PHOTOS | San Francisco Opera Ball 2025

Event: San Francisco Opera Ball 2025
Date: September 5, 2025
Location: War Memorial Opera House, SF City Hall
Photos: Drew Altizer, Andrew Caulfield, Jessica Monroy, Katie Ravas, Natalie Schrik and David Zahrobsky for Drew Altizer Photography

To raise the curtain on San Francisco Opera’s 103rd season, San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild presented Opera Ball: Palazzo on Friday, September 5, 2025. The festive evening, which included a cocktail reception, dinner and after-party in San Francisco’s City Hall along with the opening night performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto in the War Memorial Opera House, was a vibrant communal celebration of the arts and an affirmation of the Bay Area as one of the great cultural centers of the world. Opera Ball also marked the opening of the Company’s 10th season under the leadership of Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock.
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​Notable attendees:
​Matthew Shilvock – San Francisco Opera General Director
​Jack Calhoun – President of San Francisco Opera Association
​Barbara Wolfe – Chair of the board of San Francisco Opera Association
​Jennifer Bienaimé – Opera Ball co-chair
​Isabel Rhee – Opera Ball co-chair