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Bellini's Norma
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Oklahoma City's New Resident Opera Company
Verdi's Rigoletto - September 14, 16 and 21
Bel Canto Trio - November 29
Menoti's Amahl and the Night Visitors - December 14 and 15
Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti/Arias and Barcarolles - January 27, 28 and 29
Bizet (Brook) La Tragedie de Carmen - May 17 and 19
Oklahoma City
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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Painted Sky Opera of Oklahoma City
San Antonio Opera
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2018-2019 Operas within Driving Distance
Verdi: Falstaff. Concert Performance
This is an archival concert performance of Falstaff by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Ambrogio Maestri as Falstaff.
Richard Strauss: Arabella. October 14
A Viennese family can only afford to have one daughter making a debut to society so the second daughter has been raised as a son. When the "boy" falls in love, will it spoil the older sister's chances at a marriage to a wealthy widower?
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale. October 7
Norina (Heidi Stober), Ernesto (Lawrence Brownlee), and Dr. Malatesta (Lucas Meacham) stop 70-year-old Don Pasquale's plans to marry and disinherit his nephew Ernesto. Maurizio Muraro is the title character.
Bright Sheng: Dream of the Red Chamber. September 30
A Chinese warrior is torn between the love of his soulmate and his family's need for him to marry his cousin, a rich heiress.
Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier. Sept. 23
A poet and a noblewoman find love during the French Revolution
Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda. September 2
The 1979 performances are a piece of history. Here are Renata Scotto and Luciano Pavarotti in the roles that they each forbade San Francisco Opera to release on video.
August 12, 19, 26. The Figaro Trilogy
In 2014-2015, LA Opera presented The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Ghosts of Versailles, all featuring Figaro doing the matchmaking. This is being rebroadcast this summer with The Barber of Seville on August 12, The Marriage of Figaro on August 19, and The Ghosts of Versailles on August 26.
August 5. Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
Hoffmann tells the stories of his three lost loves, while getting more and more drunk at the tavern. Pictured are Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau as Hoffmann and Antonia in Act III.
July 29. Verdi: MacBeth
"The Scottish opera," like "the Scottish Play," has sometimes been held to bring bad luck on those that name it. The LA Opera production features Placido Domingo in the title role.
Wagner: Tannhauser. July 22
Johann Botha as Tannhauser is assaulted and denounced during the singing contest at the Wartburg Castle. Modern dress in the 1400's. This is a rebroadcast from the 2014-2015 season at Lyric Opera.
