer Season June 7-July 3, Casting Updated Photos 

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 

8/6/2019 - 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 

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