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EUGENE ONEGIN To Have World Premiere Production From San Francisco Ballet And The Joffrey Ballet


by A.A. Cristi - February 24, 2025

San Francisco Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet have announced the world premiere commission of Yuri Possokhov's Eugene Onegin, based on Alexander Pushkin's classic novel and marking the first full-length co-production between the two renowned companies....

SF Ballet to Premiere Tamara Rojo's Reimagined RAYMONDA


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 11, 2025

​​​​​​​San Francisco Ballet has revealed creative details for the North American premiere of Artistic Director Tamara Rojo's Raymonda. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets....

Zac Posen Designs Costumes for SF Ballet, Debuting Next Month


by Stephi Wild - January 17, 2025

San Francisco Ballet announced that fashion designer and Executive Vice President & Creative Director, Gap Inc. Zac Posen has designed new costumes for Christopher Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour....

Zac Posen Will Create Costumes For the San Francisco Ballet


by Michael Major - January 16, 2025

Famed fashion designer Zac Posen will design costumes for the San Francisco Ballet. The Gap executive vice president and creative director will design for Christopher Wheeldon’s “Within the Golden Hour.”...

San Francisco Ballet Announces 2025 Partnership with Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Annual Curtain Commission


by A.A. Cristi - December 16, 2024

San Francisco Ballet has revealed new details on its annual partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF)....

Monét X Change, Jamie Barton, Nikola Printz, & More Set for San Francisco Opera Pride Concert


by Blair Ingenthron - November 16, 2024

San Francisco Opera announced the lineup for its June 27 Pride Concert, featuring renowned artists from the opera world, hosted by multi-hyphenate performer most well known for her appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race, Monét X Change....

San Francisco Opera Orchestra Signs New Short-Term Contract, Extending Long-Term Contract Negotiations


by Blair Ingenthron - November 03, 2024

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....

CARMEN Comes to San Francisco Opera Next Month


by Stephi Wild - October 29, 2024

San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Fall Season will conclude with the return of Georges Bizet’s Carmen from November 13–December 1 at the War Memorial Opera House....

San Francisco Opera Extends Contract Through 2031 with Music Director Eun Sun Kim


by Stephi Wild - October 18, 2024

San Francisco Opera Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock has announced the contract extension of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim....

Video: First Look at The San Francisco Opera's THE HANDMAID'S TALE


by Joshua Wright - September 25, 2024

Get a first look at San Francisco Opera's 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 the video!...

Past Shows

Manon
Manon
1/24 - 2/1/2025


Manon is one of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s most widely celebrated works. Showcasing his expertise of narrative choreography and insight into human psychology, this is MacMillan ...

Merola Opera Program presents Grand Finale


Merola Opera Program ’s 2024 Summer Festival comes to a triumphant conclusion with the Merola Grand Finale, featuring the 29 young opera artists selected from ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
3/13 - 3/29/2024


Enter Shakespeare’s enchanted forest of whimsy, mistaken identity, and jest—where fairies rule and love (eventually) reigns supreme. A delight for all ages, the Shakespearean favorite ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ballet)


Enter Shakespeare’s enchanted forest of whimsy, mistaken identity, and jest—where fairies rule and love (eventually) reigns supreme. A delight for all ages, the Shakespearean favorite ...

San Francisco Ballet Presents Nutcracker


Experience the magical winter wonderland of toy soldiers, King of the Mice, Sugar Plum Fairy, and so much more. This dazzling production is a kaleidoscope ...

San Francisco Ballet Presents The Nutcracker


Experience the magical winter wonderland of toy soldiers, King of the Mice, Sugar Plum Fairy, and so much more. This dazzling production is a kaleidoscope ...

Merola Opera Program


Merola Opera Program ’s 2023 Summer Festival comes to a triumphant conclusion with the  Merola Grand Finale , featuring all of this year’s young artists ...

Merola Grand Finale


Merola Opera Programs Summer Festival ends on a high note with the Merola Grand Finale, a concert featuring the 31 young artists of the 2022 ...

Don Quixote
3/3 - 3/6/2022


Don Quixote and Sancho Panza ride again! Here they are guided by their creator, Miguel de Cervantes, in person. In this "buddies on the road" ...

Hansel and Gretal
11/15 - 12/7/2019


Who's that nibbling on the gingerbread house? Why it's Hansel and Gretel of course. When these hungry, lost children are captured in the haunted forest ...

The Marriage of Figaro
10/11 - 11/1/2019


One of the most celebrated and delightfully amusing operas ever written, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro involves a wildly entertaining parade of mistaken identities, cross-dressing ...

Romeo and Juliet
9/6 - 10/1/2019

Carmen
Carmen
6/5 - 6/29/2019


San Francisco Opera's 2019 Summer Season opens with director Francesca Zambello's production of "Carmen." The popular French work about a free-spirited woman and her besotted ...

Rusalka
Rusalka
6/16 - 6/28/2019


Rusalka, Antonn Dvoks enchanting 1901 fairytale about a water nymph who trades her voice for love, returns to the War Memorial Opera House stage in ...

Orlando
Orlando
6/9 - 6/27/2019


Handels Orlando will be unveiled in a bold production by English director Harry Fehr which sets Ariostos mythic romance in London during The Blitz of ...

Videos


Fly By Night in San Francisco / Bay Area Fly By Night
Hillbarn Theatre (3/6 - 3/23) Tracker
Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles
Lesher Center for the Arts (6/13 - 6/13)
Dear San Francisco in San Francisco / Bay Area Dear San Francisco
Club Fugazi (10/12 - 9/30)
The Cher Show (Non-Equity) in San Francisco / Bay Area The Cher Show (Non-Equity)
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (3/18 - 3/23)
Six in San Francisco / Bay Area Six
Curran Theatre (4/12 - 4/12)
The Women by Clare Boothe Luce in San Francisco / Bay Area The Women by Clare Boothe Luce
American Legion Hall (4/4 - 4/20)
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Lesher Center for the Arts (3/14 - 3/15)
Mark Morris Dance Group: Pepperland in San Francisco / Bay Area Mark Morris Dance Group: Pepperland
Cal Performances' Zellerbach Hall (5/9 - 5/11)
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