La Traviata (Verdi); Feb 1999 (debut)
Resurrection (Tod Machover); Apr-May 1999 (World Premiere)
Elixir of Love (Donizetti); Jan-Feb 2000
Little Women (Mark Adamo); Mar 2000
Cold Sassy Tree (Carlisle Floyd); Apr-May 2000 (World Premiere)
Nabucco (Verdi); Apr-May 2000
Così fan tutte (Mozart); Jan-Feb 2001
Don Carlo (Verdi); Apr-May 2001
Florencia en el Amazonas (Daniel Catán); Apr-May 2001
Rigoletto (Verdi); Oct-Nov 2001
Of Mice and Men (Carlisle Floyd); Feb 2002
Abduction from The Seraglio (Mozart); Mar 2002
Lucia Di Lammermoor (Donizetti); Jan 2003
The Merry Widow (Lehár); Feb 2003
La Traviata (Verdi); Apr 2003
The Little Prince (Rachel Portman); Jun 2003 (World Premiere)
Julius Caesar (Handel); Oct-Nov 2003
The End of The Affair (Jake Heggie); Mar 2004 (World Premiere)
Turandot (Puccini); Apr-May 2004
The Barber of Seville (Rossini); Apr-May 2004
Madame Butterfly (Puccini); Oct-Nov 2004
Il Trovatore (Verdi); Jan-Feb 2005
Idomeneo (Mozart); Jan-Feb 2005
Falstaff (Verdi); Apr-May 2005
HGO 50th Gala Concert; May 2005
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart); Nov-Dec 2005
Renee Fleming Holiday Concert; Dec 6, 2005
Don Pasquale (Donizetti); Jan-Feb 2006
Manon Lescaut (Puccini); Jan-Feb 2006
Simon Boccanegra (Verdi); Oct-Nov 2006
Don Giovanni (Mozart); Oct-Nov 2006
Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček); May 2007
Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) Oct-Nov 2007
The Refuge (Christopher Theofanidis); Nov 2007 (World Premiere)
Last Acts (Three Decembers) (Jake Heggie); Feb-Mar 2008 (World Premiere)
La bohème (Puccini); Apr-May 2008
Billy Budd (Britten); Apr-May 2008
Pianist: Andrew Kennedy Recital; May 2008
The Refuge (Christopher Theofanidis); May 2008
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten); Jan-Feb 2009
Chorus! (Various); Jan-Feb 2009
Rigoletto (Verdi); Apr-May 2009
Brief Encounter (Previn); May 2009 (World Premiere)
Lohengrin (Wagner); Oct-Nov 2009
Tosca (Puccini); Jan-Feb 2010
The Turn of The Screw (Britten); Jan-Feb 2010
Madame Butterfly (Puccini); Oct-Nov 2010
Peter Grimes (Britten); Oct-Nov 2010
Dead Man Walking (Jake Heggie); Jan-Feb 2011
Ariadne Auf Naxos (Strauss); Apr-May 2011
La Traviata (Verdi); Jan 2012
Don Carlos (Verdi); Apr 2012
Mary Stuart (Donizetti); Apr-May 2012
Show Boat (Kern); Jan-Feb 2013
Tristan und Isolde (Wagner); Apr-May 2013
Il Trovatore (Verdi); Apr-May 2013
Rigoletto (Verdi); Jan-Feb 2014
The Passenger (Weinberg); Jan-Feb 2014 (US Premiere)
Das Rheingold (Wagner); Apr 2014
The Passenger (Weinberg), Lincoln Center Festival at the Park Avenue Armory; Jul 2014
Otello (Verdi); Oct-Nov 2014
Così fan tutte (Mozart); Oct-Nov 2014HGO 60th Gala Concert; Mar 2015
Die Walküre (Wagner); Apr-May 2015
Tosca (Puccini); Oct-Nov 2015
Prince of Players (Carlisle Floyd); Mar 2016 (World Premiere)
Siegfried (Wagner); Apr-May 2016
It's A Wonderful Life (Jake Heggie); Dec 2016 (World Premiere)
Requiem (Verdi); Feb 2017
Götterdämmerung (Wagner); Apr 2017
Julius Caesar (Handel); Oct-Nov 2017
Elektra (Strauss); Jan-Feb 2018
Norma (Bellini); Apr-May 2018
The Flying Dutchman (Wagner); Oct-Nov 2018
Florencia en el Amazonas (Catán); Jan-Feb 2019
The Phoenix (Tarik O’Regan); Apr-May 2019 (World Premiere)
Saul (Handel); Nov 2019 (US Premiere)
Aida (Verdi); Jan 2020
The Snowy Day (Joel Thomson); Dec 2021 (World Premiere)
Dialogues of the Carmelites (Poulenc); January 2022
Concert in Memory of Carlisle Floyd; February 11, 2022
Romeo et Juliette (Gounod); Apr-May 2022
Die Fledermaus (Strauss II); Dec 1998-Jan 1999 (debut)
Millennium Gala, Die Fldermaus, Act II (II); Dec 31, 1999
Così fan tutte (Mozart); Feb-Mar 2001
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti); Nov-Dec 2002
National Council Grand Finals Concert; March 20, 2005
National Council Grand Finals Concert; March 25, 2006
Rodelinda (Handel); May 2006
Gala Celebration in honor of Joseph Volpe; March 20, 2006
La Traviata (Verdi); June 2006
I Puritani (Bellini); January 2007 – Feb 2007
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck); Nov 27, 2007
Opening Night Gala; Capriccio: Final Scene; Sep 22, 2008
Salome (Strauss); Sep-Oct 2008
Madama Butterfly (Puccini); Oct 2008-Mar 2009
National Council Grand Finals Concert; February 22, 2009
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck); Feb-Mar 2011
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti); March 2011
National Council Grand Finals Concert; March 13, 2011
The Enchanted Island (Jeremy Sams); March 2014
A Streetcar Named Desire (NYC Debut of the Work, 2013)
Concerts w/Renée Fleming, Deborah Voight, & The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Don Pasquale (Donizetti); 1987-88, Western Opera Theater
Rosina (Titus); 1988, Adler Showcase Production
Madame Butterfly (Puccini); 1988, Merola Opera Program
Merola Grand Finale; 1988, Merola Opera Program
Madame Butterfly (Puccini); Western Opera Theater
Don Pasquale (Donizetti); 1989, Merola Opera Program
Die Fledermaus (Strauss II); 1990-91 (debut)
Mozart & His Time – SFO Opening Concert; 1990
Così fan tutte (Mozart); 1990-91
Ermione (Rossini); 1991-92 (US Premiere)
Tosca (Puccini); 1992-93
La bohème (Puccini); 1993-94
SFO Opera in the Park; 1994-95
Otello (Rossini); 1994-95
SFO Opera in the Park; 1995-96
Faust (Gounod); 1995-96
SFO Gala Concert honoring Charles Mackerras; 1995-96
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini); 1996-97
Carmen (Bizet); 1997-98
Guillaume Tell (Rossini); 1997-98
L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi); 1997-98
Rigoletto (Verdi); 1997-98
A Streetcar Named Desire (Previn); 1998-99 (World Premiere)
Norma (Bellini); 1998-99
Marilyn Horne and Friends; 1999-2000
Louise (Charpentier); 1999-2000
Lofti Mansouri Gala Concert; 2000-01
Aida (Verdi); 2000-01
Dead Man Walking (Heggie); 2000-01 (World Premiere)
L’Elisir d’Amore (Donizetti); 2000-01
La Cenerentola (Rossini); 2002-03
La Traviata (Verdi); 2004-05
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck); 2006-07
Ariodante (Handel); 2007-08
Three Decembers (Jake Heggie); 2008-09
Il Trittico (Puccini); 2009-2010
SFO Opera in the Park; 2011-12
Heart of a Soldier (Christopher Theofanidis); 2011-12
Xerxes (Handel); 2011-12
Moby-Dick (Jake Heggie); 2012-13
Der Fliegende Holländer (Wagner); 2013-14
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart); 2014-15
Celebrating David!; 2015-16
Sweeney Todd (Sondheim); 2015-16
It’s a Wonderful Life (Heggie); 2018-19
As part of the Sister City Exchange Program between San Francisco Opera and Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Shanghai Opera House, Mr. Summers conducted the first performances of Tosca produced in Asia, with two casts, one in Italian and one in Mandarin.
The Ghost Sonata (Reiman) 1989 (United States premiere of the opera)
Ariodante (Handel) 1990
La Cenerentola (Rossini); Melbourne 1994
La Cenerentola (Rossini); Sydney Winter 1994
Opera Australia 40th Anniversary Gala Concert; Sydney Winter 1996
La bohème (Puccini); Sydney Winter 1996
Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti); Sydney Winter 1996
Madama Butterfly (Puccini); Sydney Winter 1997
Werther (Massenet); Sydney Winter 1997
Iphigenie en Tauride (Gluck); Melbourne Autumn 1998
Madama Butterfly (Puccini); Melbourne Autumn 1998
Rinaldo (Handel); Sydney Winter 1999
The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart); Sydney Winter 2000
Der Freischütz (Maria von Weber); Sydney Winter 2002
Les pecheurs de perles (Bizet); Sydney Winter 2003
Turandot (Puccini); Sydney Winter 2006
Nabucco (Verdi); Sydney Winter 2008
Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart); Sydney Winter 2010
Moby-Dick (World Premiere)
Great Scott (World Premiere)
L'incoronazione di Poppea (Patrick Summers performing edition)
The Tempest
Anna Bolena (Debut)
Of Mice and Men
Die Zauberflöte (Recorded on DVD)
Dead Man Walking (Jake Heggie); Dec 2019 Israeli premiere of the opera