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The annual showcase for San Francisco Opera’s resident artists in opera scenes and arias with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra at the Herbst Theatre. Discover the next great opera star—in a unique concert event you can't see anywhere else. This year’s program will be conducted by Ramón Tebar and directed by Omer Ben Seadia.

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The Future Is Now: Adlers in Concert

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Revel in the sheer joy of opera as the 2025 Merola artists deliver a breathtaking evening of vocal fireworks and lush melodies accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Center Orchestra. Featuring extended scenes from beloved operas by Donizetti alongside Puccini and Verdi, this concert is a feast for the ears, celebrating the expressive power of the human voice with passion, elegance, and undeniable flair.

Schwabacher Summer Concert: It’s Complicated—Love & Opera

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

### The Rake's Progress - Minnesota Orchestra

**Event Description:**
Join us for an exquisite production of Igor Stravinsky’s delightfully clever opera, *The Rake’s Progress*, presented by the Lakes Area Music Festival. Directed by Omer Ben Seadia and conducted by music director Christian Reif, this performance features an all-star cast that brings to life the story of Tom Rakewell. Tom deserts his rural country town and girlfriend Anne Trulove for the temptations of London, only to be seduced by greed and fame under the influence of his devilish companion, Nick Shadow. The opera follows Tom's moral, mental, and physical decline, culminating in a poignant moral: "For idle hearts and hands and minds the Devil finds work to do."

**Performance Details:**
- **Dates:** Saturday, August 10, 2024, and Sunday, August 11, 2024
- **Venue:** Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, 702 S 5th St, Brainerd, MN 56401
- **Language:** Sung in English with English supertitles

**Additional Information:**
- The Minnesota Orchestra does not perform in this program.
- All artists, programs, prices, dates, and times are subject to change.
- All sales are final; no refunds.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the Lakes Area Music Festival website.

**Note:** The Orchestra Hall Box Office is pleased to provide ticket services for the Lakes Area Music Festival.

The Rake's Progress

Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts

Everything great opera should have: gorgeous music, high emotion, and grand tragedy! Carefree Bohemians and star-struck lovers—penniless, hungry and ill—fill the concert hall with their astonishing voices as Puccini’s heart-rending tale unfolds.

La Bohème

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Everything great opera should have: gorgeous music, high emotion, and grand tragedy! Carefree Bohemians and star-struck lovers—penniless, hungry, and ailing—fill the concert hall with their astonishing voices as Puccini’s heart-rending tale unfolds

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Everything great opera should have: gorgeous music, high emotion and grand tragedy! Carefree Bohemians and star-struck lovers—penniless, hungry and ill—fill the concert hall with their astonishing voices as Puccini’s heart-rending tale unfolds.

Smiling snowmen, snow angels, and warm bubble baths: experience the magic of Ezra Jack Keats’ beloved children’s book come to life on the opera stage. The Snowy Day follows the adventures of young Peter as he explores his neighborhood on a snowy day, making new friends and encountering unexpected wonders along the way. 

The Snowy Day

Portland'5 Centers for the Arts

Revel in the drama and melodies of classic opera as artists from the 2023 Merola Opera Program perform extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Handel, Verdi, and others.

Schwabacher Summer Concert

The Curtis Opera Theatre’s 2022–23 season concludes with George Frideric Handel’s riveting tale of obsession, desire, and royal intrigue. Based upon Ludovico Ariosto’s epic sixteenth-century poem Orlando furioso, this glorious Baroque masterpiece follows the story of Princess Ginevra, daughter of the King of Scotland, and her fiancé, the noble knight Ariodante. Directed by Omer Ben Seadia, Ariodante features members of Philadelphia’s self-led baroque orchestra, Tempesta di Mare, under the baton of David Stern.

Ariodante

Kimmel Cultural Campus

Thumbprint is inspired by the true story of Mukhtar Mai—a trailblazing Pakistani activist whose fight for justice and safety reminds us that women's rights are human rights. After surviving sexual violence perpetrated by a local tribal council in retribution for her brother's alleged crimes, Mukhtar decides to live—and that decision changes the world. Her hope: open a village school for girls to learn to read and write, so that they may avoid the humiliation of signing their names with only a thumbprint. Heartening, and optimistic for the future, this opera is about restorative justice. 

Thumbprint premieres on Portland Opera Onscreen on Thursday, April 20, and will be available to stream on-demand through June 2. Digital passes are $50. 22/23 Season subscribers get discounted passes for $40. Students can unlock passes for $10.

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Omer Ben Seadia

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Nov 21, 2025

The Future Is Now: Adlers in Concert · San Francisco Opera

10 - 12 Jul, 2025

Schwabacher Summer Concert: It’s Complicated—Love & Opera · Merola Opera Program

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