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War Memorial Opera House

Fillmore District

Built in 1932 as a WWI memorial, this Beaux-Arts masterpiece houses the San Francisco Opera and Ballet. The grand auditorium features a soaring proscenium arch, opulent chandeliers, and acoustics that rival Europe's finest theaters.

Historic landmark
World-class acoustics
Beaux-Arts architecture
Opera & ballet home

Tips

🏛️"Among the world's more lavish examples of theater architecture" (Opera Today)
🎄"Seeing The Nutcracker is one of my favorite winter activities in SF"
💵$10 standing-room tickets often drop a few hours before shows

War Memorial Opera House

301 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

+1 415-621-6600

www.sfopera.com

Upcoming at War Memorial Opera House

Wednesday, Jun 10
La Bohème

La Bohème

June 10

Fall headlong into Puccini's masterpiece about starving artists, candlelit romance, and love that burns too bright. With soaring voices and lavish period design, this production makes the old heartbreak feel devastatingly new.

The Monkey King

The Monkey King

June 10 at 1am

The Monkey King made a thrilling world premiere last week, bringing the Chinese epic Journey to the West to life through an action-packed fusion of opera, dance, and puppetry. The title character is unlike anything opera has seen before.

Thursday, Jun 11
Elektra

Elektra

June 11 at 7:30pm

Richard Strauss' Elektra delivers a blistering one-act opera about a princess consumed by grief and vengeance for her father's murder. The massive orchestra and expressionist score build unbearable tension in this Greek tragedy reimagined as modern psychological thriller.

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