S.F. Opera new season: ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’

San Francisco Opera has announced details of its 104th season, and General Director Matthew Shilvock is feeling proud of what’s coming.

The season, set to run Sept. 12 through June 25, 2027, has a full array of productions, concerts and special events on the calendar.

The fall season performances in the War Memorial Opera House begin with Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra,” conducted by company music director Eun Sun Kim and directed by Claus Guth, and featuring a “New to San Francisco” production featuring Amartuvshin Enkhbat in the title role (Sept. 12-27), followed by Thea Musgrave’s rarity, “Mary, Queen of Scots” starring Heidi Stober (Sept. 20-Oct. 4), in a co-production with English National Opera. Fall operas also include Massenet’s “Manon” (Oct. 15-Nov. 1), and Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” in Michael Cavanagh’s acclaimed production (Oct. 31-Nov. 19); Nov. 6 brings a “Strauss in Concert” event.

Summer 2027 brings Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” (May 29-June 22, 2027), and Shawna Lucey directs Puccini’s “Tosca” (June 4-July 2). The season comes to an exuberant close with the June 25, 2027 “Pride Concert.”

Other singers announced to appear on the schedule include Amina Edris, Hadleigh Adams, Pene Pati, Brian Mulligan, Quinn Kelsey, and Rachel Willis-Sorensen.

Concerts featuring music by Massenet, Mozart and Puccini are also on the schedule. The company’s free Opera in the Park is 1:30 p.m. Sept. 13 in Robin Williams Meadow in Golden Gate Park. The annual Opera Ball benefit is Sept. 12.

Coming directly from the success of the company’s recent world premiere of “The Monkey King,” to introducing the new season, General Director Shilvock said that opera is a singular experience for audiences. “Watching these works, audience members become not casual observers, but participants,” he said. “In these moments of unbridled love and tragic grief, we see it onstage and put ourselves into it with a shared feeling of empathy. That’s the glorious feeling of opera.

“This season will be defined by those soaring musical values, incisive dramatic staging, and an expansive breadth of styles and stories. I’m thrilled to welcome audiences to experience the collective power of this extraordinary art form.”

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