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66th Season 2021-22

Pique Dame
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
May 20, 22, 28 & 29, 2022
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65th Season 2020-21

La traviata CANCELLED due to Pandemic
Giuseppe Verdi
Feb.18, 20, 26 & 27, 2022
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64th Season 2019-20

Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi
October 18, 20, 26 & 27, 2019
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Macbeth
Giuseppe Verdi
February 16, 16, 22 & 23, 2020
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La traviata CANCELLED due to Pandemic
Giuseppe Verdi
May 22, 24, 30 & 31, 2020

63rd Season 2018-19

La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
October 12, 14, 20 & 21, 2018
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I due Foscari
Giuseppe Verdi
February 15, 17, 23 & 24, 2019
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Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi
May 24, 26, June 1 & 2, 2019
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62nd Season 2017-18

Norma
Vincenzo Bellini
October 13, 15, 21 and 22, 2017
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61st Season 2016-17

Le nozze di Figaro
(The Marriage of Figaro)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oct 14, 16, 22 & 23, 2016
Il trittico
(Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi)
Giacomo Puccini
Feb, 17, 19, 25 & 26, 2017
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Salome
Richard Strauss
May 26, 28, Jun 3 and 4, 2017
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60th Season 2015-16

Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
Oct 16 18, 24 and 25, 2015
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Yevgeny Onegin
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky
Feb 19, 21, 27 and 28, 2016
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Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
May 20, 22, 25, 28, 29, 2016
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59th Season 2014-15

Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
Oct 17, 19, 25 and 26, 2014
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail
(The Abduction from the Seraglio)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Feb 13, 15, 21 and 22, 2015
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Faust
Charles Gounod
May 22, 24, 30 and 31, 2015
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58th Season 2013-14

Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
Oct 11, 13, 19 and 20, 2013
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L'elisir d'amore
(The Elixir of Love)
Gaetano Donizetti
Feb 14, 16, 22 and 23, 2014
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Die Zauberföte
(The Magic Flute)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
May 23, 25, 31 and June 1, 2014
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57th Season 2012-13

Les contes d'Hoffmann
(The Tales of Hoffmann)
Jaques Offenbach
Oct 12, 14, 20 and 21, 2012
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Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti
Feb 15, 17, 23 and 24, 2013

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Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
May 24, 26, Jun 1 and 2, 2013
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Opera Classics
Donizetti, Gluck, Mozart, Offenbach, Puccini, Saint-Saenz, Verdi
Dec 8, 2012
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56th Season 2011-12

Samson et Dalila
Camille Saint-Saëns
Oct 14, 16, 22 and 23, 2011
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Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Feb 17, 19, 25 and 26, 2012
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Aida
Giuseppe Verdi
May 25, 27, June 2 and 3, 2012
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55th Season 2010-11

La forza del destino
(The Power of Fate)
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Oct 15, 17, 23 and 24, 2010
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Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
Feb 18, 20, 26 and 27, 2011
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Dido and Aeneas - La vida breve
Henry Purcell - Manuel de Falla
May 20, 22, 28 and 29, 2011
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54th Season 2009-10

La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
Oct 16, 18, 24 and 25, 2009
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Der Freischütz
Carl Maria von Weber
Feb 19, 21, 27 and 28, 2010
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La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
May 21, 23, 29 and 30, 2010
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53rd Season 2008-09

Carmen
Georges Bizet
October 17, 19, 25, 26, 2008
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Orfeo ed Euridice
Christoph Willibald Gluck
February 20, 22, 28, March 1, 2009
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Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
May 22, 24, 30, 31, 2009
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52nd Season 2007-08

Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci
Music by Pietro Mascagni (Cav) and Ruggero Leoncavallo
October 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21, 2007
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Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 24, 2008
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Der fliegende Holländer
(The Flying Dutchman)
Richard Wagner
May 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and June 1, 2008
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51st Season 2006-07

Macbeth

Giuseppe Verdi
October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, 2006
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Pikovaya Dama
(Pique Dame)
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Feb 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25, 2007
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The Merry Widow
Music by Franz Lehár
May 25, 26, 27 and Jun 1, 2 and 3, 2007
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50th Season 2005-06

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 & 23, 2005
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Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini
February 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26, 2006
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The Rake's Progress
Igor Stravinsky
May 27, 28, June 2, 3 & 4, 2006
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49th Season 2004-05

La clemeza di Tito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October 16, 22 & 24, 2004
Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti
February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 & 27, 2005
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The Threepenny Opera
Kurt Weill
May 27, 28, 29, June 3, 4 & 5, 2005
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48th Season 2003-04

Viva la mamma!
Gaetano Donizetti
October 10 & 12, 2003
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Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gioacchino Rossini
February 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22, 2004
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Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
May 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 & 30, 2004
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47th Season 2002-03

Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
October 11, 12, 13, 28, 19 & 20, 2002
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Un ballo in maschera (Masked Ball)
Giuseppe Verdi
February 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 & 23, 2003
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La Pèrichole
Jaques Offenbach
May 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 & June 1, 2003
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46th Season 2001-02

Faust
Charles Gounod
October 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 & 21, 2001
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The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 & 24, 2002
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La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
May 24, 25, 26, 31, June 1 & 2, 2002
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45th Season 2000-01

La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22, 2000
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Tartuffe
Kirke Mechem
February 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 & 25, 2001
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Les contes d'Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach
May 25, 26, 27, June 1, 2 & 3, 2001
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44th Season 1999-2000

Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
October 15, 16, 17, 21, 22 & 23, 1999
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Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 & 27, 2000
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The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Kurt Weill
May 26, 27, 28, June 2, 3 & 4, 2000
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43rd Season 1998-99

The Italian Girl in Algiers
Gioacchino Rossini
October 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 & 25, 1998
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Carmen
Georges Bizet
February 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 & 28, 1999
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The Consul
Gian Carlo Menotti
May 28, 29, 30, June 4 & 5, 1999
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42nd Season 1997-98

Don Pascuale
Gaetano Donizetti
October 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 & 19, 1997
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Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
February 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22, 1998
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The Turn of the Screw
Benjamin Britten
May 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 & 31, 1998
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41st Season 1996-97

The Barber of Seville
Gioacchino Rossini
October 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 & 20, 1996
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Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
February 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 & 23, 1997
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The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
May 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, & June 1, 1997
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40th Season 1995-96

Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini
October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 & 24, 1995
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Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
February 16, 17, 18, 22, 24 & 25, 1996
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Candide
Leonard Bernstein
May 24, 25, 26, 31, June 1 & 2, 1996
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39th Season 1994-95

La cenerentola
Gioacchino Rossini
October 14, 15, 15, 21, 22 & 23, 1994
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Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti
February 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26, 1995
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La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
May 26, 27, 28, 31, June 2, 3 & 4 1995
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38th Season 1993-94

Le Comte Ory
Gioacchino Rossini
October 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 & 17, 1993
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La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
February 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 & 29, 1994
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The Face on the Barroom Floor | Mollicone and Pagliacci| Leoncavallo
May 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 & 29, 1994
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37th Season 1992-93

Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi
October 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18, 1992
Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
February 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 & 21, 1993
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Carmen
Georges Bizet
May 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 & 30, 1993
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36th Season 1991-92

The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 & 19, 1991
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Norma
Vincenzo Bellini
February 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 & 15, 1992
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L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)
Gaetano Donizetti
May 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23 & 30, 1992
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35th Season 1990-91

Emperor Norton | Mollicone
Cavalleria Rusticana| Mascagni
October 12, 13, 14, 18., 19 & 20, 1990
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Faust
Charles Gounod
February 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 & 9, 1991
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The Turk in Italy
Gioacchino Rossini
May 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 & 25, 1991
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34th Season 1989-90

Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
October 20, 21, 22, 26, 27 & 28, 1989
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Der Freischütz
Carl Maria von Weber
February 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 & 10, 1990
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The Daughter of the Regiment'
Gaetano Donizzetti
May 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 & 26, 1990
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33rd Season 1988-89

The Barber of Seville
Gioacchino Rossini
October 21, 22, 23, 27, 28 & 29, 1988
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The Tales of Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach
February 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 & 11, 1989
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Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
May 19, 20, 21, 25, 26 & 27, 1989
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32nd Season 1987-88

Cosi fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October 23, 24, 25, 29, 30 & 31, 1987
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Eugene Onegin
Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
February 5,6,7, 11, 12 & 13, 1998
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Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
May 20, 21, 22, 26, 27 & 28, 1988
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31st Season 1986-87

La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
October 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 & November 1, 1986
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Manon
Jules Massenet
January 30, 31, February 1, 5, 6 & 7, 1987
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La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
May 15, 16, 16, 21, 22, 23 & June 6, 1987
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30th Season 1985-86

Pagliacci | Leoncavallo
Gianni Schicchi | Giacomo Puccini
November 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 & 16, 1985
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The Flying Dutchman
Richard Wagner
February 21, 22, 23, 27, 28 & March 1, 1986
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La cenerentola
Gioacchino Rossini
May 23, 24, 25, 29, 30 & 31, 1986
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29th Season 1984-85

Carmen
Georges Bizet
October 12, 13, 14, 18, 19 &20, 1984
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Un ballo in maschera
Giuseppe Verdi
March 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 & 16, 1985
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The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgnag Amadeus Mozart
May 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 & June 1, 1985
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28th Season 1983-84

Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetaon Donizetti
October 14, 15, 15, 20, 21 & 22, 1983
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Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
January 27, 28, 29
February 2, 3 & 4, 1984
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Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi
May 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 & 19, 1984
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27th Season 1982-83

Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
October 15, 16, 17, 21, 22 and 23, 1982
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The Ballad of Baby Doe
Douglas Moore
February 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 & 19, 1982
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Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
May 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 & 21, 1983
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26th Season 1981-82

Albert Herring
Benjamin Britten
September 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19, 1981
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La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
November 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 & 14, 1981
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Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
April 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 & 25, 1982
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25th Season 1980-81

The Barber of Seville
Gioacchino Rossini
October 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 24 & 25, 1980
The Elixir of Love
Gaetano Donizetti
February 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 & 21, 1981
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The Gypsy Baron
Johann Strauss
May 15, 16, 17, 21, 22 & 23, 1981
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24th Season 1979-80

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Otto Nicolai
October 19, 20, 21, 25, 26 & 27, 1979
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La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
February 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 & 16, 1980
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Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
May 16, 17, 18, 22, 23 & 24, 1980
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23rd Season 1978-79

Comedy on the Bridge | Martinu
Pagliacci| Leoncavallo
October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29, 1978
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The Bartered Bride
Bedrich Smetana
February 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 & 18, 1979
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Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
May 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 & 27, 1979
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22nd Season 1977-78

Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
October 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 & 30, 1977
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Carmen
Georges Bizet
February 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26, 1978
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The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
May 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28, 1978
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21st Season 1976-77

The Tales of Hoffmann
Jaques Offenbach
October 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 & 31, 1976
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Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
February 18, 19 and 20, 1977
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The Daughter of the Regiment
Gaetano Donizetti
May 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29, 1977
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20th Season 1975-76

The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
November 7, 8, 9, 15 and 16, 1975
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Un ballo in maschera
(Masked Ball)
Giuseppe Verdi
February 20, 21 and 22, 1976
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The Bear | Walton
Il campanello | Donizetti
May 21, 22 and 23, 1976
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Choral Concert
Music by various composers
October 1975
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19th Season 1974-75

The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27, 1974
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Macbeth
Giuseppe Verdi
February 14, 15 and 16, 1975
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La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
May 30, 31 and June 1, 1975
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18th Season 1973-74

Angélique | Ibert
Pagliacci| Leoncavallo
February 15, 16 and 17, 1974
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The Elixir of Love
Gaetano Donizetti
May 17, 18 and 19, 1974
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Il tabarro
Giacomo Puccini
July 1974
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17th Season 1972-73

Old Maid and the Thief | Menotti Cavalleria rusticana | Mascagni
February 23, 24 and 25, 1973
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The Bartered Bride
Bedrich Smetana
June 1, 2 and 3, 1973
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Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini
July 1973
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Carmen
Georges Bizet
October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22, 1972
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16th Season 1971-72

La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
Fall 1971
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The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February 25, 26 and 27, 1972
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The Mikado
Gilbert & Sullivan
May 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21, 1972
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15th Season 1970-71

La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
October 23, 24, and 25, 1970
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Faust
Charles Gounod
February 19, 20 and 21, 1971
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Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
May 14, 15 and 16, 1971
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14th Season 1969-70

Macbeth
Giuseppe Verdi
October 24, 25 and 26, 1969
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Fidelio
Ludwig van Beethoven
February 13, 14 and 15, 1970
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The Gypsy Baron
Johann Strauss
May 15, 16 and 17, 1970
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13th Season 1968-69

Suor Angelica | Puccini
Pagliacci | Leoncavallo
October 18, 19 and 20, 1968
Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
February 14, 15 and 16, 1969
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Manon
Jules Massenet
May 16, 17 and 18, 1969
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12th Season 1967-68

Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
October 27, 28 and 29, 1967
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The Flying Dutchman
Richard Wagner
February 16, 17 and 18, 1968
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Bastien and Bastienne | Mozart and
Il campanello| Donizetti
April 19, 20 and 21, 1968
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11th Season 1966-67

Carmen
Georges Bizet
October 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1966
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The Elixir of Love
Gaetano Donizetti
February 10, 11 and 12, 1967
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La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
May 12, 13 and 14, 1967
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10th Season 1965-66

The Tales of Hoffmann
jacques Offenbach
October 22, 23 and 24, 1965
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Cavalleria rusticana | Mascagni and
Gianni Schicchi | Puccini
February 18, 19 and 20, 1966
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Fidelio - Act 1, Scene 1 | Beethoven;
Il trovatore - Act 2 | Verdi;
The Marriage of Figaro| Mozart
May 20, 21 and 22, 1966
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9th Season 1964-65

The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October 23, 24, and 25, 1964
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The Gypsyt Baron
Johann Strauss
February 19, 20 and 21, 1965
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Un ballo in maschera (Masked Ball)
Giuseppe Verdi
May 21, 22 and 23, 1965
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8th Season 1963-64

La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
October 25, 26 and 27, 1963
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Faust
Charles Gounod
February 14, 15 and 16, 1964
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Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
May 15, 16 and 17, 1964
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7th Season 1962-63

Tiefland
Eugen d'Albert
October 26, 27 and 28, 1962
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
Otto Nicolai
February 22, 23, and 24, 1963
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Pagliacci | Leoncavallo
and Angélique | Ibert
May 17, 18 and 19, 1963
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6th Season 1961-62

Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
October 27, 28 and 29, 1961
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Carmen
Georges Bizet
February 16, 17, 18 and 24, 1962
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Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
May 25, 26, 27 and June 2, 1962
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5th Season 1960-61

La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
October 21, 22, 23 and 24, 1960
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Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
February 17, 18, 19 and 24, 1961
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Cavalleria Rusticana | Mascagni and The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Elkus
May 12, 13 and 14, 1961
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4th Season 1959-60

The Flying Dutchman - Acts 1 and | Wagner and Comedy on the Bridge | Martinu
October 23 and 24, 1959
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The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February 19, 20 and 21, 1960
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Un ballo in maschera - Act 1 | Verdi
Suor Angelica | Puccini
May 20, 21 and 22, 1960
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3rd Season 1958-59

Otello - Act I | Verdi
Der Rosenkavalier- scenes | Strauss Trouble in Tahiti | Bernstein
November 7 and 8, 1958
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The Tales of Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach
February 13, 14 and 15, 1959
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Madama Butterfly - Act I | Puccini
Gianni Schicchi | Puccini
The Bartered Bride- Act III | Smetana
May 15, 16 and 17, 1959
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2nd Season 1957-58

Il trovatore - Act 2 | Verdi;
Falstaff- Act 1, Scene 2 | Verdi
Der Freischütz- Act 2, Act 3 finale | von Weber
February 15 and 16, 1957
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Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
January 10, 11 and 12, 1958
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Don Giovanni scenes | Mozart
Aida - Act IV | Verdi
Angélique| Ibert
May 16 and 17, 1958
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1st Season 1956-57

La bohème - Act 3 | Puccini; Scenes from Faust | Gounod, Der Rosenkavalier|
Strauss, Carmen| Bizet and Boris Godunov| Moussorgsky
November 16, 1956
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The Marriage of Figaro - Act 2 | Mozart; Scenes from Cavalleria Rusticana | Mascagni, Lakmé| Delibes, Rigoletto| Verdi and Carmen| Bizet
February 15, 16, 1957
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Scenes from Aida | Verdi, Faust| Gounod, Pagliacci| Leoncavallo and Martha| Flotow
May 3, 1957
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