Bringing the Opera to the People and the People to the Opera

Materials from the San Francisco Public Library highlight the ways that San Francisco Opera has drawn upon the local community to realize its performances and create a dynamic social scene that nourishes the people of San Francisco.

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Left and top right images from San Francisco programs. Music. Art, Music & Recreation Center. 
Bottom right image: San Francisco Opera Guild’s Fol-de-Rol, October 1952. Photograph by V.M. Hanks Jr., San Francisco History Center.