SAN FRANCISCO / BAY AREA OPERA NEWS COVERAGE

Opera San José has announced its participation in South First Friday on Sept. 6, featuring magic, music, and more. ...

San Francisco Opera General Director Emeritus David Gockley was honored on August 20 with a bas-relief unveiled in the lobby of the War Memorial Opera House. ...

Experience the magic of wintry Paris as Opera San José presents LA BOHÈME. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Watch a teaser trailer for San Francisco Opera's The Handmaid's Tale, running September 14-October 1, 2024, in the video here....

San Francisco Opera's Carlo Vistoli wins the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition....

Merola Opera Program continues its Summer Festival season with a fully staged production of Don Giovanni, Mozart’s vivid retelling of the Don Juan legend, with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. See photos from the show! ...

Opera Parallèle, in collaboration with The Transgender District, will help launch the first-ever statewide Transgender History Month in August with the third edition of Expansive, an enthusiastic showcase of transgender and nonbinary classical artists in two performances at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, Au...

San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season continues with George Frideric Handel’s Partenope in director Christopher Alden’s award-winning production. Check out photos here!...

Launching Opera San José’s 41st season is a family-friendly production of The Magic Flute, to be conducted by prodigy composer/conductor Alma Deutscher. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Festival Opera will host two free Opera in the Park concerts in Orinda and in Walnut Creek. Learn more about the concerts! ...

The Merola Opera Program will conclude its Summer Festival with a Grand Finale. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

San Francisco Opera takes its performances on the road in June, bringing opera to various locations. Enjoy a unique experience with the acclaimed company outside the traditional opera house setting....

San Francisco Opera launches BEYOND INNOCENCE initiatives alongside the U.S. premiere of Kaija Saariaho's opera, INNOCENCE....

Opera San José concludes its 40th anniversary season with the Bay Area premiere of Daniel Catán’s captivating opera, Florencia en el Amazonas, marking its debut at the California Theatre as the company’s first Spanish language opera performed on its mainstage. Check out production photos below!...

San Francisco Opera presented the Opera Medal, the Company's highest honor, to Michael Cavanagh shortly before his death last month. The acclaimed Canadian opera director, who passed away on March 13 from leptomeningeal cancer at the age of 62, was a guiding, creative force behind a number of import...

San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program has unveiled its 2024 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

Opera San José has revealed the programming for the company’s 41st season. See the productions and learn how to purchase tickets....

Join the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Public Library for 'The Opera in You' Storytelling Workshops running from March to May. ...

The 2024–25 Season includes six mainstage opera productions along with concert presentations including a one-night-only performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, honoring the work's 200th anniversary and, in the summer of 2025, a special Pride Concert celebrating San Francisco's LGBTQ...

Tech leader Nilab Hessabi has joined the Board of Trustees of Opera San José. Learn more about Hessabi!...

Opera Parallèle, the nationally renowned contemporary opera company based in San Francisco, has announced a series of significant achievements during its 14th anniversary season. The company has been awarded three prestigious grants, reaffirming its commitment to artistic innovation and community en...

Opera San José’s 40th anniversary season continues with a thrilling production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. See photos from the production....

San Francisco Opera's 101st season continues May 30–June 30 at the War Memorial Opera House with the highly anticipated American premiere of Kaija Saariaho's final opera, INNOCENCE, along with Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE (DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE) and Handel's PARTENOPE, presented in award-winning productions....

Opera San José has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $22,000....

Opera San José's 40th anniversary season continues with a thrilling production of Verdi's Rigoletto. Boasting some of opera's most memorable music, including the signature aria “La donna è mobile,” this gripping work follows the jester Rigoletto, his innocent daughter Gilda, and the corrupt Duke of ...

Opera San José will conclude its 40th Anniversary season with the Bay Area premiere of Florencia en el Amazonas....

At the conclusion of San Francisco Opera's December 9 fall season final performance of The Elixir of Love, the Company honored composer and philanthropist Gordon Getty in an onstage ceremony. ...