history of sf opera

18 Jun 2019

San Francisco’s Long, Passionate Affair with Carmen

For over 92 years Georges Bizet’s Carmen has carried on a great love affair with San Francisco.  Carmen was our city’s first opera, debuting in 1927 at SF’s Civic Auditorium.  Over the decades, she’s continued to sing and seduce her way through some 192 performances in San Francisco, and through

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