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Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Rigoletto

"Opera in four acts by Giuseppi Verdi, with libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo's play Le Roi's Amuse." English Translation by Andrew Porter

DateSeptember 27, October 4, 11, 18, 1980 Musical Arts Center Indiana University
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) The Abduction from the Seraglio

A Singspiel in Three Acts Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie the younger (adapted from C. F. Breitzner's "Belmonte un Konstanze") New English translation by Andrew Porter

TypeOpera
DateJanuary 30 and February 13, 1982
SubjectStage productions
Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Manon

an Opera in Five Acts Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille After the Novel by the Abbé Prévost English Translation by Richard Strawn

DateApril 5, 12, 19, 26, 1980 Musical Arts Center Indiana University
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) The Impresario [Der Schauspieldirektor]

A Comic Opera in One Act

DateJuly 28, 1977 Pierce Memorial Chapel Wheaton, IL
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Die Zauberflöte, KV620 ["The Magic Flute"]

DateApril 1989
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Idomeneo

Date1987
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Die Zauberflöte, KV620 ["The Magic Flute"]

Date1986
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Die Zauberflöte, KV620 ["The Magic Flute"]

Opera in two acts Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

DateApril 4, 1991
TypeOpera
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Alcina

An opera in three acts The story is after a fairy tale from Ariosto's poem 'Orlando Furioso;' the text of the opera, author unknown, is closely based on Riccardo Broschi's play 'L'isola d'Alcina' (Rome 1782). English version by Stephen Wadsworth

TypeOpera
DateMay 28, 30, June 3, 12, 21, 1987
SubjectStage productions
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century

DateMarch 1982 Indiana University School of Music
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Zaide, K. 344

(narration in English by Nicholas Deutsch)

DateAugust 25, 1983 Avery Fisher Hall Lincoln Center New York, NY
TypeOpera
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Rigoletto

"Opera in four acts by Giuseppi Verdi, with libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo's play Le Roi's Amuse."

DateJanuary 14, 16, 18, 1983
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro]

Komische Oper in vier Akten Sung in Italian Text by Lorenzo da Ponte After the comedy by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

DateOctober 3, 1988
TypeOpera
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Rake's Progress

Opera in Three Acts Music by Igor Stravinsky Libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman In the original English

DateJuly 30, August 1, 4, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 1989
TypeOpera
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) "L'incoronazione di Poppea" [The Coronation of Poppea]

A Concert Performance, Sung in Italian

DateDecember 8, 11, 1993 Queen Elizabeth Hall London, UK
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro]

Opera in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Text by Lorenzo da Ponte After the comedy by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

DateApril 25, 27, 30, May 2, 4, 6, 12, 18, 21, 25, 1994 Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, UK
TypeOpera
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) "The Fairy Queen"

Semi-Oper nach William Shakespeares "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in fünf Akten Textdichter unbekannt [A semi-opera based on William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in five acts Lyricist unknown]

DateDecember 18, 1994 Grosser Musik Vereinssaal
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro]

Opera in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Text by Lorenzo da Ponte After the comedy by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

DateJanuary 13, 15, 17, 19, 1994 Teatro Comunale di Ferrara Ferrara, Italy
TypeOpera
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Rake's Progress

Opera in Three Acts Music by Igor Stravinsky Libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman

DateSeptember 6, 8, 10, 1995 Naganoken matsumotobunkakaikan Matsumoto, Japan
TypeOpera
John Corigliano (b. 1938) The Ghosts of Versailles Lyric Opera Premiere

A Grand Opera Buffa in Two Acts Music by John Corigliano Libretto by William M. Hoffman

DateOctober 14 - November 6, 1995
TypeOpera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro]

Opera in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Text by Lorenzo da Ponte After the comedy by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (in Italian)

DateOctober 9, 11, 14, 19, 22, 24, 29, November 1, 1997
TypeOpera
A Dream Play

Opera in a Prologue and Two Acts by Ingvar Lidholm Sung in English Libretto by Ingvar Lidholm after the play by August Strindberg English translation by Colin Graham for The Santa Fe Opera First performed at Stockholm in 1992 American Premiere by The Santa Fe Opera 1998

DateAugust 1, 5, 14, 1998
TypeOpera
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Giulio Cesare in Egitto [Julius Caesar in Egypt]

(Libretto by Nicola Haym) Opera in three acts

DateMay 27, 29, 1998 Symphony Hall Boston, MA
TypeOpera
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Libretto Adapted from William Shakespeare by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears

TypeOpera
DateJuly 6, 10, 14, 16, 20, 23, 26, 28, 31, August 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 2002 Central City Opera House Central City, CO
"Songspiel" with Sylvia McNair music by Kurt Weill

DateJanuary 15 - 17, 2010 Gonda Theatre Davis Center for the Performing Arts Georgetown University
TypeOpera