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Performance History

July 2010 South Pacific in Concert Rodgers & Hammerstein
Feb. 2010 Cinderella (La Cenerentola) Rossini
Dec. 2009 Amahl and the Night Visitors Menotti
Oct. 2009 Faust Gounod
June 2009 Opera Under the Stars various
Mar. 2009 Così fan tutte Mozart
Dec. 2008 Opera Idaho Sings Christmas various
Nov. 2008 Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti
June 2008 Opera Under the Stars various
Mar. 2008 Elixir of Love Donizetti
Dec. 2007 Opera Idaho Sings Christmas various
Oct. 2007 La Bohème Puccini
Aug. 2007 Opera Under the Stars various
Apr. 2007 Opera’s Most Romantic various
Feb/Mar. 2007 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well, and living in Paris  
Dec. 2006 Opera Idaho Sings Christmas various
Nov. 2006 The Barber of Seville Rossini
Summer 2006 Opera Under the Stars various
Mar. 2006 The Mikado Gilbert & Sullivan
Oct. 2005 La Traviata Verdi
Spring 2005 Carmen Bizet
Fall 2004 Nosferatu* Gioia
Spring 2004 The Merry Widow Lehár
Fall 2003 Tosca Puccini
Feb. 2003 Madama Butterfly Puccini
Oct. 2002 Porgy and Bess Gershwin
Feb. 2002 Don Pasquale Donizetti
Nov. 2001 La Bohème Puccini
Oct. 2000 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart
May 2000 La Casa Verdi unknown
Feb. 2000 Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss II
Nov. 1999 The Magic Flute Mozart
Apr. 1999 Opera Under the Stars various
Feb. 1999 Don Giovanni Mozart
Nov. 1998 The Barber of Seville Rossini
May 1998 The Words and the Music unknown
  The Barber of Seville Rossini
Feb 1998 Carmen Bizet
Nov 1997 Don Pasquale Donizetti
  first production of Opera Idaho  
Jan. 1997 La Bohème Puccini
Nov. 1996 L’Elisir d’Amore Donizetti
May 1996 The Mikado Gilbert & Sullivan
Feb. 1996 La Traviata Verdi
April 1995 The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert & Sullivan
Feb. 1995 Tosca Puccini
Oct. 1994 Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck
May 1994 H.M.S. Pinafore Gilbert & Sullivan
Feb. 1994 Madama Butterfly Puccini
Mar. 1993 Rigoletto Verdi
Jan. 1992 Carmen Bizet
Summer 1991 South Pacific Rodgers & Hammerstein
Jan. 1991 La Bohème Puccini
Summer 1990 Daughter of the Regiment Donizetti
  The Telephone Menotti
  Face on the Barroom Floor Mollicone
  La Serva Pedrona** Pergolesi
May 1990 A Night at the Opera Idaho various
Jan. 1990 A Season of Sorrows # Bratt
Oct. 1989 The Merry Widow Lehár
Summer 1989 Così fan tutte Mozart
  Il Turco in Italia Rossini
  Ormindo** Cavalli
Mar. 1989 The Magic Flute Mozart
Oct. 1988 Tosca Puccini
Mar. 1988 Operatic Highlights various
Oct. 1987 Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck
Spring 1987 La Traviata Verdi
Fall 1986 Don Pasquale Donizetti
April 1986 Sherrill Milnes in Concert  
Mar. 1986 I Pagliacci Leoncavallo
Mar. 1985 Madama Butterfly Puccini
Dec. 1984 Marilyn Horne in Concert  
Oct. 1984 Divas of the Golden West various
Sept. 1983 Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti
  first production of Boise Opera  
Oct. 1982 Tosca Puccini
May 1982 Così fan tutte Mozart
Sept/Oct. 1981 Rigoletto Verdi
Spring 1980 The Ballad of Baby Doe Moore
Apr. 1979 Cinderella Western Opera Theatre Tour
Winter 1979 Gianni Schicchi Puccini
Sept. 1978 Faust Gounod
Mar. 1978 La Bohème Puccini
Sept/Oct 1977 La Traviata Verdi
Apr. 1977 Bits ‘N Pieces  
Feb 1977 The Medium Menotti
  The Telephone Menotti
Oct. 1976 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart
Apr. 1976 Bits ‘N Pieces  
Nov. 1975 Carmen Bizet
Mar. 1975 Bits ‘N Pieces  
Nov/Dec. 1973 Street Scene Weill
  first production of Boise Civic Opera  
Oct. 1972 Rachel* unknown
  produced by Boise Opera Workshop  
June 1971 La Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni
  produced by Boise Opera Workshop  

 

* World Premiere
**Ashlawn/Highland Tour
# Revival of work by C. Griffith Bratt, given world premiere in Boise in 1962