San Francisco Opera Announces World Premiere for 2025-26 Season

By Francisco Salazar

The San Francisco Opera has announced that it will world premiere “The Monkey King” during the 2025-26 season.

The company said that the work will be world-premiered in November 2025. It will be a groundbreaking new production that will also reintroduce San Francisco audiences to one of the most iconic heroes in global storytelling: Sun Wukong.

The opera will be a collaboration between composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang and focus on the origin story from “Journey To The West.”

Award-winning director Diane Paulus and puppeteer Basil Twist will lead the production.

The San Francisco Opera is set to announce its 2025-26 season on Feb. 4, 2025.

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