Name: Idomeneo
Start: 2025-06-25T19:30:00
Location: War Memorial Opera House

The San Francisco Opera is set to enchant audiences with a spectacular lineup this season, featuring the fiery allure of Carmen, the poignant love story of La Bohème, the mythic drama of Idomeneo, and a jubilant Pride Concert. From November 2024 through June 2025, the historic War Memorial Opera House will play host to these captivating performances, boasting stellar casts and innovative productions. Each event promises to transport audiences into worlds of passion and drama, while also celebrating the vibrant spirit of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Ying Fang

Eun Sun Kim

Daniela Mack

Elza van den Heever

Matthew Polenzani

John Keene

Michael Yeargan

Verity Hampson

Anna Cordingley

Lindy Hume

San Francisco Opera

A jack-of-all trades, the wily barber Figaro has a scheme for anything. Moved by the distress of two young lovers separated by the curmudgeonly Doctor Bartolo, Figaro pulls out his bag of tricks. But will Figaro’s scheming allow Rosina to escape the clutches of her ward into true love’s embrace with Count Almaviva?

Rossini’s exuberant comedy features some of the most joyful music in all of opera. From the famous overture to the irresistible “Largo al factotum,” this masterpiece of comedic writing has delighted audiences for over two hundred years.

In director Emilio Sagi’s flamenco-inspired production, sun-bleached buildings are the backdrop to colorful costumes as the characters’ plans for escape become more and more outrageous. Benjamin Manis returns to conduct this effervescent score.

The Barber of Seville

War Memorial Opera House

In a brutal world where revenge is enacted with the axe, Klytämnestra has murdered her husband Agamemnon. Their daughter Elektra is consumed by her grief and is fixated on vengeance against her mother. Justice must be served.

San Francisco Opera’s production, praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “extraordinary” and “stunning,” brings us to a modern-day museum and an exhibit on Elektra. A young woman grappling with her own life is pulled into the ancient narrative in this ingenious production by Keith Warner—a taut psychological thriller in which the past and the present become one.

Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts Richard Strauss’ expressionist masterpiece, replete with one of the largest orchestras in the repertoire. The intense emotions of this Greek tragedy are rendered on a vast scale by Strauss’ massive soundscape and a score that winds up the dramatic tension with an intensity that can only lead to one horrific outcome.

Elektra

You’ll begin the evening watching part of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville on stage. You’ll then be immersed in the flamenco world of the opera in a transformed Opera House. This opera and party experience is a unique evening you’ll be telling stories about for years. Tickets limited for this one-night-only event!

The Barber of Seville Encounter

The San Francisco Opera Orchestra and featured artists will perform a high-energy concert celebrating LGBTQIA+ composers, performers, anthems, and so much more!

2026 Pride Concert

Amidst a terrible storm, Idomeneo promises the god Neptune that he will sacrifice the first person he sees if he and his crew survive the tempestuous waters. Arriving to shore, his relief at safe passage quickly transforms into horror as the first person he lays eyes upon is his own son, Idamante.

Idomeneo

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