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Programs, posters, curtain calls, gala tables, merch hauls, and the occasional accidental color-coordination with the marquee. Vissi d'arte — for everything else, there's MasterCard.

Parsifal

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Houston Grand Opera Parsifal lobby poster — Russell Thomas as Parsifal in chainmail holding a spear, gold Grail halo behind, run dates January 19–February 4
I heard many good things about Whattaburger. But here's the real reason I'm in Houston.Houston Grand Opera, Wortham Center · January 2024
Diptych of HGO Parsifal curtain call — left: two bare-chested grail attendants in bandages on a metal disc; right: two robed knights bowing before the chorus
Luxury casting for the grail brotherhoodHouston Grand Opera, Wortham Center · January 2024
Diptych — left: Kundry in a red sequined scale-mail gown with a red veil at her face; right: Gurnemanz in a long shaggy fur coat with hand over heart
Parsifal bowsHouston Grand Opera, Wortham Center · January 2024
Solo curtain-call bow of bass-baritone Gurnemanz in a long fur coat, hand to chest, children's chorus and an angelic white-suited figure behind
Ryan McKinny as AmfortasHouston Grand Opera, Wortham Center · January 2024
Parsifal program held up from a balcony seat at the War Memorial Opera House, the gilded proscenium and starburst chandelier filling the frame above
Parsifal at SF OperaWar Memorial Opera House, San Francisco · Oct–Nov 2025

Porgy and Bess

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Curtain call of Porgy and Bess with a large ensemble cast on a two-story Catfish Row set
Porgy and Bess, curtain call — closing night for the post-pandemic revivalMetropolitan Opera, New York · 2021
Sportin' Life taking a solo bow in an electric blue suit and gold waistcoat, Crown beside him in salmon shirt, Catfish Row chorus behind under a red sky
Demetrious has a big night as Sportin' LifeHouston Grand Opera, Wortham Center · 2025
Bess in a red dress and yellow heels striding out for her bow beside Crown in olive shirt and gunbelt, full chorus applauding behind
When you know you nailed itCurtain call · 2025
Porgy with his leg brace and Bess in her red dress, hand in hand at the front of the stage, the chorus beaming behind under the red corrugated sky
Dream cast, dream productionCurtain call · 2025

X

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Selfie in N95 mask and an opera-eye scarf next to a Seattle Opera lobby banner for X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Feb 24–Mar 9, 2024
Thrilled to be hereMcCaw Hall, Seattle · February 2024
Seattle Opera audience welcome card opened to 'Dear Mark,' with Malcolm X in profile on the right page, blue lobby chevrons behind
These Aubrey Bergauer 'nice touches' really do workMcCaw Hall, Seattle · February 2024
Pre-show projection of a pixelated blue X on the McCaw Hall curtain, audience filing in
XMcCaw Hall, Seattle · February 2024

Innocence

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Self-portrait in a wool cap and flannel shirt outside the SF Opera house, beside the framed Innocence poster
Caught this streaming from Aix and knew it would be unforgettable liveWar Memorial Opera House, San Francisco · June 2024
Instagram story selfie outside the SF Opera box office before Innocence, captioned 'Off to see Innocence again' in red script over a window reflecting the Innocence poster
Off to see Innocence againWar Memorial Opera House, San Francisco · June 2024
Innocence program held up in front of the gilded SF Opera proscenium before the show begins
I made everyone see thisWar Memorial Opera House, San Francisco · June 2024

Florencia en el Amazonas

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Metropolitan Opera house view of the green floral show curtain for Florencia en el Amazonas, gold proscenium and antlered chandelier above
Florencia en el AmazonasMetropolitan Opera, New York · December 2023
Open Met Playbill page for Florencia en el Amazonas with the credits panel — Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting, Mary Zimmerman directing — held over the green show curtain
Making a bit of Met historyMetropolitan Opera, New York · December 9, 2023
Florencia en el Amazonas curtain call — principals in jewel-toned costumes (red fringe, butterfly, peacock-feathered river spirit) bowing against a green jungle cyclorama
The exuberant cast of FlorenciaMetropolitan Opera, New York · December 9, 2023

Santa Fe

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Three friends in jackets and ties posing under the illuminated Stravinsky Terrace sign at the Metropolitan Opera
Stravinsky Terrace, opening night of M. Butterfly. Chi al par di me contenta?Santa Fe Opera · Undated
Met Titles seat-back screen displaying 'M. Butterfly — English Titles Selected' before the performance
M. Butterfly on opening night. An unforgettable A+ performanceSanta Fe Opera · Summer
Selfie in front of a Santa Fe Opera poster for Orfeo with production text and dates visible
Made it back to Santa FeSanta Fe Opera · Summer 2023
Curtain call on a giant green domed set with the cast lined hand-in-hand above the orchestra pit
Curtain call on the green dome — the cast holding a horizon line togetherPerformance stage · Undated
Three friends smiling in front of a Santa Fe Opera Tosca poster for the 2023 season
Tickled pink to see Leah Hawkins in this roleSanta Fe Opera · Summer 2023
Close-up of a Santa Fe Opera Pride t-shirt with the company logo printed across rainbow stripes
Santa Fe Opera, in full rainbow #prideSanta Fe Opera · Summer 2023
Selfie in a Santa Fe Opera zip-up hoodie with a friend in a tan blazer, audience filing into the open-air house behind
A downpour before the show leads to some emergency merch purchasesCrosby Theatre, Santa Fe · Summer
Full company of The Picture of Dorian Gray taking a bow on a black-paneled set hung with multiple framed portraits of the title character in a red brocade robe
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Santa Fe Opera · 2024
Principals of The Picture of Dorian Gray at curtain call, the title character center in red brocade dressing gown, surrounded by portraits of himself
Ryan Speedo Green delivers as Don GiovanniSanta Fe Opera · 2024
Singer in a green dress and dark coat taking a bow with uniformed castmates applauding behind her
Leah Hawkins as ToscaSanta Fe Opera · Summer 2023
Interior of the Crosby Theatre at Santa Fe Opera with the audience settling in, the open back of the house framing a pink-and-blue desert sunset
Santa Fe Opera, curtain at sunset — the desert doing its own overtureCrosby Theatre, Santa Fe · Summer
Curtain call principals of Smetana's Dalibor — a woman in a magenta gown and black cape beside the title character in a brass-buttoned military coat, chorus in 19th-century dress projected behind
Marriage of Figaro delivers the goods in Santa FeSanta Fe Opera · Summer 2025
Bald man in a denim shirt printed with white birds, navy blazer over his arm, smiling beside the 2025 Santa Fe Opera Die Walküre poster mounted on adobe wall
A return visit to Santa Fe, for WagnerSanta Fe Opera · Summer 2025

Los Angeles

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LA Opera house with audience filing in and a black-and-white mountain scrim onstage
Eurydice at the Dorothy Chandler — Matthew Aucoin, Sarah RuhlLA Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion · February 2020
Man in a red-and-rust shirt posing in front of the LA Opera Otello poster, 'A searing and overdue interpretation' quoted from The Guardian
Accidental coordinationLA Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion · Spring 2023
LA Opera Performances magazine for Akhnaten, March 2026, held up in the house with a red cover, gold geometric foil, and a silhouetted pharaoh figure
Akhnaten at LA Opera with John HolidayLA Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion · March 2026
Three friends taking a seated selfie inside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion before the performance, surrounded by rows of orange seats and the audience settling in
Three across at LA OperaLA Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion · March 2026

Fisher Center at Bard

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Stacked Le Prophète postcards in a mirrored lobby display at Bard's Fisher Center, white-marble shrouded figure with a red veil
Le ProphèteFisher Center at Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson · July 2024
Bard SummerScape 2025 program for Smetana's Dalibor held up in the house, cover showing a silhouetted figure under a barred prison window
Dalibor at BardSosnoff Theater, Bard SummerScape · July 25 – Aug 3, 2025

Programs & playbills

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Program insert announcing tenor Pene Pati replacing Bryan Hymel as Romeo
A star turn performanceSan Francisco Opera · Roméo et Juliette, 2019
LA Opera Performances magazine for Eurydice, February 2020
Opening nightLA Opera · February 2020
San Francisco Opera Encore program for Billy Budd, September 2019, cover showing dark sea and sky
Billy Budd, before the lights went downSan Francisco Opera · September 2019
Two friends smiling in front of the Antony and Cleopatra world premiere poster at San Francisco Opera
Antony and Cleopatra, world premiere — John Adams, gold frame, opening night grinsSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · September 2022
Stack of Encore programs for Dialogues of the Carmelites at San Francisco Opera, centennial season
Dialogues of the CarmelitesSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · October 2022
Metropolitan Opera Playbill for Terence Blanchard's Champion held up before the act-drop, a boxer painted in blue above
Champion at the Met, opening nightMetropolitan Opera, New York · 2023
Black and white photograph of a Madame Butterfly program held up against the gilded War Memorial proscenium and house curtain
Everyone asked if I cried. I did.San Francisco Opera, War Memorial · June 2023
Die Frau ohne Schatten centennial program held in a marble lobby, with a glowing doorway and chandelier beyond
This opera is crazypantsSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · 2023 centennial season
Il Trovatore program held in the War Memorial house, gilded proscenium and curtain behind
Verdi is so verySan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · September 2023
Lohengrin program with a swan-and-sword cover, held in front of the War Memorial curtain, a Beyoncé-as-swan sticker in the corner
Tagline: You had one jobSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · October 2023
Opera San José Rigoletto program for the 40th Anniversary Season, illustrated jester in red curled up against a pale-blue libretto background, held in the California Theatre
Edward Graves role debut in a tight, deeply entertaining production (with some deeply entertaining marketing)Opera San José, California Theatre · February 2024
Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera La Traviata program held up in the hall, cover shows Violetta in a red gown beside a candlelit table
La Traviata at Sacramento Philharmonic & OperaSAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, Sacramento · March 2026
Houston Grand Opera Messiah lobby poster — Handel arranged by Mozart, Robert Wilson production, figure poling a black boat across a pale blue sky, bald man in orange tee and black blazer standing beside it
Messiah with an all-star cast and Robert Wilson's staging. A grand finale for Patrick Summers' tenure.Houston Grand Opera, Wortham Center · 2026

Houses

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Tristan und Isolde banner hung between the arches of the Metropolitan Opera House
A Mary Weatherford rose, six stories tallMetropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center · September 2016
Gilded proscenium and chandelier of the War Memorial Opera House before curtain
The Ring beginsSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · 2018
Lincoln Center plaza at night with crowds outside the Metropolitan Opera
Intermission at the plazaLincoln Center, New York · September 2016
Translucent opera scrim with a singer's portrait, seen through an arched window with City Hall behind
Gimme an I — WotanSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · Summer
Close-up of the Metropolitan Opera House facade at night, with Chagall murals and chandelier visible through the arched windows
The Met's Chagalls, glimpsed through the arches — chandeliers as a second sunMetropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center · Undated
War Memorial Opera House proscenium with a projected film of a singer's back, performing Fidelio during the pandemic
SF Opera re-opens with FidelioSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · May 2021
War Memorial Opera House lit blue at night with banners for Dialogues of the Carmelites, La Traviata, and Eugene Onegin, Davies Symphony Hall glowing pink alongside
Van Ness at nightSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · Fall 2022
Looking straight up at the Metropolitan Opera lobby ceiling, gold leaf scalloped coffers framing the Sputnik chandelier
Looking up — the Met's Sputniks suspended in their gold-leaf skyMetropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center · Undated
Looking straight up into the Met's gilded scalloped dome, central oculus with the starburst Sputnik chandelier suspended in it
Look upMetropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center · December 2023
Three performers in glittering red and gold monkey masks with long pheasant-feather plumes bow downstage, robed chorus in cloud-painted white behind them
The Monkey KingSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · 2025
Three-person selfie in the California Academy of Sciences atrium beneath the T. rex skeleton lit blue, one in mask and turtleneck, another in a suit, a third laughing in glasses
Everest at the Cal Academy — Opera Parallèle in the planetarium dome, T. rex chaperoning the lobbyCalifornia Academy of Sciences, San Francisco · 2024

Socials

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Tweet from soprano Christine Goerke in full Turandot crown and costume wearing a black surgical mask, replying 'Oh hai!'
Christine Goerke, Turandot crown and surgical maskTwitter, backstage · 2021
Selfie in an N95 mask from a Met Opera balcony before Act 1 of Der Rosenkavalier, with a social caption: 'Smiling a super big invisible duck smile for Act 1 of Rosenkavalier'
Smiling a super big invisible duck smile — Act 1, Rosenkavalier, mask onMetropolitan Opera, New York · Pandemic-era
Memoji selfie in a blue mask in front of the Metropolitan Opera's wall of black-and-white artist portraits
I have made it to my secret undisclosed locationMetropolitan Opera, New York · 2023

Opera and chill

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Dallas Opera streaming Everest, a graphic novel opera by Joby Talbot, on an iPad
Everest as graphic novel opera, streamed from a Dallas server — July 24, 2021thedallasopera.tv, at home · July 2021
Boxed set of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X by Anthony Davis on a wooden table
Anthony Davis's XAt home · Undated
Laptop streaming Terence Blanchard's Champion presented by SFJazz and Opera Parallèle
Champion at home — Terence Blanchard, SFJazz, Opera Parallèle, October 2020Pandemic-era streaming · October 2020
Selfie wearing a black-and-white face covering printed with Klaus Nomi's iconic made-up face, in a living room with an SF Opera poster on the wall
Pandemic merch, Klaus Nomi edition — wearing the face while keeping mine coveredAt home · Pandemic-era
Hand holding the C major Blu-ray of Mozart's Mitridate, re di Ponto from Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Pene Pati on the cover in samurai armor with a katana
Mitridate, re di Ponto on Blu-ray — Pene Pati in Miyagi's samurai staging, Minkowski conducting Les Musiciens du LouvreAt home

Curtain calls

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Baritone Michael Chioldi at curtain call with arms thrown wide, red marble set with tall black-and-gilt doors behind, colleagues applauding
Michael Chioldi as RigolettoMetropolitan Opera, New York · 2022
Wide curtain call line at the Metropolitan Opera with cannons and gun carriages upstage, full principal cast bowing in tsarist-era costume
Dream cast for Der RosenkavalierMetropolitan Opera, New York · 2023
Bass-baritone Otello in white robe and sash, alone on a Persian rug at curtain call, hand to chest, gauze curtain behind
Russell Thomas as Otello. Slay.LA Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion · Spring 2023
Soprano in a strapless floral-painted gown on a recital stage, hand to chest, smiling out into the hall after a song
Erin Morley, radiantRecital hall · 2024
Singer and pianist bowing in matching blue suits beside a Steinway grand, abstract gold-and-purple projection behind them
Lawrence Brownlee and Kevin Miller earn their bows. Kevin did not sing... this time.Recital hall · 2024
Three singers in white kilts and gilded Egyptian collars standing on a green tennis-court set, orchestra visible below
Birds and Balls, an opera two-fer from Opera ParallèleSFJazz, San Francisco · 2023
Principals of X joining hands at curtain call in front of the seated orchestra, smiling broadly
Don Giovanni in SacramentoSacramento Philharmonic & Opera · 2023
Tenor in a tan zip-up sweater on an orange-walled set, hand to chest at solo bow, colleague in grey suit applauding
Jonathan Pierce Rhodes shines in Fellow TravelersOpera Parallèle, San Francisco · 2024
Dancer in a pale blush dress taking her bow at the Innocence curtain call, principals in white applauding beside her on a black-and-white diamond-tiled set
Il trittico with Corinne WintersHouston Grand Opera, Wortham Center · 2025
Two men in tall gold helmets and crossed bronze armor plates over chainmail, standing on stage in front of an orange backdrop with painted yellow flora
Edward Graves in his Met debutMetropolitan Opera, New York · 2024

Etc.

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The author in front of the San Francisco Opera Nixon in China poster
News! Nixon in China has returnedSan Francisco Opera, War Memorial · Summer 2012
Oil portrait of Leontyne Price as Leonora in La Forza del Destino, in a gilt frame
Leontyne Price as LeonoraMetropolitan Opera, lobby · Undated
Opera Parallèle gala table at the Regency Center — wine glass, votives, and a program for 'A Night at The Overlook Hotel'
A Night at the Overlook Hotel — Opera Parallèle's gala, no work and all playRegency Center, San Francisco · April 2023
Two embroidered baseball caps on a mint-green table — a burgundy one with a gold X and a pink AMOC* cap from the American Modern Opera Company
Pre-performance fashion crisisThe real opera is off-stage · Undated
Man in a navy suit and pale blue patterned tie speaking into a handheld microphone at a daytime reception, a colleague listening behind him
Jake Heggie at the Pocket Opera galaPocket Opera, San Francisco · 2025
Two friends in dark blazers grinning for a selfie inside the Wortham Center, red seats and starlit ceiling behind them, audience filing in
Messiah at Houston GrandHouston Grand Opera, Wortham Center · 2026

Videos

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