The company of 2016 production of Dream of the Red Chamber. Photo by Cory Weaver for the San Francisco Opera.
In a season like no other in the company’s 99-year history, San Francisco Opera plans to return to live performance at the War Memorial Opera House with an abbreviated 2021-22 bill of five fully staged productions and two special concerts.
Called a “transitional year” in its announcement Tuesday, June 22, the season is expected to open with Puccini’s “Tosca” on Aug. 21, and features Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” a double helping of Mozart and a revival of Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang’s “Dream of the Red Chamber.” Three of the five operas are new productions.