Member Productions
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Spring 2025 Productions
Jan 6–8, 2025: St. Olaf College Lyric Theater - Babes In Toyland (Victor Herbert and MacDonough, Glen); Shari Speer, conductor; Dale Kruse, stage director
Jan 23–25, 2025: Vanderbilt University - The Marriage of Figaro (W. A. Mozart and DaPonte, Lorenzo); Jennifer McGuire, conductor; Gayle Shay, stage director
Jan 25, 2025: Michigan State University College of Music - A Celebration of the Beautiful Voice, Gala afternoon featuring our graduate students in arias, duets and ensembles; Elden Little, conductor; Melanie Helton, stage director; More info...
Jan 30–Feb 2, 2025: University of Houston - Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini and Forzano, Giovacchino); Jorge Parodi, conductor; Kathleen Belcher, stage director; More info...
Jan 31–Feb 2, 2025: Opera McGill - The Light in the Piazza (Adam Guettel and Lucas, Craig); Jonathan Monro & Patrick Hansen, conductor; David Gately, stage director; More info...
Feb 1–2, 2025: Montclair State University-Cali Opera - La Calisto (Francesco Cavalli and Giovanni Faustini); Kyle Ritenauer, conductor; Rebecca Jo Loeb, stage director; More info...
Feb 6–9, 2025: Baylor University - Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck and Wette, Adelheid); Miguel Harth Bedoya, conductor; Jen Stephenson, stage director
Feb 13–15, 2025: Opera d'arte, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory - Hansel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck and Adelheid Wette); Brett Scott, conductor; Kenneth Shaw, stage director
Feb 13–16, 2025: Boston Conservatory at Berklee - Riders to the Sea (Ralph Vaughn Williams and Synge, John Millington) and Whaling Women (Jodi Goble); Tiffany Chang, conductor; Nathan Troup, stage director; More info...
Feb 15–22, 2025: Brigham Young University - Triple bill: American Ghost Stories, No Ladies in the Lady's Book (Lisa Despain/Rachel J. Peters) The Face on the Barroom Floor (Henry Mollicone/John S. Bowman) The Medium (Gian Carlo Menotti); Nathan Haines, conductor; Shea Owens, stage director; More info...
Feb 21–23, 2025: Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University - Strawberry Fields (Michael Torke and Gurney, A R) and Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini and Giovacchino Forzano); Jan McDaniel, conductor; Claire Choquette, stage director; More info...
Feb 21–22, 2025: University of Utah - Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss and Haffner, Genée); -, conductor; James Bobick, stage director
Feb 21–23, 2025: Kentucky Opera - This Little Light of Mine (Chandler Carter and Diana Solomon-Glover); Everett McCorvey, conductor; Kimille Howard, stage director; More info...
Feb 27–Mar 2, 2025: University of Alabama - Hansel and Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck and Adelheid Wette); Anthony DiMauro, conductor; Laura Pritchard, stage director; More info...
Feb 27–Mar 1, 2025: Pepperdine University - The Magic Flute (W. A. Mozart and Schikaneder); David Aks, conductor; Keith Colclough, stage director; More info...
Feb 28–Mar 1, 2025: University of Idaho - Le nozze di Figaro (W. A. Mozart and Da Ponte); Stephen Fairbanks, conductor; Stefan Gordon, stage director; More info...; *The recits have been largely removed and replaced with a new translation of the Beaumarchais play
Mar 5–6, 2025: UTSA Lyric Theatre - La Voix humaine (Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau) and Women on the Line (Wesley S. Uchiyama-Penix and Jourdan Laine Howell); Jordan D. Boyd, conductor; Jourdan Laine Howell, stage director; More info...; *Women on the Line is a world premiere; one-act chamber opera for six women on one baritone.
Mar 6–9, 2025: University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Benjamin Britten and Shakespeare, William); William Langley, conductor; Robin Guarino, stage director
Mar 6–9, 2025: University of Oklahoma - Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht); Jonathan Shames, conductor; Nicole Kenley-Miller, stage director; More info...
Mar 7–8, 2025: IU Jacobs School of Music - The Turn of the Screw (Benjamin Britten and Myfanwy Piper); Arthur Fagen, conductor; Michael Shell, stage director; More info...
Mar 14–16, 2025: Eklund Opera at the University of Colorado Boulder - Pirates of Penzance (Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert); Nicholas Carthy, conductor; Leigh Holman, stage director; More info...
Mar 14–15, 2025: UNLV Opera - The Three Feathers (Lori Laitman and Gioia, Dana); Darryl Cooper, conductor; Linda Lister, stage director; More info...
Mar 14–16, 2025: University of Wisconsin-Madison - A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler); Oriol Sans, conductor; David Ronis, stage director
Mar 19–22, 2025: Michigan State University College of Music - La Cerentola (Gioachino Rossini and Feretti, Jacobo); Katherine Kilburn, conductor; Melanie Helton, stage director; More info...
Mar 20–21, 2025: Vanderbilt University - Dragon's Breath (Evan Mack and McGuire, Joshua); Jennifer McGuire, conductor; Gayle Shay, stage director
Mar 21–30, 2025: University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music - Carousel (Richard Rodgers and Hammerstein II, Oscar); Eric Dudley, conductor; James Haffner, stage director
Mar 21–23, 2025: Tulane Opera - La Dirindina (Domenico Scarlatti and Gigli, Girolamo) and La Serva Padrona (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Gennaro Federico); Maxim Samarov, conductor; Amy Pfrimmer, stage director; More info...; *New translation of La Dirindina
Mar 21–23, 2025: Turner-Fischer Center for Opera at Louisiana State University - Candide (Leonard Bernstein and Wheeler, Hugh/Caird, John); Scott Terrell, conductor; Dugg McDonough, stage director; More info...
Mar 27–30, 2025: University of Michigan - The Turn of the Screw (Benjamin Britten and Piper, Myfwany); Kirk Severtson, conductor; Chia Patino, stage director; More info...
Mar 28–30, 2025: Opera McGill - Imeneo (G. F. Handel and Stampiglia, Silvio); TBA, conductor; Patrick Hansen, stage director; More info...
Apr 1–3, 2025: Manhattan School of Music - L’île de Merlin, ou le monde renversé (Christoph Gluck and Anseaume, Louis); Chun-Wei Kang, conductor; A. Scott Perry, stage director; More info...
Apr 3–5, 2025: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - Dark Sisters (Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam); Trevor Kregor, conductor; Brian Robertson, stage director
Apr 4–6, 2025: Missouri State Opera Theatre - Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell and Tate, Nahum) and Alcina (George Frideric Handel and Broschi/Ariosto); Chris Thompson, conductor; Ann Marie Wilcox-Daehn, stage director
Apr 10–13, 2025: UWSP Opera Workshop - Die Zauberflöte (W. A. Mozart and Schikaneder, Emanuel); Andres Moran, conductor; Matthew Markham, stage director
Apr 10–13, 2025: UTSA Lyric Theatre - Company (Stephen Sondheim); Troy Peters, conductor; William McCrary & Michelle Pietri, stage director; More info...
Apr 10–13, 2025: Boston Conservatory at Berklee - Così fan Tutte (W. A. Mozart and Da Ponte, Lorenzo); Andrew Bisantz, conductor; David Gately, stage director; More info...
Apr 10–13, 2025: University of Arizona Opera Theater - The Magic Flute (W. A. Mozart and Schikaneder, Emanuel); Thomas Cockrell, conductor; Cynthia Stokes, stage director; More info...
Apr 10–13, 2025: University of Houston - She Loves Me! (Harnick & Bock and Masteroff, Joe); Jonathan Craft, conductor; Molly Wetzel, stage director; More info...
Apr 10–13, 2025: Columbus State University, Schwob School of Music - Suor Angelica (Giacomo Puccini and Giovacchino Forzano) and The Medium (Gian Carlo Menotti); Paul Hostetter, conductor; Joshua May, stage director; More info...
Apr 11–15, 2025: Temple University Opera Theater - DON GIOVANNI (W. A. Mozart and Da Ponte, Lorenzo); José Luis Domínguez, conductor; Brandon McShaffrey, stage director; More info...
Apr 11–13, 2025: University Of Mississippi Opera Theatre - La canterina (Joseph Haydn and Haydn, Joseph based on Piccinni) and The Beautiful Bridegroom (Dan Shore); Selim Giray/Amanda Johnston, conductor; Bonita Bunt, stage director; More info...
Apr 11–12, 2025: Westminster Opera Theatre Westminster Choir College at Rider University - The Medium (Gian Carlo Menotti); Susan Ashbaker, conductor; James Kenon Mitchell, stage director; More info...
Apr 11–13, 2025: Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University - Anything Goes (Cole Porter and Cole Porter, John Weidman, & Timothy Crouse); Matthew Mailman, conductor; David Herendeen, stage director; More info...
Apr 12–13, 2025: Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University - Suor Angelica (Giacomo Puccini and Forzano) and The Medium (Gian-Carlo Menotti and Gian Carlo Menotti); Paul Hostetter, conductor, conductor; Joshua May, stage director; More info...
Apr 18–19, 2025: University of Utah (UOpera) - La Bohème (Giacomo Puccini and Illica, Giacosa); Robert Baldwin, conductor; James Bobick, stage director
Apr 18–19, 2025: University of Michigan - Cosi fan Tutte (W. A. Mozart and Da Ponte, Lorenzo); Kirk Severtson, conductor; Gregory Keller, stage director
Apr 24–27, 2025: Manhattan School of Music - Rusalka (Antonin Dvo?ák and Kvapil, Jaroslav); Kelly Kuo, conductor; John de los Santos, stage director; More info...
Apr 24, 2025: University of Houston - Turandot (Giacomo Puccini and Adami, Giuseppe & Simone, Renato); Franz Krager, conductor; Kathleen Belcher, stage director; More info...
Apr 25–27, 2025: Turner-Fischer Center for Opera at Louisiana State University - L'etoile (Emmanuel Chabrier and Leterrier, Eugene and Vanloo, Albert); Michael Borowitz, conductor; Dugg McDonough or TBA, stage director; More info...; *Regional premiere
May 1–3, 2025: North Park University | School of Music, Art, and Theatre - Titanic (Matias Vestergård and Lea Marie Løppenthin); Tom Zelle, conductor; George Cederquist, stage director; More info...; *US premiere
May 1–2, 2025: Manhattan School of Music - Princess Ida: The Glow Up, The original G&S version of Princess Ida offers a satirical view of Victorian-era feminism, portraying the 'liberated' woman as a man-hater consumed by vitriol who foolishly rejects love and even, heavens forbid, reproduction. Dramaturg Heather O'Donnavan; Jackson McKinnon, conductor; Felicity Stiverson, stage director; More info...
May 2–3, 2025: Baylor University - Cendrillon (Pauline Viardot and Viardot, Pauline); Kathleen Kelly and Jeffrey Peterson, conductor; Jen Stephenson, stage director
May 3–4, 2025: University of South Dakota Opera - The Gondoliers (Arthur Sullivan and Gilbert, W.S.); Chun-Ming Chen/Tracelyn Gesteland, conductor; Tracelyn Gesteland, stage director; More info...
May 9–10, 2025: Luther College - Tour de Farce, Scenes from Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte' and 'Don Giovanni' with the Luther College Chamber Orchestra. An homage to early touring companies in the US, with two different scenarios of what can go wrong when attempting to take opera 'on the road'!; Daniel Baldwin / Nicholas Shaneyfelt, conductor; Andrew Whitfield, stage director; More info...
Fall 2024 Productions
Sep 26–29, 2024: University of Oklahoma - Rita (Gaetano Donizetti and Gustave Vaëz) and L’heure espagnole (Maurice Ravel and Franc-Nohain); Jonathan Shames, conductor; Nicole Kenley-Miller, stage director; More info...
Sep 28–29, 2024: Boston Conservatory at Berklee - The World Still Needs You, Boris Yeltsin! (Evan Mack and McGuire, Joshua); Laurann Gilley, conductor; David Gately, stage director; More info...; *The World Still Needs You, Boris Yeltsin! is a workshop performance.
Oct 2–6, 2024: University of Alabama - Cinderella (Pauline Viardot and P Viardot); Paul Lee, conductor; Stacy Searle, stage director; More info...
Oct 3–4, 2024: Vanderbilt University - Staggerwing (Lisa DeSpain and Peters, Rachel J.); Jennifer McGuire, conductor; Gayle Shay, stage director; More info...; *Southeast regional premiere with newly-composed/written numbers
Oct 10–13, 2024: University of Houston - Little Women (Mark Adamo and Adamo, Mark); Jorge Parodi, conductor; Kathleen Belcher, stage director; More info...
Oct 12, 2024: Opera McGill - La Sonnambula (Vincenzo Bellini and Felice Romani); Giovanni Reggioli, conductor; N/A, stage director; More info...
Oct 18–20, 2024: University Of Mississippi Opera Theatre - The Tie that Binds: Scenes of Love and Conflict, A narrated scenes program including scenes from the opera and musical theatre repertoire; Amanda Johnston, conductor; Bonita Bunt, stage director
Oct 25–27, 2024: Eklund Opera at the University of Colorado Boulder - Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck and Adelheid Wette); Nicholas Carthy, conductor; Leigh Holman, stage director; More info...
Oct 25–27, 2024: University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music - Lost and Found, A music-theatre production about growing up in today’s world. The story is about at-risk teens and the adults who are helping them navigate this critical period of their lives. Composers and librettists include Charles, Menken/Rice, Murphy/O'Keefe, Herm; Eric Dudley, conductor; Ann Baltz, stage director
Oct 25–27, 2024: Turner-Fischer Center for Opera at Louisiana State University - L'elisir d'amore (Gaetano Donizetti and Romani, Felice); Michael Borowitz, conductor; Dugg McDonough, stage director; More info...
Oct 25–26, 2024: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Islander Voices - The American Stage, The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Islander Voices Ensemble is proud to present The American Stage! Student singers and student and staff pianists will perform selections from American opera and musical theatre of the 20th and 21st centuries; Ellen Denham, conductor; Ellen Denham, stage director; More info...
Oct 26–27, 2024: UTSA Lyric Theatre - Don Giovanni (W. A. Mozart and Da Ponte, Lorenzo); Troy Peters, conductor; Jourdan Laine Howell, stage director
Oct 31–Nov 2, 2024: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - La finta giardiniera (W. A. Mozart and Petrosellini); Gary Wedow, conductor; Brian Robertson, stage director; More info...
Nov 7–10, 2024: Iowa State University - Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss and Martin, Ruth and Thomas); Jacob Harrison/Jodi Goble, conductor; Chad Sonka, stage director; More info...
Nov 7–8, 2024: Opera McGill - Blond Eckbert (Judith Weir); Stephen Hargreaves, conductor; Sawyer Craig, stage director; More info...; *Montreal premiere
Nov 8–10, 2024: Northern Arizona University - Speed Dating Tonight! (Michael Ching) and Face on the Barroom Floor (Henry Mollicone); Aimee Fincher, conductor; Samuel Mungo, stage director
Nov 8–12, 2024: Temple University Opera Theater - Cendrillon (Jules Massenet and Cain, Henri); Samuel McCoy, conductor; Rose Freeman, stage director; More info...
Nov 8–10, 2024: University of Nebraska at Kearney - Zémire and Azor, a 75-minute condensed version of the opera by Grétry, condensed, adapted and translated by Anne Foradori and Mirim Kim; Mirim Kim, conductor; Anne Foradori, stage director
Nov 8–10, 2024: Missouri State University (with Ozarks Lyric Opera) - Tender Land (Aaron Copland and Everett, Horace); Chris Thompson, conductor; Ann Marie Wilcox-Daehn, stage director
Nov 8–10, 2024: The University of Texas at El Paso - Fall Opera Showcase, Excerpts from THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE and DOÑA FRANCISQUITA (by Amadeo Vives); Cherry Duke, with Esequiel Meza, Jr. (piano), conductor; Cherry Duke, stage director; More info...
Nov 13–17, 2024: Michigan State University College of Music - The Magic Flute (W. A. Mozart and Schikaneder); Octavio Mas-Arocas, conductor; Melanie Helton, stage director; More info...
Nov 14–15, 2024: UNLV Opera - Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters (Ned Rorem and Stein, Gertrude) and How Clear She Shines! (Linda Lister and Charlotte/Emily/Anne Brontë); Darryl Cooper, conductor; Courtney Schwalbe/Linda Lister, stage director; More info...
Nov 14–17, 2024: University of Michigan SMTD - Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck and Wette, Adelheid); Kirk Severtson, conductor; Gregory Keller, stage director; More info...
Nov 15–16, 2024: Westminster Opera Theatre, Westminster Choir College at Rider University - Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss and Genée and Haffner); Susan Ashbaker, conductor; Johnathon Pape, stage director; More info...
Nov 15–18, 2024: Simpson College - Speed Dating Tonight! (Michael Ching and Ching, Michael); Dr. Damon Stevens, conductor; Ann Woldt, stage director; More info...
Nov 15–17, 2024: Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University - The Ballad of Baby Doe (Douglas Moore and John Latouche); Jan McDaniel, conductor; David Herendeen, stage director
Nov 17–18, 2024: Ouachita Baptist University - Cendrillon (Pauline Viardot and Harris, Rachel M.); Dr. Maggie Garrett, conductor; Dr. Maggie Garrett, stage director; More info...
Nov 21–24, 2024: Boston Conservatory at Berklee - Summer and Smoke (Lee Hoiby and Williams, Tennessee); Andrew Bisantz, conductor; David Gately, stage director; More info...
Nov 21–24, 2024: Manhattan School of Music - Roméo et Juliette (Charles Gounod and Barbier, Jules and Carré, MIchael); Pierre Valet, conductor; Katherine Carter, stage director; More info...
Nov 21–24, 2024: Texas Tech University - Orfeo ed Euridice (Christoph Gluck and R. de Calzabigi); Lanfranco Marcelletti, conductor; Alan E. HICKS, stage director; More info...
Nov 21–24, 2024: University of Arizona - Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss and Martin, Ruth and Thomas); Dr. Thomas Cockrell, conductor; Cynthia Stokes, stage director; More info...
Nov 21–22, 2024: University of Oklahoma - Acis and Galatea (G. F. Handel and Gay, John); Lily Blanchard / Nathan Dougherty, conductor; Nicole Kenley-Miller, stage director
Nov 22–26, 2024: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Songbird (Offenbach/James Lowe and Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halevy/Kelley Rourke); Oriol Sans, conductor; David Ronis, stage director; More info...; *Adaptation of La Perichole, re-orchestrated for 1920s New Orleans Style jazz band. First production by a university.
Nov 22–24, 2024: Friends University - Gallantry (Douglas Moore and Arnold Sundgaard) and Cendrillon (Pauline Viardot and translated by Rachel M. Harris); Rolaine Hetherington, conductor; Dr. Lydia Bechtel, stage director; More info...
Nov 23–24, 2024: University of South Dakota Opera - Viva L'Opera!, Program of scenes and ensembles; Juan Carlos Mendoza, conductor; Juan Carlos Mendoza, stage director; More info...
Nov 24–25, 2024: Turner-Fischer Center for Opera at Louisiana State University - Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss and Haffner, Karl and Genee, Richard); Michael Borowitz, conductor; Dennis Jesse, stage director; More info...
Dec 5–7, 2024: Univeristy of Utah. (UOPera) - Amahl and the Night Visitors (Gian-Carlo Menotti and Menotti) and Pastiche (Finzi, etc. Handel and Various); -, conductor; James Bobick, stage director
Dec 7, 2024: Montclair State University-Cali Opera - Hansel & Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck and English Translation: Tom Hammond); William Hobbs, conductor; Karen Driscoll, stage director; More info...
Dec 14–15, 2024: Manhattan School of Music - An American Dream (Jack Perla and Murphy Moo, Jessica); Djordje Nesic, conductor; Richard Gammon, stage director; More info...
Dec 14–15, 2024: Texas Tech University and Centro Nacional de las Artes - Orfeo ed Euridice (Christoph Gluck and R. de Calzabigi); Lanfranco Marcelletti, conductor; Alan E. Hicks, stage director; More info...
Dec 15, 2024: University of Alabama - Amahl and the Night Visitors (Gian-Carlo Menotti and Menotti); Philip McCown, conductor; Alissa Plenzler, stage director; More info...