Performer: Helgi Tomasson

San FranciscoNutcracker

War Memorial Opera House, Dec 13, 14 mat, eve, 15 mat, eve, 16 mat, eve, 17 mat, eve, 19 mat, eve, 20 mat, eve, 21 mat, eve, 22 mat, eve, 23 mat, eve, 24 mat, eve, 26 mat, eve, 27 mat, eve, 28 mat, eve, 29 mat, eve, 30 mat, eve

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Helgi Tomasson; San Francisco Ballet; Michael Yeargan; Martin Pakledinaz; James F Ingalls; San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

San FranciscoSwan Lake

War Memorial Opera House, 2024 Feb 23, 24 mat, eve, 25 mat, 27, 28, 29, Mar 01

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Helgi Tomasson; San Francisco Ballet; Jonathan Fensom; Jennifer Tipton; San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

San FranciscoSwan Lake Encore

War Memorial Opera House, 2024 Apr 30, May 01, 02, 03, 04 mat, eve, 05 mat

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Helgi Tomasson; San Francisco Ballet; Jonathan Fensom; Jennifer Tipton; San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

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SFB concludes its 90th season with a stirring Romeo & Juliet

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Terez Rose, 21 Apr

There’s much to love in Helgi Tomasson’s production of Romeo & Juliet, starting with Prokofiev’s sumptuous score.

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San Francisco Ballet enchants with a winning Giselle

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Terez Rose, 24 Feb

The ballet’s second act, following Giselle’s death, is set in a spooky, mystical realm, precisely the kind of thing that so intrigued its 19th century audiences and made this ballet an instant classic.

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An exciting buzz generated for San Francisco's Nutcracker

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Terez Rose, 08 Dec

This irresistible Nutcracker is a reliable delight in an increasingly unreliable world.

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Tomasson bows out from San Francisco Ballet with stirring Swan Lake

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Terez Rose, 29 Apr

Swan Lake is the last program of the San Francisco Ballet’s season and of the 37-year tenure of retiring artistic director Helgi Tomasson.

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Charm and wit abound in San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote

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Terez Rose, 26 Feb

Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov's restaging of the 1869 Petipa classic brings a sunny smile to faces in San Francisco.

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A triumphant Nutcracker: San Francisco Ballet is back!

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Terez Rose, 11 Dec

With Tchaikovsky’s dear, familiar overture, the reassuring sameness of Wendall K Harrington’s slide show projecting 1915 San Francisco scenes onto the curtains, we were all, most decisively, back.

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