SAN FRANCISCO / BAY AREA OPERA NEWS COVERAGE

As the 2025 Summer Festival continues, director Garnett Bruce makes his Merola debut with a fully staged production of Rossini’s rarely performed comic gem, Le Comte Ory. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

Opera Parallèle will present the West Coast debut of Harvey Milk Reimagined, a bold and timely refreshed version of the groundbreaking opera originally composed by Stewart Wallace and librettist Michael Korie. ...

Opera San José has revealed the programming for the company’s 42nd season, which will include classic Italian operatic favorites that all explore the question, “What is love?” See the full lineup and learn more!...

Opera San José will conclude its 41st season with the Northern California premiere of Héctor Armienta’s Zorro. Get a first look at the production's stars in costume!...

New Performance Traditions will present a new production of Both Eyes Open, an experimental electroacoustic opera by Brooklyn-based composer Max Giteck Duykers and Berkeley-based librettist and playwright Philip Kan Gotanda....

San Francisco's acclaimed Merola Opera Program has selected 28 artists from a pool of nearly 1,300 international applicants to participate in its 2025 program. Learn more!...

Opera San José will present an all-new production of Béla Bartók's chilling one-act opera Bluebeard's Castle directed by OSJ General Director/CEO Shawna Lucey....

Opera San José will present an all-new production of Béla Bartók's chilling one-act opera Bluebeard's Castle, directed by OSJ General Director/CEO Shawna Lucey and conducted by Opera San José Music Director Joseph Marcheso. ...

San Jose Opera's production of La Bohème is currently being presented through December 1, 2024 at the California Theatre in San Jose.  Check out the production photos here!...

The San Francisco Opera Center has announced the 2025 Adler Fellows, highlighting emerging artists in opera. ...

San Francisco Opera Orchestra has signed another short-term contract extension to allow for additional negotiation time toward a long-term contract. The extension will continue through May 30 and has the same terms as their current contract....

San Francisco Opera's 102nd season will continue in November with a variety of performances and events. Along with Georges Bizet’s Carmen (November 13–December 1) and the Carmen Encounter (November 21), November brings two annual, year-end concerts. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Snow will fall in San José when one of opera’s greatest love stories, Puccini’s La Bohème, returns to Opera San José. Check out photos of the cast....

Check out photos from San Francisco Opera's production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde here!...

San Francisco Opera has announced the release of Eun Sun Kim: A Journey Into Lohengrin, an hour-long film by San Francisco Opera and Lumahai Productions, the partners behind the Company’s award-winning In Song video portrait series. ...

San Francisco Opera will present Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) from October 19–November 5 under the baton of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim who leads this monumental work for the first time. ...

San Francisco Opera is presenting the West Coast premiere of composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley’s opera The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the bestselling novel by Margaret Atwood. Check out production photos here!...

San Francisco Opera opened its 102nd season on Friday, September 6 with Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera. Check out production photos here!...

Opera San José has announced its participation in South First Friday on Sept. 6, featuring magic, music, and more. ...

San Francisco Opera General Director Emeritus David Gockley was honored on August 20 with a bas-relief unveiled in the lobby of the War Memorial Opera House. ...

Experience the magic of wintry Paris as Opera San José presents LA BOHÈME. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Watch a teaser trailer for San Francisco Opera's The Handmaid's Tale, running September 14-October 1, 2024, in the video here....

San Francisco Opera's Carlo Vistoli wins the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition....

Merola Opera Program continues its Summer Festival season with a fully staged production of Don Giovanni, Mozart’s vivid retelling of the Don Juan legend, with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. See photos from the show! ...

Opera Parallèle, in collaboration with The Transgender District, will help launch the first-ever statewide Transgender History Month in August with the third edition of Expansive, an enthusiastic showcase of transgender and nonbinary classical artists in two performances at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, Au...