"Talk about traditions: San Francisco Opera's free Opera in the Park celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. On Sunday, opera lovers will flock to Robin Williams Meadow to hear some of the top artists from this season's productions, as Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts a program of arias, duets, and more, all sung by some of the stars of the fall season's masterworks. Details: 1:30 p.m. Sept. 7; Robin Williams Meadow, Golden Gate Park; free; www.sfopera.com."
"Friday night, San Francisco Opera launches its fall season with a classic: Verdi's enduring drama, Rigoletto. Experience the thrills of the production, which stars baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat; also leading the cast are Adela Zaharia as Gilda and J'Nai Bridges as Maddalena. Jose Maria Condemi directs the opera, and Eun Sun Kim conducts. Details: Sept. 5-27; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco; $36-$344; sfopera.com."
"Launching its 42nd season at the beautiful California Theatre, Opera San Jose is presenting Mozart's comedy, with one of the Bay Area's finest funny men, tenor Alek Shrader, making his directorial debut. It's a fizzy production built for love and laughs, with a cast including company Artist-in-Residence mezzo-soprano Joanne Evans as Dorabella, tenor Ricardo Garcia as Fernando and soprano Emile Michiko Jensen as Fiordiligi. Details: Sept. 14-28; California Theatre; $58-$215; operasj.org."
San Francisco Opera offers a free Opera in the Park 50th-anniversary concert conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim featuring arias, duets and selections by top artists from the season at Robin Williams Meadow on Sept. 7. San Francisco Opera opens its fall season Sept. 5-27 with Verdi's Rigoletto starring Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Adela Zaharia and J'Nai Bridges, directed by Jose Maria Condemi at the War Memorial Opera House. Opera San Jose mounts Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte Sept. 14-28 at the California Theatre, directed by tenor Alek Shrader and featuring Joanne Evans, Ricardo Garcia and Emile Michiko Jensen.
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