The San Francisco Opera has announced the 2023-24 Emerging Stars Competition. The Emerging Stars Competition, made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, is a fund for opera singers who have made their mark on the grand stage. The company added, that through the Emerging Stars Fund, Jan and Maria help bring some of opera’s most exciting rising talents {…}
San Francisco Opera has announced the election of Barbara A. Wolfe to the position of Chair of the Board. She takes over for John Gunn this August and becomes the first new person to hold the chair in 16 years; Wolfe is also just the seventh person to hold the position in the San Francisco Opera’s 101-year history. “It is {…}
(Photo: Cory Weaver) French soprano Julie Fuchs is the current toast of her operatic genre, as much as the character she portrays in the San Francisco Opera production of George Frideric Handel’s “Partenope.” Last weekend’s audience cheered, screamed, applauded, and thrilled to Fuchs’s electrifying dispatch of the daunting role—her final aria even stopped the show in its tracks! With glamorous costuming {…}
The San Francisco Opera is set to celebrate Pride month. The company will celebrate on June 26 as all ticket holders for that evening’s performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” are welcome to enjoy Pride Night at the Opera which includes a pre-performance Pride exhibit hosted by the Opera’s Department of Diversity, Equity and Community and a Best Pride {…}
(Photo credit: Kristen Loken) The season finale of “The Opera in You,” San Francisco Opera’s free storytelling workshop series presented in partnership with San Francisco Public Library is set for June 15 at 3 p.m. Twelve selected participants from “The Opera in You” workshops will share their five-minute stories at this public storytelling celebration. During the event, three additional workshop {…}
(Photo Credit: Stefan Cohen) San Francisco Opera has announced that it will be bringing back its “Bohème Out of the Box” this summer. The company heads to Solano Avenue in Albany on June 27 for the first showcase of the 75-minute adaptation of the opera followed by another performance at Charles F. Kennedy Park in Union City on June 29. {…}
San Francisco Opera has announced that it will present “Beyond Innocence,” an initiative to provide additional context for its upcoming production of Kaija Sariaaho’s “Innocence.” The initiative includes a daylong symposium “BEYOND INNOCENCE: The Power of Community and the Arts & the Prevention of Gun Violence,” presented by San Francisco Opera, Live Free USA, and Lumahai Productions. There will be {…}
San Francisco Opera has awarded director Michael Cavanagh, who passed away on March 13, 2024 at the age of 62. The director debuted at San Francisco Opera in 2012 with a production of “Nixon in China” and also led productions of “Susannah,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and “Svabda-Wedding” as part of the San Francisco Opera Lab in 2016. Finally, he created {…}
The San Francisco Opera is set to present the American premiere of composer Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, “Innocence.” The opera, which will be performed, at the War Memorial Opera House from June 1 to 21, 2024, had its world premiere at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2021. “Innocence” is a 105-minute opera in five acts without intermission that is performed in {…}
The San Francisco Opera Guild and Neiman Marcus San Francisco have announced that they will present a benefit luncheon and fashion presentation of the Michael Kors Spring/Summer 2024 Collection and a preview of Fall/Winter 2024. The benefit will be held on April 16, 2024, with a special appearance by designer Michael Kors. In a statement, Kors said, “This season we’re taking {…}
San Francisco Opera is set to present “Bohème Out of the Box” this April. The showcase, which will take place on April 13 -14 at Burlingame and then on April 20 – 21 at Alameda, will feature an abridged version of Puccini’s masterpiece with a cast starring Caroline Corrales (Mimì), Christopher Oglesby (Rodolfo), Samuel Kidd (Marcello), Georgina Adams (Musetta), James {…}