San Francisco Opera presents the long-awaited return of one of the most significant pieces in the operatic repertoire-Berlioz’s The Trojans set to a text by the composer and based on Virgil’s classical poem the Aeneid. The resplendent cast is headlined by the “vocally sumptuous and alluring” ( New York Times) mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and powerful tenor Bryan Hymel, who gives “an impassioned and confident performance of a heroic role” ( New York Times), as the ill-fated lovers Dido and Aeneas. The Trojans (Les Troyens) – Hector Berlioz / June 7–July 1 Photo Credit: Bill Cooper/Royal Opera House Here’s the lineup: Anna Caterina Antonacci as Cassandra in Act I of the Royal Opera production of Les Troyens (2012). Continuing what has become a beloved Bay Area tradition, San Francisco Opera also returns to AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, for a free live simulcast of The Marriage of Figaro on Friday, July 3. You’ll want to check out the SF Summer Opera 2015 season, which opens June 7 with The Trojans (Les Troyens), the monumental and epic French grand opera by Hector Berlioz, and runs through July 5. Summer may be dreary and cool, but there are plenty of haute happenings to keep you busy nonetheless. Don’t let June gloom in San Francisco get the best of you.

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