Spanish conductor Jordi Bernàcer has been Resident Conductor at San Francisco Opera since 2015.

He made his debut LA Opera appearances in 2013 with Tosca and a concert of zarzuela and Latin American music. He studied at the Joaquin Rodrigo Conservatory in Valencia and at the Vienna Conservatory. Recently he conducted I Puritani in Piacenza, Modena and Reggio Emilia, Rigoletto in San Francisco, Carmen and Tosca in Rome, Nabucco and Aida in Verona, The Merry Widow in Padova, La Traviata in Catania and Naples, Le Comte Ory in Liege, and Simon Boccanegra in Bari.

His upcoming appearances include Lakme in Oman, El Gato Montes in Los Angeles, Tosca in Rome and Carmen in Berlin.