The Future of Opera
Rigoletto Opens Friday!
By Giuseppe Verdi
50th Anniversary of Opera in the Park is Sunday
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SEP 7
Opera in the Park
Robin Williams Meadow, Golden Gate Park
Join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this beloved Bay Area tradition. Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and stars from San Francisco Opera’s 2025–26 Season in an afternoon of glorious music.
Free and open to all
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SEP 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 28
Dead Man Walking
War Memorial Opera House
Sister Helen Prejean’s faith is tested when she accompanies a man sentenced for murder on his journey to execution. Heggie’s dramatic score highlights the moral complexity and emotional nuance at the center of Prejean’s journey. Celebrate Dead Man Walking’s 25th anniversary of its world premiere on the stage where it all began.
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SEP 16, 19, 21, 24, 27
Rigoletto
War Memorial Opera House
Gossip is Rigoletto’s trade, and there is plenty of scandal to go around. But when a nobleman lays a curse on Rigoletto for his cruel humor, the jester has no idea how far he is about to fall. Experience some of opera’s most heartfelt music ever written in this Verdi masterpiece.
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OCT 25, 28
NOV 2, 7, 13
Parsifal
War Memorial Opera House
The Knights of the Holy Grail are in decline. But all is not lost when a naive young man named Parsifal embarks on a journey that may restore the order. Experience Wagner’s final opera and sublime score in this brand-new San Francisco Opera production.
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NOV 1
Beethoven 5 & Falla
War Memorial Opera House
Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra onstage with Beethoven’s glorious Fifth Symphony, paired with Spanish composer Manuel de Falla’s Seven Popular Songs and his fiery Three Cornered Hat Suite No. 2. One night only!
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NOV 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28, 30
The Monkey King
War Memorial Opera House
He’s arrogant. He’s disobedient. He’s becoming the most powerful being in creation, and he’s about to wreak havoc on heaven. This new, action-packed opera combines high-energy music and text with puppetry, dance, Peking opera, and Buddhist sutras to tell the tale of the Monkey King’s beginnings.