San Francisco Opera


Founded in 1923, San Francisco Opera is the oldest surviving opera company on the West Coast and a leader in arts education and innovation. It all started, according to legend, over a game of poker. In his travels across the United States, the Neapolitan conductor Gaetano Merola had noticed that Sa... Read more


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Matthew Shilvock
General Director
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Bruce Chrisp
Acting Principal
Elizabeth Prior
Substitute,1 Year Position
Emily Liu
Principal
Ivo Bokulic
Principal
Jeffrey Budin
Acting Principal
Kevin Rivard
Principal
Rufus Olivier
Principal
Kevin Myers
Orchestra Operations Manager
Tracy Davis
Orchestra Operations Manager
Michael Cox
Acting Principal
Eun Sun Kim
Caroline H. Hume Music Director
Emil Miland
Principal
Yi Zhou
Principal
Susan Kang
Principal
Eva Karasik
Principal
Carrie-Ann Matheson
Artistic Director Of San Francisco Opera Center & Merola Opera, Personal&leadership Coach, Musician
Troy R. Smith
Chief Marketing Officer
Jessica Fauver
Box Office Manager, First Treasurer
Jordan Amann
Chief Of Staff
Nora Pirquet
Principal
Justin Partier
Lighting Director
Celine Strouts
Production Operations Manager
Peter Myers
Principal
Zach Hislop
Principal
Dave Maier
Resident Fight Director
Evan Kahn
Principal
Jungin Yang
Principal
Keith Green
Principal
Jess Perry
Senior Budget Manager
Aya Kiyonaga
Principal
Valerie Crane Dorfman
Chair, Directors & Officers Committee, San Francisco Opera Board