A Season of Song.

OPERA NEWS's 2001-02 International Forecast

 
USA 
 
ALABAMA 
 
MOBILE OPERA 
  (Mobile Civic Center Theater, 334-476-7372; 
  www.mobileopera.org) 
Rigoletto. Oct. 25, 27 
"Bravo Broadway." Jan. 10,12 
Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Mar. 21, 23 
 
ARIZONA 
 
ARIZONA OPERA 
  (Tucson Convention Center Music Hall, 
  520-293-4336; www.azopera.com) 
Rigoletto. Oct. 5, 6, 7m; 11, 12, 13, 14m (Phoenix, 
  602-266-7464) 
Don Giovanni. Nov. 9, 10, 11m; 15, 16, 17, 18m 
  (Phoenix) 
The Merry Widow. Jan. 18, 19, 20m; 24, 25, 
  26, 27m (Phoenix) 
Dialogues of the Carmelites. Feb. 22, 23, 
  24m; 28, Mar. 1, 2, 3m 
  (Phoenix) 
Madama Butterfly. Apr. 5, 6, 7m; 11, 12, 13, 
14m, 15 (Phoenix) 
 
CALIFORNIA 
 
LOS ANGELES OPERA 
  (Chandler Pavilion, 213-365-3500; 
  www.laopera.org) 
The Queen of Spades. Sept. 4, 7, 10, 13, 16m, 19, 
  22m, 25 
Lohengrin. Sept. 12, 15m, 18, 21, 23, 27, 30m 
La Traviata. Oct. 19, 21, 23, 27m, 28, 31, Nov. 2, 4, 
  7, 10 
The Merry Widow. Dec. 2, 5, 7, 12, 15m, 19, 22m 
Moses und Aron. (in concert) Dec. 9 
La Viuda Alegre (The Merry Widow in Spanish). 
  Jan. 6, 7, 8 
Mass in B Minor (Bach) (staged). Feb. 2m, 6, 9, 
  13, 15, 16m 
Die Zauberflote. Mar. 24, 29, 31m, Apr. 3, 6m, 7, 
  10, 12, 14 
Turandot. May 25, 30, June 1m, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 
  14,16m 
Bluebeard's Castle/Gianni Schicchi. 
  May 31, June 2, 5, 8, 12, 15m 
 
OPERA PACIFIC 
  (Orange Cty. Perf. Arts Ctr., Costa Mesa, CA, 
  800-346-7372; www.operapacific.org) 
Platee (Rameau). Sept. 28, 29 
Rigoletto. Nov. 6, 8, 9, 10, 11m 
Don Giovanni. Jan. 22, 24, 25, 26, 27m 
Eugene Onegin. Feb. 26, 28, Mar. 1, 2, 3m 
Dead Man Walking (Heggie). Apr. 16, 18, 19, 
  20, 21m 
Il Barbiere di Siviglia. May 11, 12m, 15, 17, 18, 
  19m (Irvine Barclay Theatre) 
 
OPERA SAN JOSE 
  (Montgomery Theater, 408-437-4450; 
  www.operasj.org) 
Falstaff. Sept. 8, 9m, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16m, 20, 22, 
  23m, 25, 28, 29, 30m 
Cosi Fan Tutte. Nov. 10, 11m, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18m, 
  24, 25m, 27, 29, 30, Dec. 1, 2m 
Manon. Feb. 2, 3m, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10m, 14, 16, 17m, 19, 
  22, 23, 24m 
Madama Butterfly. Apr. 13, 14m, 16, 18, 19, 20, 
  21m, 25, 27, 28m, 30, May 3, 4, 5m 
 
OPERA SANTA BARBARA 
  (Lobero Theatre, 805-963-0761; 
  www.operasb.com) 
Carmen. Jan. 26, 30, Feb. 1, 3 
Lucia di Lammermoor. Apr. 20, 24, 26, 28 
 
SAN DIEGO OPERA 
  (Civic Theatre, 619-232-7636; 
  www.sdopera.com) 
Rigoletto. Jan. 19, 22, 25, 27m, 30 
Ariodante (Handel). Feb. 9, 12, 15, 17m 
Tosca. Mar. 30, Apr. 2, 5, 7, 10m 
Don Pasquale. Apr. 20, 23, 26, 28m 
Der Fliegende Hollander. May 11, 14, 17, 19m, 22 
 
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA 
  (War Memorial Opera House, 415-864-3330; 
  www.sfopera.com) 
Rigoletto. Sept. 7, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23m, 26, 29 
Arshak II (Chukhadjian). World premiere. 
  Sept. 8, 11, 16m, 21, 27, 30m 
Samson et Dalila. Sept. 22, 25, 28, Oct. 3, 6, 9, 12, 
  14m 
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. Oct. 10, 13, 16, 
  19, 22, 25, 28m 
Tosca. Oct. 23, 26, 31, Nov. 3, 6, 8, 11m, Jan. 12, 
  16, 18, 20m 
Falstaff. Nov. 1, 4m, 7, 10, 15, 18m, 20, 24 
Jenufa. Nov. 19, 25m, 28, Dec. 1, 4, 7, 9m 
The Merry Widow. Nov. 27, 29, 30, Dec. 2m, 5, 6, 8, 
  11, 13m, 15, 17, 19 
Carmen. June 8, 14, 18, 21, 25, 27, 30m, 
  July 6m 
Madama Butterfly. June 9m, 13, 15, 20, 23m, 28, 
  July 2, 5 
Giulio Cesare. June 19, 22, 26, 29, July 3, 7m 
 
COLORADO 
 
OPERA COLORADO 
  (Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, 303-893-4100; 
  www.operacolorado.org) 
Tosca. Feb. 16, 19, 22, 24m 
Hansel und Gretel. Apr. 27, 30, May 3, 5m 
Eugene Onegin. May 4, 7,10,12m 
 
CONNECTICUT 
 
CONNECTICUT GRAND OPERA 
  (Palace Th., Stamford, 203-325-4466; 
  www.ctgrandopera.org) 
Romeo et Juliette. Nov. 10, 11m 
La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi)/The Impresario 
  (Mozart). Mar. 16 
La Forza del Destino. May 4 
 
CONNECTICUT OPERA 
  (The Bushnell, Hartford, 860-527-0713; 
  www.connecticutopera.org) 
La Boheme. Nov. 8, 9,10 
Die Fledermaus. Mar. 14, 15, 16 
Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Apr. 25, 26, 27 
 
DELAWARE 
 
OPERADELAWARE 
  (Grand Opera House, Wilmington, 
  800-374-7263; www.operadel.org) 
Otello. Oct. 27, Nov. 1, 3, 4m 
From the Mixed -Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. 
  Frankweiler (Swensson). World premiere. 
  Mar. 2m, 3m 
H.M.S. Pinafore. Apr. 17, 18, 19, 20m, 20 
Il Barbiere di Siviglia. May 4, 9, 11, 12m 
 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
 
WASHINGTON OPERA 
  (Opera House, Kennedy Center, DC, 
  202-295-2400; www.dc-opera.org) 
Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Sept. 8, 12, 14, 16m, 20, 
  23m, 26, 29, Oct. 2, 5 
Cosi Fan Tutte. Sept. 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 25, 
  28, 30m 
Of Mice and Men. Oct. 20, 25, 28m, 31, Nov. 3, 6, 
  9, 12 
Madama Butterfly. Oct. 27, 30, Nov. 2, 5, 8, 11m, 
  13, 14, 16, 17 
Un Ballo in Maschera. Mar. 30, Apr. 2, 5, 8, 11, 
  14m, 17, 20 
Salome. Apr. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21m, 25 
The Queen of Spades. May 11, 16, 20, 24, 28, 
  June 2m, 5, 8 
Carmen. May 18, 21, 23, 26m, 29, 31, 
  June 1, 3, 4, 6 
 
FLORIDA 
 
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA 
  (Dade County Aud., Miami, 800-741-1010; 
  www.fgo.org) 
Madama Butterfly. Nov. 14, 17, 20, 23, 25m; 29, 
  30, Dec. 1 (Fort Lauderdale) 
Faust. Jan. 9, 12, 15, 18, 20m; 24, 26 (Fort 
  Lauderdale) 
Regina (Blitzstein). Feb. 13, 16, 19, 22, 24m; 28, 
  Mar. 2 (Fort Lauderdale) 
Boris Godunov. Mar. 13, 16, 19, 22, 24m; 28, 30 
  (Fort Lauderdale) 
Don Pasquale. May 8, 11, 14, 17, 19m; 23, 25 
  (Fort Lauderdale) 
 
OPERA TAMPA 
  (Tampa Bay Perf. Arts Center, 800-955-1045; 
  www.tbpac.org) 
Die Fledermaus. Nov. 30 -Dec. 2 
"Basically Bernstein." Feb. 8-10 
Rigoletto. Apr. 19-21 
 
PALM BEACH OPERA 
  (Kravis Center, 561-833-7888; 
  www.pbopera.org) 
Norma. Dec. 7, 8, 9m, 10m 
Madama Butterfly. Jan. 25, 26, 27m, 28m 
Susannah. Mar. 1, 2, 3m, 4m 
Tannhauser. Apr. 12, 13, 14m, 15m 
 
PENSACOLA OPERA 
  (Saenger Theatre, 850-433-6737; 
  www.pensacolaopera.com) 
Don Giovanni. Jan. 25, 27m 
Rigoletto. Mar. 8, 10m 
 
SARASOTA OPERA 
  (Sarasota Opera House, 941-366-8450; 
  www.sarasotaopera.org) 
Le Trouvere (Verdi). Feb. 2, 5,10m, 15, 20, 23m, 
  28, Mar. 3m, 8, 15, 23 
Lucia di Lammermoor. Feb. 9, 12, 14, 17m, 22, 27, 
  Mar. 3, 9m, 14, 17, 22 
Cosi Fan Tutte. Feb. 16, 19, 21, 24m, Mar. 1, 6, 
  9, 16m 
Ariadne auf Naxos. Mar. 2, 5, 7, 10m, 13, 
  17m, 23m 
 
GEORGIA 
 
ATLANTA OPERA(*) 
  (Fox Theatre, 800-356-7372; 
  www.atlantaopera.org) 
Falstaff. Sept. 27, 29, 30m 
Il Trovatore. Nov. 1, 3, 4m 
 
HAWAII 
 
HAWAII OPERA THEATRE 
  (Blaisdell Hall, Honolulu, 800-836-7372; 
  www.hawaiiopera.org) 
La Traviata. Feb. 1, 3, 5 
Salome. Feb. 15, 17, 19 
Carmen. Mar. 1, 3, 5, 7 
 
ILLINOIS 
 
CHICAGO OPERA THEATER 
  (Athenaeum Theatre, 312-704-8414; 
  www.chicagooperatheater.org) 
Cosi Fan Tutte. Feb. 13, 15, 17m, 21, 23 
The Rape of Lucretia. Mar. 13, 15, 17, 21, 23 
Semele (Handel). May 8, 10, 12, 16, 18 
 
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO 
  (Civic Opera House, 312-827-5600; 
  www.lyricopera.org) 
Otello. Sept. 22, 25, 28, Oct. 1, 7m, 20, 23, 26 
Street Scene (Weill). Oct. 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, 21m, 24, 
  27, 31m, Nov. 3 
I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Nov. 1, 4m, 7, 9, 13, 16, 
  19, 24, 27, Dec. 1 
Billy Budd. Nov. 17, 20, 23m, 28, 30, Dec. 3, 7, 
  10, 15 
Hansel und Gretel. Dec. 8, 11, 13, 16m, 19, 
  Jan. 4, 7, 12, 16m, 19 
La Boheme. Jan. 17, 20m, 23, 26, 29, Feb. 1, 4, 8, 
  12, 15, 20m, 23 
Parsifal. Feb. 2, 6, 9m, 13, 18, 21, 26, Mar. 1, 5, 9 
Die Zauberflote. Feb. 16, 19, 22, 25, 27, Mar. 2, 6, 8, 
  11, 13m, 16m 
 
OPERA ILLINOIS 
  (Civic Center Theatre, Peoria, 309-673-7253; 
  www.operaillinois.com) 
Rigoletto. Nov. 2, 4 
Hansel und Gretel. Feb. 7, 9,10 
Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Apr. 26, 28 
 
INDIANA 
 
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OPERA THEATER 
  (Musical Arts Center, Bloomington, 
  812-855-7433; 
  www. music.indiana.edu/publicity) 
Le Nozze di Figaro. Sept. 21, 22, 28, 29 
Manon. Oct. 19, 20, 26, 27 
Hansel und Gretel. Nov. 10, 11m, 16, 17 
Little Women (Adamo). Feb. 2, 3m, 8, 9 
The Bartered Bride. Feb. 22, 23, Mar. 1, 2 
Lucia di Lammermoor. Apr. 5, 6, 12, 13 
 
WHITEWATER OPERA COMPANY 
  (Civic Hall, Richmond, IN, 765-962-7106; 
  www.infocom.com/~wocop) 
Carmen. Oct. 27 
Babes in Toyland (Herbert). Dec. 15, 16 
The Impresario (Mozart)/Viva La Mamma 
  (Donizetti). Feb. 23 
Patience (Sullivan). Apr. 27 
 
KENTUCKY 
 
KENTUCKY OPERA 
  (Whitney Hall, Louisville, 502-584-4500; 
  www.kyopera.org) 
Carmen. Nov. 30, Dec. 2m 
Falstaff. Feb. 22, 24m 
Le Nozze di Figaro. May 17, 19m 
 
LOUISIANA 
 
NEW ORLEANS OPERA 
  (Mahalia Jackson Theatre, 504-529-3000; 
  www.neworleansopera.org) 
Faust. Oct. 11, 13 
Die Walkure. Nov. 15, 17 
Turandot. Mar. 7, 9 
Porgy and Bess. Apr. 11, 13 
 
MARYLAND 
 
ANNAPOLIS OPERA 
  (Maryland Hall Aud., 410-267-8135; 
  www.annapolisopera.org) 
La Boheme. Nov. 2, 4 
Don Giovanni. Mar. 15, 17 
 
BALTIMORE OPERA 
  (Lyric Opera House, 410-727-6000; 
  www.baltimoreopera.com) 
Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Oct. 11, 13, 14m, 17, 
  19, 21m 
Tosca. Nov. 10, 11m, 14, 15, 16, 18m 
Die Zauberflote. Dec. 8, 9m, 12, 13, 14, 16m ...