Tag: 2025-26 season

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.