San Francisco Opera has announced a change for the Pride Concert, which closes the Company’s 2025 Summer Season mainstage presentations on June 27.

The company said that due to a scheduling conflict stemming from the extension of a filming project, Monét X Change is unable to be the emcee for San Francisco Opera’s inaugural Pride Concert. As a result, Sapphira Cristál will take over.

Cristál is a classically trained opera singer, composer, and drag queen known for her theatrical lip-sync style and six-octave vocal range. She was the runner-up and named “Miss Congeniality” on season 16 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. and 2019, Cristál shared the stage with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

She was also featured on Madonna’s Celebration Tour in 2024 and debuted Soundcake, her original operatic production with Monét X Change and Thorgy Thor at Lincoln Center in New York City.

The Pride concert will feature Jamie Barton, Brian Mulligan, and Nikola Printz. Music Director Eun Sun Kim and Robert Mollicone conduct.

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