For centuries, the joy and comedy that clowns bring their audiences have often been fused with the dark underbelly of human emotions - despair, revenge, and rage. Ruggero Leoncavallo's operatic masterpiece Pagliacci does just that and is still widely performed thanks to its timeless, storytelling score. Experience its majesty in this production from the San Diego Opera, conducted by Yves Abel and directed by Christopher Mattaliano, with Jonathan Burton as the embittered Canio.

Bizet's electric Carmen opera shocked and scandalised polite society when it was first performed by Paris' Opera-Comique in 1875. His pulse-quickening take on the tale of the ultimate femme fatale was filled with turbulent emotion, scintillating sensuality, and a score that would go on to become one of the opera canon's most widely performed works thanks to its brilliant marriage of melody, harmony and orchestration.

Experience all of the rampant punchlines, hilarious hijinks and beloved music of Rossini's opera buffa masterpiece The Barber of Seville, set to take over the Civic Theatre during San Diego Opera's newest revival. Featuring some of the composer's most memorable tunes, the rapid-fire tale of bribery, deception, and disguise is an offbeat masterpiece brimming with whimsical flair, madness, and mischief!

The Ten Tenors have captivated audiences around the world with the groups trademark, 'Opera without the Boring Bits.' The talented Ozzie ensemble boast a massive fanbase, from Japan to South America. thanks to their rigorous touring that's put them in front of over 90 million fans! Expect some of their own music as well as covers of classic hits like 'Love Is In The Air' and 'Dancing Queen'.