Merola Opera Program at War Memorial Opera House

Merola Opera Program Unveils All Female-Directed 2024 Season

March 26, 2024

San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program has unveiled its 2024 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

San Francisco Opera Guild Hosts AN EVENING ON THE STAGE Benefit

November 15, 2023

San Francisco Opera Guild's An Evening on the Stage gala dinner honors Karen J. Kubin and Mary and Bill Poland on Tuesday, November 28 at the War Memorial Opera House.

San Francisco Opera Performs the Bay Area Premiere of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' OMAR

October 13, 2023

San Francisco Opera presents the Bay Area premiere of Omar, the new Pulitzer Prize-winning opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels.

San Francisco Opera Center Announces The 2024 Adler Fellows

October 04, 2023

San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam announced today the 11 recipients of the 2024 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship.

Wagner's LOHENGRIN Comes to San Francisco Opera in October

September 29, 2023

San Francisco Opera presents Richard Wagner's Lohengrin from October 15–November 1 in director David Alden's staging, a co-production of London's Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Antwerp's Opera Vlaanderen. Learn more about the opera here!

Merola Opera Program Concludes Season With Merola Grand Finale

July 21, 2023

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 performing a dazzling array of opera’s most brilliant arias, duets, and more, on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House. Conducted by Maestro Kelly Kuo and directed by 2023 Merola Stage Director Tania Arazi Coambs, this evening showcases the extraordinary talent of the 2023 cohort.

Merola Concludes Season With MEROLA GRAND FINALE in August

April 29, 2023

Merola Opera Program's 2023 Summer Festival will come to a triumphant end with the Merola Grand Finale, featuring all the young artists performing a dazzling array of opera's most brilliant arias, duets, and more, on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House.

San Francisco Opera Presents New Co-Commission 'El último Sueño De Frida Y Diego'

April 28, 2023

San Francisco Opera presents the Bay Area premiere of El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego) June 13–30 at the War Memorial Opera House.

Merola Opera Program Announces 2023 Season

March 24, 2023

One of the most prestigious opera training programs in the world, San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program has announced its 2023 season.

39th Season Of Schwabacher Recital Series Begins Next Month

February 22, 2023

The 39th season of the Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by San Francisco Opera Center and the Merola Opera Program, opens on March 1 with soprano Meigui Zhang and pianist John Churchwell and continues on March 22 with a program curated by Nicholas Phan featuring five San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows and Merola alumni.

San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Announce 2023 Schwabacher Recital Series

February 03, 2023

Now in its 39th year, the Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by San Francisco Opera Center and the Merola Opera Program, returns this spring with a series of four recitals (March 1, March 22, April 12 and May 18) at San Francisco's Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater and San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Barbro Osher Recital Hall.

San Francisco Opera Announces 2023–24 Season, Featuring OMAR, THE MAGIC FLUTE & More

January 24, 2023

San Francisco Opera has announced details for the Company’s 101st season, which opens September 8, 2023. See production details, how to purchase tickets and more!

San Francisco Opera Announces The 2023 Adler Fellows

November 18, 2022

San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam announced the 11 recipients of the 2023 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship.

San Francisco Opera Medals Awarded To Catherine Cook, Philip Skinner, and Dale Travis

November 01, 2022

An onstage award presentation immediately following the October 30 matinee performance of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites honored three cherished artists whose careers with San Francisco Opera each span over three decades. Mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook, who was Mother Jeanne in the afternoon's performance, and bass-baritone Dale Travis, who portrayed Marquis de la Force, were joined onstage by bass-baritone Philip Skinner to each receive the San Francisco Opera Medal.