Author: Mitch Wilson

SAN DIEGO (MARCH 23, 2026) – Building on the momentum of its acclaimed current season, San Diego Opera — one of San Diego’s leading cultural institutions — proudly announces its 2026–2027 season. Featuring a compelling mix of dramatic intensity, timeless comedy, and lyrical brilliance, the upcoming season continues San Diego Opera’s tradition of presenting world-class productions that celebrate the power of the human voice and demonstrate the remarkable storytelling capacity of opera. The season showcases four distinctive works spanning centuries and styles, offering material that ranges from a timely love story to shocking tragedy to effervescent comedy.

SAN DIEGO (January 26, 2026) – On March 27, 28 & 29, 2026, San Diego Opera will present Georges Bizet’s Carmen at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Carmen follows San Diego Opera’s production of Pagliacci, which opened the company’s 2025-26 season with an “auspicious start” (Parterre) and its “sensational production” (San Diego Story) of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, presented February 13-15, which the San Diego Union Tribune praised for “shining both vocally and comedically.” Carmen will be sung in French with projected translations in English and Spanish.

SAN DIEGO (Jan. 8, 2026) – San Diego Opera, one of San Diego’s leading arts organizations, is honored to announce a $4.5 million landmark commitment from Irwin Jacobs, renowned local philanthropist and steadfast supporter of the San Diego arts community. The gift to San Diego Opera will support the collaboration of San Diego Opera and the San Diego Symphony and will be donated over the course of three years. It will serve to strengthen and elevate the company’s artistic partnership with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.

(San Diego) August 7, 2025 — San Diego Opera’s Board of Directors is proud to announce the extension of David Bennett’s contract as Joann Clark General Director and CEO for another five years, continuing his tenure through the 2029–30 opera season.