Opera Past Performances
The Department of Voice & Opera performs two fully-staged operas each year – one in the fall and one in the spring – in collaboration with University Productions (the producing arm of SMTD). These performances are of the highest caliber, and include both classics from every language and innovative, new works.
Below is a list of operas that have been previously performed at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
Recent Productions
Semele
Department of Voice & Opera with the University Philharmonia Orchestra
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
March 2026
The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)
Department of Voice & Opera with the University Symphony Orchestra
The Power Center
November 2025
The Turn of the Screw
Department of Voice & Opera with the Contemporary Directions Ensemble
Mendelssohn Theatre
March 2025
Hänsel und Gretel
Department of Voice & Opera with the University Symphony Orchestra
The Power Center
November 2024
Elizabeth Cree
Department of Voice & the University Philharmonia Orchestra
Mendelssohn Theatre
March 2024
Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers)
Department of Voice & the University Symphony Orchestra
The Power Center
November 2023
Don Giovanni
Department of Voice & the University Philharmonia Orchestra
Mendelssohn Theatre
March 2023
The Cunning Little Vixen
Department of Voice & the University Symphony Orchestra
The Power Center
November 2022
SMTD’s Production of “The Cunning Little Vixen” Earns Top Honors from the National Opera Association
Past Productions Archive
2025-26 Season
2024-25 Season
2023-24 Season
2022-23 Season
2021-22 Season
- Ties That Bind: Two One-Act Operas by African-American Composers – “Rise for Freedom: The John P. Parker Story” and “Highway 1, USA”
- Cendrillon (Cinderella)
2020-21 Season
- Don Pasquale (online)
- Proving Up (online)
- Opera One-Acts (online)
2019-20 Season
- Die Fledermaus (cancelled)
- La Bohème