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Simon Boccanegra in San Francisco
Simon Boccanegra in San Francisco
September 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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Simon Boccanegra in San Francisco
Simon Boccanegra in San Francisco
A week after a musicians’ strike delayed opening night, Verdi’s masterpiece launches the company’s 104th season with stirring performances and inspired staging.
With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back onstage at San Francisco Opera
A week after a musicians’ strike delayed opening night, Verdi’s masterpiece launches the company’s 104th season with stirring performances and inspired staging.
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September 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
A week after a musicians’ strike delayed opening night, Verdi’s masterpiece launches the company’s 104th season with stirring performances and inspired staging.
Just leaving the SF Opera Simon Boccanegra. The crowd loudly booed Matthew Shilvock when his recording came on to welcome people to the auditorium, then burst into cheers when the orchestra seated themselves.
September 26, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Just leaving the SF Opera Simon Boccanegra. The crowd loudly booed Matthew Shilvock when his recording came on to welcome people to the auditorium, then burst into cheers when the orchestra seated themselves.
Now: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back onstage at San Francisco Opera
September 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Now: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back onstage at San Francisco Opera
SFC headline changed
Was: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back on-stage at San Francisco Opera
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/classical/article/sf-opera-simon-boccanegra-review-22416891.php
Was: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back on-stage at San Francisco Opera
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/classical/article/sf-opera-simon-boccanegra-review-22416891.php
September 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
SFC headline changed
Was: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back on-stage at San Francisco Opera
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/classical/article/sf-opera-simon-boccanegra-review-22416891.php
Was: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back on-stage at San Francisco Opera
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/classical/article/sf-opera-simon-boccanegra-review-22416891.php
Discussing SFOpera's Simon Boccanegra with a friend, and said I hoped next week's Mary Queen of Scots would be more exciting. My argument: "I don't know how you can make it dull... Mary is basically three husbands and an explosion in a farthingale." Which... I'm rather proud of as a description.
September 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Discussing SFOpera's Simon Boccanegra with a friend, and said I hoped next week's Mary Queen of Scots would be more exciting. My argument: "I don't know how you can make it dull... Mary is basically three husbands and an explosion in a farthingale." Which... I'm rather proud of as a description.
POV: your enemy tells you he’s your girlfriend’s dad 💀
Iván Ayón-Rivas as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi’s *Simon Boccanegra* — Act II, Scene 9, from Opera Rara’s recording of the original 1857 version. 🎶
🎧 Listen: https://ow.ly/iC4E50ZP2am
#OperaTok #Verdi
Iván Ayón-Rivas as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi’s *Simon Boccanegra* — Act II, Scene 9, from Opera Rara’s recording of the original 1857 version. 🎶
🎧 Listen: https://ow.ly/iC4E50ZP2am
#OperaTok #Verdi
September 24, 2026 at 6:00 AM
POV: your enemy tells you he’s your girlfriend’s dad 💀
Iván Ayón-Rivas as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi’s *Simon Boccanegra* — Act II, Scene 9, from Opera Rara’s recording of the original 1857 version. 🎶
🎧 Listen: https://ow.ly/iC4E50ZP2am
#OperaTok #Verdi
Iván Ayón-Rivas as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi’s *Simon Boccanegra* — Act II, Scene 9, from Opera Rara’s recording of the original 1857 version. 🎶
🎧 Listen: https://ow.ly/iC4E50ZP2am
#OperaTok #Verdi
Now: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back on-stage at San Francisco Opera
September 24, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Now: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back on-stage at San Francisco Opera
SFC headline changed
Was: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back onstage at San Francisco Opera
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/classical/article/sf-opera-simon-boccanegra-review-22416891.php
Was: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back onstage at San Francisco Opera
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/classical/article/sf-opera-simon-boccanegra-review-22416891.php
September 24, 2026 at 12:19 AM
SFC headline changed
Was: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back onstage at San Francisco Opera
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/classical/article/sf-opera-simon-boccanegra-review-22416891.php
Was: With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back onstage at San Francisco Opera
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/classical/article/sf-opera-simon-boccanegra-review-22416891.php
New post at On a Pacific Aisle, with thoughts on Simon Boccanegra, David Afkham, and...well, Samuel Johnson.
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Problem child
San Francisco Opera’s production went only partway to solving a Verdian challenge
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September 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
New post at On a Pacific Aisle, with thoughts on Simon Boccanegra, David Afkham, and...well, Samuel Johnson.
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A week after a musicians’ strike delayed opening night, Verdi’s masterpiece launches the company’s 104th season with stirring performances and inspired staging.
With ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the drama is back onstage at San Francisco Opera
A week after a musicians’ strike delayed opening night, Verdi’s masterpiece launches the company’s 104th season with stirring performances and inspired staging.
bit.ly
September 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A week after a musicians’ strike delayed opening night, Verdi’s masterpiece launches the company’s 104th season with stirring performances and inspired staging.
Wonderful time last night seeing @sfopera.bsky.social's performance of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. The now-ended musician's strike made last night's performance the unexpected season opener, but catch it if you can in the remaining shows. Fantastic.
September 23, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Wonderful time last night seeing @sfopera.bsky.social's performance of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. The now-ended musician's strike made last night's performance the unexpected season opener, but catch it if you can in the remaining shows. Fantastic.
Simon Boccanegra at SF Opera was FANTASTIC. Awesome production, orchestra sounded incredible, and the cast was tremendous — especially Eleonora Burrato as Amelia, Christian Van Horn as Fiesco, and The Verdi Baritone Of Our Lifetime Amartuvshin Enkhbat as Boccanegra. Orchestra got great cheers.
September 23, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Simon Boccanegra at SF Opera was FANTASTIC. Awesome production, orchestra sounded incredible, and the cast was tremendous — especially Eleonora Burrato as Amelia, Christian Van Horn as Fiesco, and The Verdi Baritone Of Our Lifetime Amartuvshin Enkhbat as Boccanegra. Orchestra got great cheers.
Baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat sounded beautiful in the title role of Simon Boccanegra at @sfopera.bsky.social as did the orchestra under Maestra Kim. The production was unintentionally very funny. Meteor!
September 23, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat sounded beautiful in the title role of Simon Boccanegra at @sfopera.bsky.social as did the orchestra under Maestra Kim. The production was unintentionally very funny. Meteor!
New from Symphony: San Francisco Opera Orchestra Musicians End Strike, Reach Tentative Agreement on Contract
San Francisco Opera Orchestra Musicians End Strike, Reach Tentative Agreement on Contract - Symphony
In (9/18) San Francisco Classical Voice, Michael Zwiebach writes, “Five days after the San Francisco Opera Orchestra struck the season-opening performance of Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ the labor action is over. San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, represented by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 6, jointly announced on Wednesday night that... Read more »
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September 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
New from Symphony: San Francisco Opera Orchestra Musicians End Strike, Reach Tentative Agreement on Contract
• "Simon Boccanegra" / ORF Ö1 / Sat 17:30 UTC
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September 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
• "Simon Boccanegra" / ORF Ö1 / Sat 17:30 UTC
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I know it's weird to own the Boccanegra PV score but I studied the first version in grad school.
September 19, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I know it's weird to own the Boccanegra PV score but I studied the first version in grad school.
Possibly enough time info to reveal what I am reviewing soon lol. I own the PV score of Simon Boccanegra. The SF Public Library owns the Mary, Queen of Scots score but somebody took it out. It is...not quite clear if the UC Berkeley music library has it .
September 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Possibly enough time info to reveal what I am reviewing soon lol. I own the PV score of Simon Boccanegra. The SF Public Library owns the Mary, Queen of Scots score but somebody took it out. It is...not quite clear if the UC Berkeley music library has it .
SF Opera Orchestra Strikes for Fair Contract, Opening Night is Canceled
Until the Opera's General Director spoke from the stage at 7:52, the opening-night audience did not know what's happening.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/bdep9trs
#Musicans #Opera #SanFrancisco @afm-union.bsky.social
Until the Opera's General Director spoke from the stage at 7:52, the opening-night audience did not know what's happening.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/bdep9trs
#Musicans #Opera #SanFrancisco @afm-union.bsky.social
SF Opera Orchestra Strikes for Fair Contract, Opening Night is Canceled - Labor Heritage Foundation
SF Opera and the American Federation of Musicians Local 6, the union representing the SF Opera Orchestra musicians, did not reach an agreement in time for last night’s Sept. 12 opening performance of Simon Boccanegra. As a result, the SF Opera Orchestra went on strike and picketed outside the War
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September 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
SF Opera Orchestra Strikes for Fair Contract, Opening Night is Canceled
Until the Opera's General Director spoke from the stage at 7:52, the opening-night audience did not know what's happening.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/bdep9trs
#Musicans #Opera #SanFrancisco @afm-union.bsky.social
Until the Opera's General Director spoke from the stage at 7:52, the opening-night audience did not know what's happening.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/bdep9trs
#Musicans #Opera #SanFrancisco @afm-union.bsky.social
The strike at San Francisco Opera, which resulted in canceled performances and delayed the opening of the 2026–27 season, is set to come to an end as a tentative agreement on a four-year contract has been reached.
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13994014/sf-opera-musicians-strike-ends-tentative-agreement
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13994014/sf-opera-musicians-strike-ends-tentative-agreement
SF Opera, Musicians Reach Tentative Agreement, Ending Strike | KQED
Performances are set to return to the Opera House on Thursday, Sept. 24, with Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra.’
www.kqed.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The strike at San Francisco Opera, which resulted in canceled performances and delayed the opening of the 2026–27 season, is set to come to an end as a tentative agreement on a four-year contract has been reached.
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13994014/sf-opera-musicians-strike-ends-tentative-agreement
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13994014/sf-opera-musicians-strike-ends-tentative-agreement
Fingers crossed. Simon Boccanegra isn't going to perform itself.
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San Francisco Opera and orchestra musicians reach tentative agreement
The San Francisco Opera announced on Thursday it has reached a tentative agreement with the orchestra musicians for a new four-year contract.
www.nbcbayarea.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Fingers crossed. Simon Boccanegra isn't going to perform itself.
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/s...
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Don't know when management and labor will vote, etc. I imagine the company is looking at what they have to do with rehearsal schedules and the remaining Boccanegra performances.
September 18, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Don't know when management and labor will vote, etc. I imagine the company is looking at what they have to do with rehearsal schedules and the remaining Boccanegra performances.
Opera broadcast picks this weekend
• "Alcina" / NHK-FM / Fri 05:00 UTC
• "Simon Boccanegra" / LRT Klasika / Sat 15:10 UTC
• "Elektra" / BBC Radio 3 / Sat 17:00 UTC
• "Così fan tutte" / DR P2 / Sat 17:20 UTC
• "Tannhäuser" / WETA VivaLaVoce / Sun 07:00 UTC
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• "Alcina" / NHK-FM / Fri 05:00 UTC
• "Simon Boccanegra" / LRT Klasika / Sat 15:10 UTC
• "Elektra" / BBC Radio 3 / Sat 17:00 UTC
• "Così fan tutte" / DR P2 / Sat 17:20 UTC
• "Tannhäuser" / WETA VivaLaVoce / Sun 07:00 UTC
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September 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Opera broadcast picks this weekend
• "Alcina" / NHK-FM / Fri 05:00 UTC
• "Simon Boccanegra" / LRT Klasika / Sat 15:10 UTC
• "Elektra" / BBC Radio 3 / Sat 17:00 UTC
• "Così fan tutte" / DR P2 / Sat 17:20 UTC
• "Tannhäuser" / WETA VivaLaVoce / Sun 07:00 UTC
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• "Alcina" / NHK-FM / Fri 05:00 UTC
• "Simon Boccanegra" / LRT Klasika / Sat 15:10 UTC
• "Elektra" / BBC Radio 3 / Sat 17:00 UTC
• "Così fan tutte" / DR P2 / Sat 17:20 UTC
• "Tannhäuser" / WETA VivaLaVoce / Sun 07:00 UTC
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