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Stream San Francisco Opera’s 2023/24 Season

"The Elixir of Love" at San Francisco Opera. Photo by Cory Weaver

Join San Francisco Opera from the comfort of your own home by streaming the 2023/24 season. Tickets for streaming performances are $27.50.

Opening Night Concert

September 8 At 8 p.m.

Ring in the 101st season with an Opening Night Concert featuring tenor Roberto Alagna and soprano Aleksandra Kurzak with the San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim. Please note that there is no on-demand option for this livestream. Buy tickets.

Il Trovatore

September 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Familial revenge runs deep in Giuseppe Verdi’s towering opera of grand passions stymied at every turn. Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim continues her Verdi cycle with this work of sublime arias, passionate ensembles, and the rousing Anvil Chorus. Buy tickets.

The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

September 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Acclaimed San Francisco composer Mason Bates and Pulitzer-winning librettist Mark Campbell, return home to the Bay Area with this Grammy award-winning opera. Under the baton of Michael Christie, Bates’ score takes us on an operatic journey weaving together classical lyricism and a techno soundscape informed by the audio of early computers. Buy tickets.

Lohengrin

October 21 at 7 p.m.

A medieval epic with sword fights and witchcraft, this Wagnerian masterpiece pairs legends about the Holy Grail with songs that have become pop-culture staples, including the Bridal Chorus. Buy tickets.

Omar

November 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for music. A new opera from Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens and composer Michael Abels. Kidnapped, enslaved and over 6,000 miles from home, a Muslim scholar from West Africa defies the law in the antebellum South by writing his own story. Buy tickets.

The Elixir of Love

November 26 at 2 p.m.

He has no money. No confidence. And no hope of winning the hand of the wealthy and beautiful bachelorette Adina. But the timid young waiter Nemorino is about to gamble everything he has for one last shot at romance—only to discover how intoxicating love can be. Buy tickets.

The Magic Flute

June 4, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Armed with magic bells and a flute that can summon joy, a prince and a bird-catcher embark on a perilous journey to rescue a kidnapped princess—only to discover that their adversary is really their ally. Buy tickets.

Innocence

June 12, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

It was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. But just as Stela and Tuomas toast their marriage, a devastating secret reemerges that threatens to drive the couple apart—and expose the guilt Tuomas bears in an unconscionable crime. Buy tickets.

Partenope

June 23, 2024 at 2 p.m.

Partenope is the queen of the Paris social scene, her salon a beacon to the era’s edgiest artists. But they’re not just interested in cocktails and conversation. They’re interested in winning Partenope’s hand in marriage. Buy tickets.