Chautauqua Opera Company & Conservatory
2022 Opera Company Productions:
Tosca
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Performance Dates: July 15, 18 & 29 in Norton Memorial Hall
Stage Director: Sarah Ina Meyers
Conductor: Steven Osgood
Guest Artists:
Tosca • Elaine Alvarez
Cavaradossi • Chauncey Packer
Scarpia • Alan Held
Thumbprint
Music by Kamala Sankaram
Libretto by Susan Yankowitz
Performance Dates: July 1, 5, 11 & 28 in Norton Memorial Hall
Stage Director: Omer Ben Seadia
Conductor: Kristin Roach
Guest Artists:
Mukhtar Mai • Samina Aslam
Faiz • Rolfe Dauz
The Mother of Us All
Music by Virgil Thomson
Libretto by Gertrude Stein
Performance Date: July 30 in the Chautauqua Amphitheater
Stage Director: Keturah Stickann
Conductor: Steven Osgood
Guest Artists:
Susan B. Anthony • Wendy Bryn Harmer
Jo the Loiterer • Chauncey Packer
Daniel Webster • Alan Held
JOIN US FOR OUR SECOND OPERA FESTIVAL
July 28–July 30, 2022, purchase an all-inclusive package through the Athenaeum Hotel.
Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2022 mainstage season revolves around powerful female figures who fought to forge their own paths and have their voices heard. See three operas in three days with this all-inclusive package!
2022 Opera Conservatory Productions:
Don Giovanni
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Performance Dates: July 20 & 22 in McKnight Hall
Stage Director: John Giampietro
Mozart and Da Ponte’s dark masterpiece is held up to new light as the arch-seducer’s behavior and accountability is examined through a contemporary lens.
The Cunning Little Vixen
Music and Libretto by Leoš Janáček
Performance Date: August 8 in Chautauqua Amphitheater
Stage Director: John Giampietro
Conductor: Timothy Muffitt
Featuring the Music School Festival Orchestra, The Cunning Little Vixen is the heartrending story of how the human and animal worlds interact, mirror, and ultimately depend upon each other.
The Secret Garden
Music by Lucy Simon
Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman
Performance Date: August 10 in Norton Memorial Hall
Stage Director: Marcus Shields
The Conservatory musical returns in a new home, Norton Memorial Hall, for the 2022 season. Francis Hodgson Burnett’s beloved novel on the flowering of love and family comes to life in Lucy Simon’s touching and lush score.
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET: THE OPERA
Workshop Reading
Derek and Sandra’s new opera, based on Sandra’s novel The House on Mango Street, is a dramatic rendering of the coming-of-age story of Esperanza Cordero.
Free entry with a valid gate pass or single ticket.
Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory Announces 2022 Season
CHAUTAUQUA, NY — The Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory, the resident opera company and conservatory of Chautauqua Institution, today announced the first season of its newly unified program under the leadership of General and Artistic Director Steven Osgood and Conservatory Director Marlena Malas. The company and former Chautauqua Voice Program unified in fall 2021. The Chautauqua Opera Company’s three 2022 productions will be Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca; Kamala Sankaram and Susan Yankowitz’s chamber opera Thumbprint; and The Mother of Us All, by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein. The Opera Conservatory will produce Don Giovanni by Lorenzo Da Ponte and Wolfgang Amadeus…
Upcoming Events
June 29 @ 10:00 am Week One (June 25–July 2)
Opera Conservatory Masterclass with Marlena Malas
McKnight Hall
June 30 @ 5:30 pm Week One (June 25–July 2)
An Evening of Song at the Athenaeum Parlor
Athenaeum Parlor
July 1 @ 2:00 pm Week One (June 25–July 2)
Chautauqua Opera Company: Thumbprint Operalogue (1)
Norton Hall
July 4 @ 10:00 am Week Two (July 2–9)
Opera Conservatory Masterclass with Betsy Bishop
McKnight Hall
July 5 @ 2:00 pm Week Two (July 2–9)
Chautauqua Opera Company: Thumbprint Operalogue (2)
Norton Hall