San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Giants invite you to join in for Opera at the Ballpark, the free simulcast of Live and in Concert: The Homecoming will be transmitted in high definition live from the stage of the War Memorial Opera House to the 153-foot wide video board. Meanwhile, in Europe, where more preventive measures were taken to contain the spread of COVID-19, opera companies have started their reopening process in earnest with several companies confirming the start of their 2020-21 season on time and as originally scheduled.The city is open, live opera is back and it’s time to celebrate. is currently seeing an increase in cases of COVID-19 and many health experts are advising of an impending second wave of the pandemic sweeping across the country, several states are entering full reopening stages. Other organizations to take similar actions include the Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Dallas Opera, among others. The San Francisco Opera is the latest in a long line of opera companies to cancel the fall portion of its 2020 season. I am so grateful to every member of the Opera family for their resilience and belief. The creative urge to share our art with audiences has never been stronger. “As painful as this moment is, we remain a company of extraordinarily creative artists, artisans and technicians, dedicated to doing everything we can to bring opera to life in other contexts, whether digitally or live in other venues, as government mandates and critical issues of safety allow. It will mean a full year without opera on the War Memorial stage and the loss of projects that would have connected powerfully with our world today,” stated Matthew Shivlock, the company’s Tad and Dianne Taube General Director. “It is heartbreaking to have to make this announcement today. The season is expected to resume in the summer of 2021. The San Francisco Opera has canceled the fall portion of its 2020-21 season due to the continued challenges faced by the country regarding COVID-19.Īmong the productions affected by the cancelation are “Fidelio,” “Così fan tutte,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Rigoletto,” and “La Bohème.”
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