Performance History
Our Upcoming Season
2020-2021
Brundibar & Vedem (Krasa and Laitman)
Madame Butterfly (Puccini)
2010-2020
2019-2020
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
Don Giovanni (Mozart) - on-demand dress rehearsal
2018-2019
La bohème (Puccini)
Indianapolis Opera Chorus in Concert
Camelot (Lerner & Loewe)
2017-2018
La Traviata - a co-production with the Evansville Philharmonic (Verdi)
Indianapolis Opera Chorus in Concert
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
2016-2017
Happy Birthday Wanda June - World Premiere (Clark)
Barber of Seville (Rossini)
Man of La Mancha (Leigh)
2015-2016
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Nyman)
Opera's Rising Stars (Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra/ Indianapolis Opera)
Mansfield Park (Dove/Middleton)
Crescendo (Indianapolis Opera)
2013-2014
The Threepenny Opera (Weill/Brecht)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
La Fanciulla del West (Puccini)
2012-2013
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
Akhnaten (Glass)
The Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
2011-2012
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
Bon Appetit (Hoiby)
A Water Bird Talk (Argento)
Opera Goes to the Movies (Various Artists)
Faust (Gounod)
2010-2011
The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)
La Tragedie de Carmen (Brook)
La Traviata (Verdi)
2009-2010
Ariadne Auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
La bohème (Puccini)
2000-2009
2008-2009
Il Trovatore (Verdi)
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Das Rheingold (Wagner)
2007-2008
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Tosca (Puccini)
The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
2006-2007
Carmen (Bizet)
The Daughter of the Regiment (Donizetti)
Falstaff (Verdi)
2005-2006
The Pearl Fishers (Bizet)
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Turandot (Puccini)
2004-2005
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
The Crucible (Ward)
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
2003-2004
Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Rigoletto (Verdi)
2002-2003
La Traviata (Verdi)
Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II)
Werther (Massenet)
La bohème (Puccini)
2001-2002
Aïda (Verdi)
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns)
2000-2001
Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)
The Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Il Trovatore (Verdi)
1999-2000
Tosca (Puccini)
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
Susannah (Floyd)
Faust (Gounod)
2016-2017
Happy Birthday Wanda June - World Premiere (Clark)
Barber of Seville (Rossini)
Man of La Mancha (Leigh)
2015-2016
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Nyman)
Opera's Rising Stars (Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra/ Indianapolis Opera)
Mansfield Park (Dove/Middleton)
Crescendo (Indianapolis Opera)
2013-2014
The Threepenny Opera (Weill/Brecht)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
La Fanciulla del West (Puccini)
2012-2013
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
Akhnaten (Glass)
The Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
2011-2012
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
Bon Appetit (Hoiby)
A Water Bird Talk (Argento)
Opera Goes to the Movies (Various Artists)
Faust (Gounod)
2010-2011
The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)
La Tragedie de Carmen (Brook)
La Traviata (Verdi)
2009-2010
Ariadne Auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
La bohème (Puccini)
2000-2009
2008-2009
Il Trovatore (Verdi)
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Das Rheingold (Wagner)
2007-2008
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Tosca (Puccini)
The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
2006-2007
Carmen (Bizet)
The Daughter of the Regiment (Donizetti)
Falstaff (Verdi)
2005-2006
The Pearl Fishers (Bizet)
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Turandot (Puccini)
2004-2005
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
The Crucible (Ward)
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
2003-2004
Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Rigoletto (Verdi)
2002-2003
La Traviata (Verdi)
Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II)
Werther (Massenet)
La bohème (Puccini)
2001-2002
Aïda (Verdi)
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns)
2000-2001
Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)
The Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Il Trovatore (Verdi)
1999-2000
Tosca (Puccini)
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
Susannah (Floyd)
Faust (Gounod)
1990 - 1999
1998-99
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
The Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
Gianni Schicchi/Buoso’s Ghost (Puccini/Ching)
Macbeth (Verdi)
1997-98
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky)
La Cenerentola (Rossini)
Carmen (Bizet)
1996-97
Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II)
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Otello (Verdi)
1995-96
La Traviata (Verdi)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
1994-95
Rigoletto (Verdi)
The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
La bohème (Puccini)
1993-94
Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns)
Tosca (Puccini)
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
The Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore)
1992-93
Il Trovatore (Verdi)
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
1991-92
Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
1990-91
The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck)
Faust (Gounod)
1989-90
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Anna Bolena (Donizetti)
Don Carlo (Verdi)
Man of La Mancha (Leigh)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
The Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
Gianni Schicchi/Buoso’s Ghost (Puccini/Ching)
Macbeth (Verdi)
1997-98
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky)
La Cenerentola (Rossini)
Carmen (Bizet)
1996-97
Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II)
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Otello (Verdi)
1995-96
La Traviata (Verdi)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
1994-95
Rigoletto (Verdi)
The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
La bohème (Puccini)
1993-94
Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns)
Tosca (Puccini)
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
The Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore)
1992-93
Il Trovatore (Verdi)
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
1991-92
Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
1990-91
The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck)
Faust (Gounod)
1989-90
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Anna Bolena (Donizetti)
Don Carlo (Verdi)
Man of La Mancha (Leigh)
1980 - 1989
1988-89
La Traviata (Verdi)
Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck)
The Daughter of the Regiment (Donizetti)
1987-88
Rigoletto (Verdi)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
1986-87
Carmen (Bizet)
Tosca (Puccini)
Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
1985-86
La bohème (Puccini)
Concert Grande
Falstaff (Verdi)
1984-85
Aïda (Verdi)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1983-84
Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II)
Otello (Verdi)
Faust (Gounod)
1982-83
Il Trovatore (Verdi)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1981-82
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
1980-81
Aïda (Verdi)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
1979-80
La bohème (Puccini)
Carmen (Bizet)
Rigoletto (Verdi)
Candide (Bernstein)
La Traviata (Verdi)
Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck)
The Daughter of the Regiment (Donizetti)
1987-88
Rigoletto (Verdi)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
1986-87
Carmen (Bizet)
Tosca (Puccini)
Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
1985-86
La bohème (Puccini)
Concert Grande
Falstaff (Verdi)
1984-85
Aïda (Verdi)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1983-84
Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II)
Otello (Verdi)
Faust (Gounod)
1982-83
Il Trovatore (Verdi)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti)
H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1981-82
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
1980-81
Aïda (Verdi)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
1979-80
La bohème (Puccini)
Carmen (Bizet)
Rigoletto (Verdi)
Candide (Bernstein)
1975 - 1979
1978-79
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
La Traviata (Verdi)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
Beatrice and Benedict (Berlioz)
1977-78
The Telephone (Menotti)
The Impresario (Mozart)
1976-77
The Wise Woman (Orff)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
Carmen (Bizet)
1975-76
The Telephone (Menotti)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (Moore)
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
La Traviata (Verdi)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
Beatrice and Benedict (Berlioz)
1977-78
The Telephone (Menotti)
The Impresario (Mozart)
1976-77
The Wise Woman (Orff)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
Carmen (Bizet)
1975-76
The Telephone (Menotti)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (Moore)
