San Francisco Opera, 1923, Andrea Chenier, cast and staff

San Francisco Opera Archive: Performance Database

Located in the Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera, the Edward Paul Braby San Francisco Opera Archives preserve our Company’s rich holdings and artifacts, documenting our activity as the oldest surviving opera company on the West Coast.

Database

Dive into the Company's performance history beginning in 1923 to the present. 

Discover productions, artists, creatives, photographs, programs, and so much more.

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Photo Exhibition

100 years of operatic moments captured in rare, never-before-seen photographs from the Company’s Archives, honoring the vocal artists, conductors, instrumentalists, members of the chorus, dancers, supernumeraries, staff, leadership and others who have labored to bring performances to life.

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Memories Project

In 2009, the Archives began interviewing leading participants in, or well-placed witnesses to, major events in the development of the Company. Since then, 47 oral histories or “Memories” have been gathered. A selection of which can be accessed online through our Streaming the First Century online portal.  Dive into the Rabbit Hole and discover the Memories, as well as conversations, contemporary perspectives, and early broadcast features. 

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