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Amartuvshin Enkhbat & Eleonora Buratto Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’

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San Francisco Opera’s 2026–27 Season is set to open with Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra.” The opera will be presented in Claus Guth’s production, remounted for San Francisco Opera by director Katherine M. Carter. Music Director Eun Sun Kim will lead the opera with an all star cats that includes Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat in the title role. He will be joined {…}
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Jack Swanson Wins San Francisco Opera’s 2026 Emerging Stars Competition

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American tenor Jack Swanson has been named the winner of the 2026 Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition at San Francisco Opera. Swanson, who made his house debut this summer as Count Almaviva in Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” was selected through a public online vote conducted from June 30 through August 5. The award carries a {…}
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San Francisco Opera Extends General Director Matthew Shilvock’s Contract

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Matthew Shilvock has extended his contract as General Director of the San Francisco Opera. The Board of Directors of San Francisco Opera approved a new five-year contract extension effective August 1, 2026 and which will see Shilvock lead the company through the 2030–31 season. Board President Jack Calhoun said, “On behalf of the entire board of directors, I am very {…}
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San Francisco Opera & San Francisco Opera Guild Announce 2026 ‘Opera Ball’

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(Photo: Drew Altizer Photography) San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild will present “Opera Ball” on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. The evening includes a cocktail reception, dinner, and after-party at San Francisco City Hall, along with the opening night performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the War Memorial Opera House. The evening begins with a cocktail reception in {…}
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San Francisco Opera 2025-26 Review: Elektra

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(Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera) “Agamemnon! Agamemnon!” The words and tones rang in my ears still, as I emerged from the powerful rendering of San Francisco Opera’s Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s “Elektra.” The sunshine on the street did not turn it down. The 95 piece orchestra, conducted by San Francisco Orchestra Music Director, Eun Sun Kim, and the powerful voices of {…}
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San Francisco Opera to Present Second Annual Pride Concert

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(Photo: Kristen Loken) San Francisco Opera will present its second annual Pride Concert on June 26 at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. Sapphira Cristál, an opera singer, composer, and drag queen, returns as emcee for the evening. Conductor Robert Mollicone leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in a program blending opera, musical theater, and pop, with music {…}
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San Francisco Opera 2025-26 Review: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

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San Francisco Opera kicked off its Summer Season with Rossini’s popular “Il Barbier di Siviglia.” With nine principals, 36 choristers, and eight dancers, the production was a revival of the 2013 staging by Emilio Sagi and is a co-production between San Francisco and Lithuanian National Opera. Sagi aimed to bring the past into the present, emphasizing this by moving progressively {…}
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Jesslyn Thomas & San Francisco Opera Orchestra to Present Free Concert Honoring Hospice Workers

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(Photo credit: Nicole Cetina) San Francisco Opera Orchestra’s third annual Harmonic Interlude Concert will honor hospice workers. ​Soprano Jesslyn Thomas and San Francisco Opera Chorus will present a concert of works by Rossini, Strauss, Villa-Lobos, and Schubert, among others. Robert Mollicone conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. This year’s Harmonic Interlude concert marks the first time vocal selections have been {…}
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San Francisco Opera to Present ‘Elektra’ with Elena Pankratova

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San Francisco Opera is set to present Strauss’ “Elektra” from June 7–27, 2026. The opera will be conducted by Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim in a production by Keith Warner. The production will star Elena Pankratova in her company debut in the title role alongside Elza van den Heever as Chrysothemis. Michaela Schuster will portray Klytemnestra while {…}

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