2024-2025 Season Overview

What better way to begin our 60th Anniversary Season than with La bohème, the opera that opened the very first season of San Diego Opera in 1965. Over the past sixty years San Diego Opera has presented some of the world’s greatest singers in remarkable productions that have uplifted, mesmerized and astonished audiences. This season is one focused on tradition and innovation. We are presenting operas by three of the world’s greatest composers – Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss and Giuseppe Verdi. This 60th Anniversary Season is a celebration of our past and, of course, our future. We hope you will join us in a season of grand opera that promises San Diego thrilling voices, stunning productions and extraordinary music. Click here to order tickets today!

Civic Theatre
Nov 1, 2, 3  |  2024
Season Sponsor – City of San Diego

This timeless opera follows the lives of a group of young struggling artists in Paris, including the poet Rodolfo and the seamstress, Mimì, as they navigate love, friendship, and hardship. Full of some of the greatest melodies and arias ever composed, La bohème remains an opera for those who are in love, and for those who remember. La bohème was the first opera ever produced by San Diego Opera, 60 years ago. Learn more.

Balboa Theatre
Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Season Sponsor – City of San Diego

A CHORAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

Kick off your holiday season in a festive evening for the whole family! Filled with songs of the season, holiday favorites, and even a chance to sing along!

Featuring the San Diego Opera Chorus, soprano Alisa Jordheim, recently seen at San Diego Opera as Despina in Così fan tutte and Gilda in Rigoletto, and Raúl Prieto Ramírez, San Diego Civic Organist and Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society. Learn more.

Civic Theatre
Mar 21, 22, 23  |  2025
Season Sponsor – City of San Diego

Strauss’s masterpiece Salome is a shocking opera. Based on Oscar Wilde’s play of the same name, Salome tells the biblical story of Princess Salome, who becomes infatuated with John the Baptist, a prisoner in her stepfather King Herod’s court. When she is promised anything she wants by King Herod, Salome demands the head of John the Baptist, which Herod delivers to her – at a price. Learn more.

Civic Theatre
Apr 25, 26, 27  |  2025
Season Sponsor – City of San Diego

Experience the passion and beauty of La traviata. Verdi’s timeless masterpiece transports you to the dazzling world of 19th-century Paris where Violetta Valéry, a courtesan, falls in love with the young nobleman Alfredo Germont. Despite their passionate affair, societal conventions and family interference threaten their happiness and Violetta is forced to make a heartbreaking choice. With its emotionally charged music, memorable arias and thrilling duets, La traviata remains one of the most beloved operas of all time. Learn more.