Good stuff in the cartellone for the new season of San Francisco Opera:
The fall season opens Sept. 5 at the opera house with "Simon Boccanegra," starring Hvorostovsky and Frittoli; Runnicles conducts. "Simon Boccanegra" continues through Sept. 27.
The season, the company's 86th, runs 9/5/08 to 7/5/2009, with 78 performances of 11 operas.