The Future of Opera
Parsifal opens October 25!
By Richard Wagner
For the first time in 25 years, Wagner’s final opera returns in a brand-new San Francisco Opera production.
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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.
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NOV 21
The Future is Now: Adlers in Concert
Herbst Theatre
Benjamin Manis takes the podium to conduct an evening of song, featuring arias and scenes performed by San Francisco Opera’s very own resident artists, the Adler Fellows. Discover the next great opera singer—in a unique concert event you can't see anywhere else.
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NOV 23
San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert
Taube Atrium Theater or Osher Recital Hall
Chorus Director John Keene leads the members of the Company’s full-time chorus, and Associate Chorus Master Fabrizio Corona accompanies at the piano for this afternoon of choral music.