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“Streaming the First Century!” features 25 audio artifacts from previous seasons, archival interviews, newly captured conversations, historical essays, and more. https://t.co/O9FAoTXfuM #SFOperaCentennial #Opera @SFOpera This tweet was posted on October 23, 2023.

Learn more about San Francisco Opera’s history in our exhibition “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/IfqCjTrTVx #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on October 23, 2023.

This is your last week to see “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1, but don’t fret! If you’re looking for more Opera, fall down the rabbit hole! https://t.co/O9FAoTXfuM #SFOperaCentennial #Opera @SFOpera This tweet was posted on October 23, 2023.

Learn more about San Francisco Opera’s history in our exhibition “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/IfqCjTrTVx #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera #SFOpera #Opera This tweet was posted on September 20, 2023.

San Francisco Opera first performed 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘩ä𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 in 1930 at the Exposition Auditorium (now the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium). 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘩ä𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 was staged at the War Memorial Opera House with tenor Lauritz Melchior in the title role in 1934. #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on September 20, 2023.

The two costumes were worn by German tenor Peter Seiffert during a 2007 San Francisco Opera production. The distressed version shows the wear that was incurred through the trials and tribulations of Tannhäuser during his penance to Rome and back. #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on September 20, 2023.

𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘩ä𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 is the fifth opera by German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner and was completed between 1843–45. Tannhäuser is a minnesinger, or medieval German lyric poet, who is torn between lust for the goddess Venus and his former love Elisabeth #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on September 20, 2023.

Learn more about San Francisco Opera’s history in our exhibition “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/IfqCjTrTVx #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera #SFOpera #Opera This tweet was posted on July 25, 2023.

Italian baritone Marco Vratogna, who studied at the Conservatorio Giacomo Puccini in his hometown of La Spezia, sang the title role and wore the Rigoletto costume on exhibition—complete with jester’s scepters that represent the lead character’s alter egos. #SFOperaCentennial This tweet was posted on July 25, 2023.

During the 2012 San Francisco Opera production, Rigoletto’s master, The Duke of Mantua, was played by Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz, winner of the 2005 Operalia, an annual competition that was founded by Spanish opera singer and conductor Plácido Domingo. #SFOperaCentennial This tweet was posted on July 25, 2023.

𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘰 closed San Francisco Opera’s first season in 1923. Considered a 19th–century operatic masterpiece, the dramatic plot of 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘰 is centered around a prophetic curse that ends in tragedy. #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera #SFOpera #Opera This tweet was posted on July 25, 2023.

There is still time to sign up for our monthly post-security Opera tours. Every first Tuesday of the month at 10am, we will lead a group of visitors behind security to see “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration!” Sign up here: https://t.co/BTtcSXdt9g #SFOperaCentennial https://t.co/W6cL7aXEYq This tweet was posted on June 28, 2023.