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A History of Opera Performances in Rochester

 

2006 - 2007 Season Mercury Opera Rochester
  • Show Boat (Kern & Hammerstein)
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  • Norma (Bellini)
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  • Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menottii)
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  • The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart)
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2005 - 2006 Season Mercury Opera Rochester
  • L'Elisir d'Amore (Donizetti)
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  • Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
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  • L'Amico Fritz (Mascagni)
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2004 - 2005 Season
Rochester Opera Factory
  • Suor Angelica (Puccini)
  • Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss)

 

2003 - 2004 Season Rochester Opera Factory
  • I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)

 

2002 - 2003 Season Rochester Opera Factory
  • Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)

  • Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky) **
  • Il Trovatore (Verdi) **
  • Tosca (Puccini) **

    ** Presented by Opera Rochester

 

2001 - 2002 Season Rochester Opera Factory
  • The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)

  • Rigoletto (Verdi) **
  • The Merry Widow (Lehar) **
  • La Bohème (Puccini) ***

    **   Presented by Opera Rochester
    ***  Produced by Opera Rochester

 

2000 - 2001 Season Opera Rochester
  • Aida (Verdi) **
  • Carmen (Bizet) **
  • Down in the Valley (Weill) ***
  • The Emperor of Atlantis (Ullmann) ***

    **   Presented by Opera Rochester
    ***  Produced by Opera Rochester

 

1999 - 2000 Season Opera Rochester
  • Turandot (Puccini)
  • Barber of Seville (Rossini)
  • Brundibár (Krasa)
  • Porgy & Bess (Gershwin)

 

1998 -1999 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Madama Butterfly (Puccini)

 

1997 - 1998 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Daughter of the Regiment (Donizetti)
  • I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
  • Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
  • Impresario (Mozart)
  • Little Thieves of Bethlehem (Paul Stuart) **
      ** World Premiere

 

1996 -1997 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
  • La Bohème (Puccini)
  • Many Moons (Robert Kapilow) **
      ** Commissioned but not performed

 

1995 - 1996 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Aida (Verdi)
  • Kill Bear Comes Home (Paul Stuart) **
     **World Premiere
  • La Traviata (Verdi)

 

1994 - 1995 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Tosca (Puccini)
  • Barber of Seville (Rossini)
  • Babes in Toyland (Herbert)

 

1993 - 1994 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Il Trovatore (Verdi)
  • Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)

 

1992 - 1993 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Rigoletto (Verdi)
  • Carmen (Bizet)
  • The Cask of Amontillado (Currie)

 

1991 - 1992 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
  • La Traviata (Verdi)

 

1990 - 1991 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • La Bohème (Puccini)

 

1989 - 1990 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss)

 

1988 - 1989 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Madama Butterfly (Puccini)

 

1987 - 1988 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Information coming soon

 

1986 - 1987 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Information coming soon

 

1985 - 1986 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Threepenny Opera (Weill)

 

1984 - 1985 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
  • La Perichole (Offenbach)
  • The Woman Who Dared (Bokser) **
      ** World Premiere
  • Otello (Verdi)

 

1983 - 1984 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Tosca (Puccini)
  • Cosi fan Tutte (Mozart)
  • Aida (Verdi)

 

1982 - 1983 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Il Trovatore (Verdi)
  • The Merry Widow (Lehar)
  • Daisy (Julia Smith)
      World Premiere
  • The Barber of Seville (Rossini)

 

1981 - 1982 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Daughter of the Regiment (Donizetti)
  • Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)

 

1980 - 1981 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
  • Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss)
  • Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)

 

1979 - 1980 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
  • Faust (Gounod)
  • The Masked Ball (Verdi)

 

1978 - 1979 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Carmen (Bizet)
  • Norma (Bellini)
  • Madama Butterfly (Puccini)

 

1977 - 1978 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Aida (Verdi)
  • Rigoletto (Verdi)
  • La Bohème (Puccini)

 

1976 - 1977 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Tosca (Puccini)
  • Il Trovatore (Verdi)
  • Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
  • Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)

 

1975 - 1976 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
  • Don Giovanni (Mozart)
  • La Traviata (Verdi)

 

1974 - 1975 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Barber of Seville (Rossini)
  • Carmen (Bizet)
  • Madama Butterfly (Puccini)

 

1973 - 1974 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • La Bohème (Puccini)
  • Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
  • Rigoletto (Verdi)

 

1972 - 1973 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Cosi fan Tutte (Mozart)
  • Tosca (Puccini)
  • Summer and Smoke (Hoiby)

 

1971 - 1972 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Faust (Gounod)
  • The Impresario (Mozart)
  • La Traviata (Verdi)

 

1970 - 1971 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
  • Help, Help, The Globolinks (Menotti)
  • Carmen (Bizet)

 

1969 - 1970 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Rigoletto (Verdi)
  • La Bohème (Puccini)

 

1968 - 1969 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Amelia Goes To The Ball (Menotti)
  • Il Tabarro (Puccini)
  • Merry Widow (Highlights) (Lehar)
  • Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart)

 

1967 - 1968 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • The Apothecary (Haydn)
  • Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
  • Suor Angelica (Puccini)

 

1966 - 1967 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
  • Birthday of the Infanta (Nelson)

 

1965 - 1966 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • The Impresario (Mozart)
  • Il Tabarro (Puccini)
  • The Beggar's Opera (Gay)

 

1964 - 1965 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • The Medium (Menotti)
  • Bastien & Bastienne (Mozart)
  • Birthday of the Infanta (Nelson)
  • Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)

 

1963 - 1964 Season
  • No productions were presented

 

1962 - 1963 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
  • Sunday Excursion (Wilder)

 

1961 - 1962 Season Opera Theatre of Rochester
  • The Beggar's Opera (Gay)