2019/20 Season

BLO NEWS: NORMA AIRDATE ANNOUNCED; DIGITAL PLATFORM LAUNCHES WITH NEW PODCAST, DIGITAL LULLABIES, AND A “DIRECTORS’ CUT” PREMIERE | 5/26/20 (PDF, 455KB)

IN BLO’S 2020/2021 SEASON: A NEW BUTTERFLY; A HOMETOWN HANSEL & GRETEL; A CHAMPION JAZZ_OPERA; AND GLASS’S GOTHIC USHER | 3/6/20 (PDF, 418KB)

FOR A NEW “NORMA,” BLO BRINGS A STELLAR CAST AND A RETURNING STAR | 1/16/20 (PDF, 471KB)

BLO’s 2019/20 SEASON MIXES POWER AND POLITICS, SHOWCASING DIVERSE ARTISTS IN GREAT ROLES | 3/8/19 (PDF, 707KB)

Pagliacci Media Kit

SEPT 27, 28, Oct 2, 4, 6
DCR Steriti Memorial Rink
Music and Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
English translation by Bill Bankes-Jones

Sung in English and Italian with English surtitles
Runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission

Fellow Travelers Media Kit

NOV 13, 14, 16, 16
Emerson Paramount Center
Robert J. Orchard Stage
An Opera by Gregory Spears
Libretto by Greg Pierce
Based on the 2007 novel Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon

Sung in English with English surtitles
Surtitles by Greg Pierce

Norma Media Kit

MAR 11, 13, 15, 16, 17
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Libretto by Felice Romani
Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Performance time is approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes including one intermission.

2018/19 Season

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S 2018/2019 SEASON: STORIES OF DISSENTERS AND REBELS | 3/8/18 (PDF, 164K)

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ANNOUNCES LOCATION FOR ITS 2019 PRODUCTION OF THE HANDMAID’S TALE Historic Lavietes Pavilion at Harvard Athletics Complex to house BLO’s most-ambitious production May 5-12, 2019. | 5/9/18 (PDF, 286KB)

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA RENEWS MUSIC DIRECTOR’S CONTRACT David Angus remains principal conductor and key leadership team member, through 2020/21 Season | 5/30/18 (PDF, 350KB)

BLO SPRING 2019: WOMEN DIRECTORS HELM STORIES OF REBELS AND DISSENTERS IN TWO INNOVATIVE NEW INSTALLATIONS | 1/24/19 (PDF, 362KB)

The Barber of Seville Media Kit

OCT 12, 14, 17, 19, 21
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Music by Gioacchino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

Schoenberg in Hollywood Media Kit

NOV 14, 15, 17, 18
Emerson/Paramount Center
ROBERT J. ORCHARD STAGE
An Opera by Tod Machover
Music by Tod Machover
Libretto by Simon Robson

The Rape of Lucretia Media Kit

MAR 11, 13, 15, 16, 17
Artists for Humanity EpiCenter
100 West 2nd Street,
Fort Point, Boston
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan
After the play by André Obey
A New BLO Production
Sung in English with English surtitles

Tosca

The Handmaid’s Tale Media Kit

MAR 5, 8, 10, 12
Harvard University Ray Lavietes Pavilion
45 North Harvard Street, Boston
Music by Poul Ruders
Libretto by Paul Bentley
Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood
Sung in English with English surtitles
First performances of a new edition by composer Poul Ruders, commissioned by Boston Lyric Opera

2017/18 Season

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ANNOUNCES 2017/18 SEASON | 3/9/17(PDF, 411KB)

Trouble in Tahiti and Arias & Barcarolles Media Kit

DCR Steriti Memorial Rink
MAY 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20
Music & Libretto by Leonard Bernstein

The Threepenny Opera Media Kit

MAR 16, 18, 23, 24, 25
Huntington Avenue Theatre
Music by Kurt Weill
Libretto by Bertolt Brecht

Burke & Hare Media Kit

NOV 8, 9, 10*, 12 | 2017
The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts
Music by Julian Grant
Libretto by Mark Campbell

*Friday, Nov. 10 at 7pm, a special benefit performance in honor of the Opera Gala

Tosca

Tosca Media Kit

Oct 13, 15, 18, 20, 22 | 2017
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

2016/17 Season

Mozart - THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

The Marriage of Figaro Media Kit

Apr 28, 30, May 3, 5, 7
John Hancock Hall at the Back Bay Events Center
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

Stravinsky - THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

The Rake’s Progress Media Kit

Mar 12, 15, 17, 19
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman

Turnage - GREEK

Greek Media Kit

Nov 16, 17, 19, 20
Emerson/Paramount Center
Music by Mark-Anthony Turnage
Based on Steven Berkoff’s stage play of the same title
Libretto adapted by Mark-Anthony Turnage and Jonathan Moore

Bizet - CARMEN

Carmen Media Kit

Sept 23, 25, 30, Oct 2, 2016
Boston Opera House
Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
A co-production with Boston Lyric Opera and San Francisco Opera

2015/16 Season

The Merry Widow,
April 29, May 1, 4, 6, 8, 2016

Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre
Music by Franz Lehár
Libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein

Werther, March 11-20, 2016

Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre
Music by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet, and Georges Hartmann

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OPERA ANNEX:
In the Penal Colony,
November 11-15, 2015

The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts
Music by Philip Glass, Libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer, Sung in English

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La Bohème, October 2-11, 2015

Music by Giacomo Puccini, Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, Sung in Italian with projected English translation.

2014/15 Season

Verdi’s La Traviata, October 10-19, 2014
Opera Annex: Frank Martin’s The Love Potion, November 19-23, 2014
Leoš Janáček’s Kátya Kabanová, March 13-22, 2015
Mozart’s Don Giovanni, May 1-10, 2015

2013/2014 Season

Mozart’s The Magic Flute, October 4-13, 2013
Opera Annex: Jack Beeson’s Lizzie Borden, November 20-24, 2013
Verdi’s Rigoletto, March 14-23, 2014
Bellini’s I Puritani, May 2-11, 2014