The San Francisco Opera is an imaginative, emotional and sensual experience. For sheer emotional impact, there's nothing like a night at the opera. And there's nothing like the royal treatment awaiting the lucky winning bidder for this item who'll sweep three other guests along for the magical ride!

Four tickets in Box A, The San Francisco Opera General Director's Box for the June 24, 2010 (7:30 pm) performance of Puccini's "The Girl of the Golden West," followed by a private backstage tour.

The Director's Box is the very best seat in the house: the self-contained balcony above and closest to the stage looking down on all the action.  There simply is no better seat from which to view the opera!  The backstage tour following the performance provides guests with expert guidance to see the backstage props, stage sets, and, quite literally, all the components that create the magic on stage.  Best of all, it is an exclusive opportunity to meet the opera stars, chorus and crew who brought the production to life.

This is definitely an experience to remember!

A crafty criminal. A suspicious sheriff. A frontier woman with a tender heart who knows how to shoot a gun. If they sound like characters from a classic Western, they are—except their gunfights and poker games are set to a brilliant, blazing score. A love triangle set during the California Gold Rush, the work Puccini considered "the best of my operas," returns home for the first time in three decades in celebration of its 100th anniversary. Nicola Luisotti conducts a rip-snortin' cast led by Deborah Voigt, "a soprano of penetrating power and clarity" (The New York Times), and Salvatore Licitra, "a tenor at the top of his form" (San Francisco Chronicle).