William Lee Bryan, Baritone

These magical people! One last chance to see the full production of Omar for the next couple of years and it did not disappoint ❤️❤️❤️ this fam!!!!! San Francisco Opera pulled out the stops supporting this opera, and everybody was incredible. Pinching myself daily i get to be a part of telling Omar’s story.

"The score bounced along in all its vivacious energy and occasional expressive radiance, led by debuting conductor Ramón Tebar, and the cast, together with John Keene’s Opera Chorus, gave everything a polished sheen."

Review: S.F. Opera’s ‘Elixir’ is a bundle of comedic charm Donizetti’s opera delighted its audience in a colorful, polished new production.

Omar #5 at San Francisco Opera!!!

"The integration of Chorus, under the leadership of San Francisco Opera Chorus Master John Keene was essential to the whole production. Flexible and diverse, the Chorus served as lively human commentators on the narrative, enriching every scene they were in."

San Francisco Opera 2023-24 Review: Omar - OperaWire Omar is a man, forcibly taken from his home in West Africa in 1807, and brought through the Middle Passage to America. He is sold into slavery in South Carolina and treated with brutality.

Check out the livestream of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' Omar at San Francisco Opera tonight!!! You're not going to want to miss this one! (Of course, if you're local, nothing beats coming to the War Memorial Opera House to see it in person)

San Francisco Opera Remember His Name.Attempting to flee, he is imprisoned in Fayetteville and taken to the plantation of another slaveholder, eager to convert him to Christianity. Saturday, November 11 at 7:30pm PDT

The incredible cast of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' Omar!

This transformative production that is leaving audiences "moved to tears" (Sara M.) continues tonight and runs until November 21 – don't miss out.

Learn more and buy tickets at https://www.sfopera.com/operas/omar/

Experience San Francisco Opera's "operatic triumph" (San Francisco Chronicle) from anywhere in the world tonight! Wagner's Lohengrin streams tonight at 7PM PT.

Livestream access is just $27.50. A replay of the performance will be available for 48 hours beginning the next day at 10am PT.

Learn more and purchase the livestream at https://www.sfopera.com/operas/lohengrin/

Photo: Cory Weaver Photographer

"The chorus has an enormous role to play in Lohengrin, narrating Lohengrin’s arrival and other crucial events of the opera. This production has a chorus of 79, and it’s a magnificent ensemble, singing with force and precision throughout."

Debuts Power a Magnificent Lohengrin at SF Opera Eun Sun Kim leads a riveting performance and a cast of standouts, with three principals new to their roles.

"The chorus, under new Chorus Director John Keene, sounded as good as I have ever heard them, which is a wonderful sign of things to come"

SF Opera's Il Trovatore The San Francisco Opera opened its 101st season with Verdi's Il Trovatore , an enormously popular opera since its 1853 debut. It's a tricky...

Check out the livestream tonight!!!

📞 Call up all your friends and family and let them know that tonight at 7:30PM PT is the livestream of the "brilliant" (San Francisco Chronicle) new opera by Mason Bates and Mark Campbell, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.

Livestream access is just $27.50. A replay of the performance will be available for 48 hours beginning the next day at 10am PT.

Learn more and purchase the livestream at https://www.sfopera.com/operas/the-revolution-of-steve-jobs/

Photo: Cory Weaver Photographer

"The chorus sounded very much together. Members of the chorus would have soli as Apple employees but would seamlessly rejoin the group"

Just a moment...

"John Keene’s Opera Chorus made a lithe ensemble"

Review: S.F. Opera’s brilliant ‘Jobs’ brings a problematic figure to musical life The new opera by composer Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell bounces and hums with theatrical fervor.

Opening Night of Mason Bates's The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at San Francisco Opera!!! Toi toi toi to everyone involved in this wonderful and unique production!

"Right away, in an opening scene that made excellent use of the fine chorus (Roy Rallo is the revival director), the roiling, incitable unease of an idle army percolated through the troops"

The Ladies Lead in SF Opera’s Il trovatore In a work laced with action-movie passion, soprano Angel Blue and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk are incisive and alluring.

"The San Francisco Opera Chorus, led by John Keene, gave a robust performance"

Review: Returning soprano is a dazzler in S.F. Opera’s opening ‘Il Trovatore’ Angel Blue, last heard here 14 years ago, made a triumphant comeback in a performance of versatility and beauty.