It will run June 13 to 30, 2023 (but has its world premiere at San Diego Opera in October). 5), based on Shakespeare and classical sources and directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer, the season also boasts the premiere of a co-commissioned opera, “El ultimo sueno de Frida y Diego” (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego) by Bay Area composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Perhaps the news that augurs especially well for the company (and the Bay Area and the nation emerging from the recent omicron variant wave) is the return of eight mainstage operas, additional concerts, and community events through July 1, 2023.īesides the new Adams opera (Sept. 9 to 11, features a gala concert on opening night and the traditional Opera Ball, on Friday the world premiere of Bay Area composer John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra” on Saturday and the annual Free Opera in the Park (in Robin Williams Meadow in Golden Gate Park) on Sunday, all led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim. Given the lineup of the 2022-23 centennial season, the future appears to be here and it includes, as one of the top opera companies in the nation, an ongoing commitment to innovation.Ĭonsider that opening weekend, Sept. San Francisco Opera wants to prove it this coming season as the company honors its first 100 years while its leaders cast an eye toward what they hope will be a dynamic future. Opera, basically a sung play, an entertainment with music with a 400-plus-year history, is for everybody.

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