In May 2027, José Luis Gutierrez is set to return to the San Francisco Opera, serving as assistant to conductor Clelia Cafiero for their production of Puccini’s Tosca. This follows his significant contributions during the company’s 2023 centennial season, where he worked closely with Sir Donald Runnicles and Roberto Kalb on Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten and the celebrated world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s El último sueño de Frida y Diego.