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upcoming live shows!

Come see the San Francisco Opera Orchestra for one more free concert before the Summer Opera Season, and join us for a reception in the lobby following the performance!

​Monday, June 2nd at 6pm

Doors open 5:30 - no ticket or sign up required

 

PROGRAM: 

Dukas, Fanfare - La Péri

Mozart, Horn Quintet

Puccini, Inno a Diana (arr. William Klingelhoffer), 

Puccini, Salve Regina (arr. William Klingelhoffer)

Borodin, Prince Igor’s Aria (arr. Anthony DiLorenzo)

Kreisler, Praeludium and Allegro (arr. Clarice Assad)

Mendelssohn, String Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Allegro

Handel, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 

Past Events

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Public Outdoor Performances

When we were unable to perform in the War Memorial during the pandemic, we craved contact with our audiences. To share our music, we created POP! -Public Outdoor Performances- in which we safely played free chamber music concerts for outdoor audiences. Though we're gratefully back to performing in the Opera House, please enjoy these videos of our time spent with you!

Videos from POP! events

Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo

Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo
Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo

Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo

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POP! Compilation

POP! Compilation

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Join us for a free concert

MUSIC AND FLOWERS 

Wednesday, May 7th at 6pm at

Minnesota Street Project

Musicians from the San Francisco Opera Orchestra are stepping out of the War Memorial Opera House pit and into the community for a free concert! Musicians will perform floral-inspired chamber works at the Minnesota Street Project in San Fransico’s Dogpatch neighborhood. The spacious gallery spaces will reverberate with the instrumental sounds of works by Giacomo Puccini, Gustav Mahler, Léo Delibes, Alberto Ginastera and Julian Milone.

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA PRESENTS: 

NIGHT MUSIC

Thursday May 8th at 7pm at

Piedmont Piano Company

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Ten musicians from the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, along with longtime San Francisco Opera music staff member and pianist Robert Mollicone, take the stage at the piano store to perform intimate works by Claude Debussy, Astor Piazzolla, Eugene Booze, George Frideric Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven and Maurice Ravel, among others.

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA & SAINT JOSEPH'S ARTS SOCIETY

presents

SOUND CHECK

Saturday, May 17th

1:30 doors open, social hour with cash bar!

2:30pm Concert

1401 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Join us for a joyful afternoon of music, discovery and community as Saint Joseph's Arts Society partners with San Francisco Opera for a pop-up event that brings the San Francisco Opera Orchestra beyond the War Memorial Opera House and into another esteemed San Francisco landmark. 

For this special performance, the sounds of the full San Francisco Opera Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Sun Sun Kim, will fill the sweeping interior of historic Saint Joseph's with this new opportunity for connection through sound.

Attendees are encouraged to move about the space to experience the music-making from different perspectives. 

The program features The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten's brilliant composition that introduces the instruments, sounds, and personalities of the orchestra in an illuminating way for music lovers of all ages. The Orchestra will also perform Henry Purcell's original theme from the play Abdelazer which inspired Britten's famous work, and Richard Wagner's Siegfried Idyll. 

Advance ticket registration is required for this FREE event. Families and music lovers of all ages are welcome. 

PROGRAM: 

Dukas, Fanfare - La Péri (John Pearson, Scott Macomber, Kevin Rivard, Michael Cox, Zachariah Spellman

 

Mozart, Horn Quintet (Kevin Rivard, Kay Stern, Joy Fellows, Stephen Grist, Thalia Moore)

Puccini, Inno a Diana arr. William Klingelhoffer 

Puccini, Salve Regina arr. William Klingelhoffer

Borodin, Prince Igor’s Aria arr. Anthony DiLorenzo (John Pearson, Scott Macomber, Kevin Ricard, Michael Cox, Zachariah Spellman)

Kreisler, Praeludium and Allegro arr. Clarice Assad (String Orchestra) 

 

Mendelssohn, String Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Allegro (String Orchestra)

Handel, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 

(Mingjia Liu, Gabe Young and Strings)

1st Violin

Kay Stern

Maya Cohon

Barbara Riccardi

Naoko Nakajima

Dian Zhang

Masha Borozina

2nd Violin

Jeremy Preston

Beni Shinohara

Aya Kiyonaga

Heeguen Song

Leslie Ludena

Craig Reiss

Violas

Joy Fellows

Lindan Burns

Liz Prior

Emily Liu

Stephen Goist

Cellos

Thalia Moore

Peter Myers 

Ruth Lane

Rachel Ko

Bass

Joe Lescher

Shinji Eshima

Bill Watson 

Antonio Escobedo

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Photo of San Francisco War Memorial Opera House © Mingjia Liu

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