The Queens of Spades stars Katarina Dalayman as Lisa, Hanna Schwartz as the countess, and Misha Didyk as Gherman. Katherine Rohrer is Paulina; T‹mas T‹masson is Count Tomsky; John Hancock is Prince Yeletsky. Roy Rallo directs a Welsh National Opera production created by Richard Jones and designed by John Macfarlane. SFO music director Donald Runnicles conducts.

The Pearl Fishers opens June 14 in a production from San Diego Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre. Norah Amsellem sings Leila; Charles Castronovo is Nadir; William Dazeley is Zurga; Mark Coles is Nourabad. Sebastian Lang-Lessing conducts; Andrew Sinclair is the director.

CosÐ fan tutte's cast includes Frederica von Stade as Despina, Paul Groves as Ferrando, and Nathan Gunn as Guglielmo. Alexandra Deshorties is Fiordiligi; Claudia Mahnke and Katherine Rohrer share the role of Dorabella. Josemaria Condemi directs a John Cox staging co-produced by San Francisco Opera and Opera Monte Carlo; former Kansas City Symphony music director Anne Manson conducts in her SFO debut.