Past Productions
Glimmerglass is recognized for its innovative productions and unique location. Since its opening in 1987, the Alice Busch Opera Theater has been home to many new and world premiere productions.
Glimmerglass has presented co-productions of some our best-loved repertory with other national and international opera companies. The company has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with New York City Opera, and cooperative projects with Houston Grand Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera North (UK), Norwegian Opera and more.
2024
The Pirates of Penzance, W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan
La Calisto , Francesco Cavalli/Giovanni Faustini
Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo
Elizabeth Cree, Kevin Puts/Mark Campbell
Rumpelstiltskin and the Unlovable Children, Jens Ibsen/Cecelia Raker
2023
La bohème, Puccini/Illica & Giacosa
Candide, Bernstein/Wheeler
Romeo and Juliet, Gounod/Barbier & Carré
Rinaldo, Handel/Rossi
The Rip Van Winkles, Morris/Fuentes
Love & War, Monteverdi/Tasso
2022
The Sound of Music, Rodgers/Hammerstein
Carmen, Bizet/Halévy/Meilhac
Tenor Overboard, Rossini/Ludwig
Taking up Serpents, Sankaram/Dye + Holy Ground, Geter/Palmer
The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, Simon/Seaton
The Jungle Book, Sankaram/Rourke
2021 – Glimmerglass on the Grass
The Magic Flute, Mozart
Il Trovatore, Verdi
Songbird, Offenbach
Gods and Mortals, Wagner
To the World, Various
The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, Seaton/Simon
2020 – Glimmerglass Glimpses: A Virtual Season
Virtual Town Hall: “The Role of an Arts Organization”
First Glimpse
Virtual Town Hall: Never Again?
Glimpse: The Jungle Book
A Little Lieder: Glimmerglass Lieder
Glimpse: Rinaldo
Virtual Town Hall: Sister Helen Prejean and Teresa Miller
2020 Young Artist Showcase
Glimpse: Odyssey
Glimpse: From the Diary of Sally Hemings
Glimpse: Die Feen
2019
Show Boat, Kern/Hammerstein
La traviata, Verdi
The Ghosts of Versailles, Corigliano
Blue, Tesori/Thompson
The Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky/Pushkin (adapted)
Noah’s Flood, Britten
2018
Silent Night, Puts/Campbell
The Barber of Seville, Rossini
The Cunning Little Vixen, Janáček
West Side Story, Bernstein/Laurents and Sondheim
Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein
Odyssey, Moore/Rourke
2017
Porgy and Bess, Gershwin
Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein
Xerxes, Handel
The Siege of Calais, Donizetti
Robin Hood, Moore/Rourke
Stomping Grounds, Simonson/Hernandez
Scalia/Ginsburg, Wang
2016
La bohème, Puccini
Sweeney Todd, Sondheim
The Thieving Magpie, Rossini
The Crucible, Robert Ward
Wilde Tales, Karpman/Rourke
2015
The Magic Flute, Mozart
Macbeth, Verdi
Cato in Utica, Vivaldi**
Candide, Bernstein
Odyssey, Moore/Rourke
2014
Madame Butterfly, Puccini
Carousel, Rodgers & Hammerstein
Ariadne in Naxos, Strauss
An American Tragedy, Picker
2013
The Flying Dutchman, Wagner
Camelot, Lerner & Loewe
Stabat Mater, Pergolesi
the little match girl passion, David Lang
King for a Day, Verdi
2012
Aida, Verdi
The Music Man, Meredith Wilson
Armide, Lully
Lost in the Stars, Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
2011
Carmen, Bizet
Medea, Cherubini
Annie Get Your Gun, Berlin
Later the Same Evening, Musto/Campbell
A Blizzard On Marblehead Neck, Tesori/Kushner
2010
Tosca, Puccini
The Tender Land, Copland
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart
Tolomeo, Handel
2009
La Traviata, Verdi
La Cenerentola, Rossini
The Consul, Menotti
Dido and Aeneas, Purcell
2008
Kiss Me, Kate, Porter
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Handel
Das Liebesverbot, Wagner
(American Fully-Staged Premiere)
I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Bellini
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mendelssohn†
2007
Orpheus in the Underworld, Offenbach
Orphée et Eurydice, Gluck/Berlioz
Orphée, Philip Glass
L’Orfeo, Monteverdi
L’Anima del Filosofo, Haydn†
2006
The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan
The Barber of Seville, Rossini
The Greater Good, Hartke & Littell*
Jenufa, Janácek
2005
Così Fan Tutte, Mozart
Lucie de Lammermoor, Donizetti
Le Portrait de Manon, Massenet
La Voix Humaine, Poulenc
Death in Venice, Britten
2004
La Fanciulla del West, Puccini
Patience, Gilbert & Sullivan
Imeneo, Handel
The Mines of Sulphur, Bennett***
2003
Don Giovanni, Mozart
Bluebeard, Offenbach
Orlando, Handel
The Good Soldier Schweik, Kurka
2002
Pagliacci, Leoncavallo
Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni
Little Women, Adamo
Orlando Paladino, Haydn
Dialogues of the Carmelites, Poulenc
2001
L’Étoile, Chabrier
Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
Agrippina, Handel
The Rape of Lucretia, Britten
2000
La bohème, Puccini
The Glass Blowers, Sousa
Salome, R. Strauss
Acis and Galatea, Handel
1999
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Mozart
Rigoletto, Verdi
Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, Monteverdi
Central Park, Beaser/McNally; Drattell/Wasserstein; Torke/Gurney*
1998
Falstaff, Verdi
Tosca, Puccini
The Mother of Us All, Thomson
Partenope, Handel
1997
Madama Butterfly, Puccini
Iphigénie en Tauride, Gluck
L’Italiana in Algeri, Rossini
Of Mice and Men, Floyd
1996
Lizzie Borden, Beeson
Don Pasquale, Donizetti
La Finta Giardiniera, Mozart
La Calisto, Cavalli
1995
The Yeomen of the Guard, Gilbert & Sullivan
Don Giovanni, Mozart
Paul Bunyan, Britten
Tamerlano, Handel
1994
Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan
L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi
Ariadne auf Naxos, R. Strauss
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini
1993
Così Fan Tutte, Mozart
Le Comte Ory, Rossini
The Midnight Angel, Carlson/Beagle****
Werther, Massenet
1992
The Magic Flute, Mozart
The Secret Marriage, Cimarosa
The Turn of the Screw, Britten
1991
The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan
Il Re Pastore, Mozart***
Fidelio, Beethoven
1990
La bohème, Puccini
Intermezzo, R. Strauss
Albert Herring, Britten
1989
A Question of Taste, Schuman*
The Mighty Casey, Schuman
La Traviata, Verdi
Mr. Jericho, Greenbank and Ford**
H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert & Sullivan
Albert Herring, Britten
1988
Don Giovanni, Mozart
The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, Offenbach
Beatrice and Benedict, Berlioz
1987
Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky
The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Britten
1986
La Cenerentola, Rossini
The Mighty Casey, Schuman
Gianni Schicchi, Puccini
The Pearl Fishers, Bizet
1985
The Bartered Bride, Smetana
Così Fan Tutte, Mozart
Falstaff, Verdi
1984
The Student Prince, Romberg
Ariadne auf Naxos, R. Strauss
Carmen, Bizet
1983
Rigoletto, Verdi
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Mozart
The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan
1982
Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss II
Don Pasquale, Donizetti
Madame Butterfly, Puccini
1981
H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert & Sullivan
Manon Lescaut, Puccini
Gallantry, Moore
Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein
The Impresario, Mozart
1980
The Gypsy Baron, J. Strauss II
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart
1979
The Merry Widow, Lehár
The Barber of Seville, Rossini
1978
The Telephone/The Medium, Menotti
Martha, Flotow
1977
The Tales of Hoffmann, Offenbach
Tosca, Puccini
1976
La Traviata, Verdi
Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni
Pagliacci, Leoncavallo
1975
La bohème, Puccini
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* World Premiere
** American Premiere
*** American Professionally-Staged Premiere
**** World Premiere Production
† Concert performance
