The San Francisco Opera has canceled its 2020 Summer Season due to the continued practice of social distancing around the world.

The festival, which was slated for June 7-July 3, was set to feature 18 total performances of operas such as Verdi’s “Ernani,” Handel’s “Partenope,” and the Bay Area premiere of Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.”

“I am profoundly grateful to all who have invested so deeply of themselves in planning and preparing for our summer season, and I grieve that so much creative energy will sadly not find expression on our stage this summer. This Company has faced many challenges in its nearly 100 years—our very theater was built from the determination of San Franciscans to bring music back after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake. We have survived the Great Depression, a World War, the Loma Prieta earthquake, the dot-com bust, September 11 and the 2008 recession. I know San Francisco Opera will emerge from this doing what we do best: bringing works of soaring beauty to life and sharing them with our extraordinary community,” stated General Manager Matthew Shivlock in a press release.

Per the release, the company noted that it expects losses of $8 million due to the cancelation of the summer season. However, the organization plans to compensate employees in full through the current May 3 shelter-in-place period.