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About the Chautauqua Opera Company

Founded in 1929, The Chautauqua Opera Company is North America’s 4th oldest opera company after the Metropolitan Opera, Cincinnati Opera and San Francisco Opera. The Chautauqua Opera Company offers more than 30 operatic events each season, including: three mainstage productions, performed in the historic 1,300-seat Norton Hall and Chautauqua Institution’s 4000-seat Amphitheater; concerts with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra; weekly artsong recitals; opera performances for young audiences; Young Artist open-mic nights; and Opera Invasions. Chautauqua Opera productions feature internationally recognized Guest Artists alongside emerging artists from Chautauqua Opera’s Young Artist Program.

The ARTS at Chautauqua

Our mission is to expand the lives of our audience within and beyond the Institution’s gates through the power of the performing and visual arts. We seek to serve the purposes of the Institution by inspiring, educating and engaging a diverse and growing audience; by serving as an integral part of the Chautauqua community; by exemplifying artistic excellence in presenting programs that celebrate both tradition and innovation; and by demonstrating sound financial stewardship.

Our Mission

To produce highly captivating opera and music theater

To excite audiences of all ages through the emotional, visual, and musical impact of opera

To nurture and develop young singers through our Young Artist Program

To attract opera lovers to Chautauqua and introduce them to the Chautauqua experience

To encourage exploration of Opera through multiple encounters within and beyond the gates

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Leadership

Steven Osgood is the General and Artistic Director of the Chautauqua Opera Company and Carol Rausch is the Music Administrator/Chorus Master.

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History

Founded in 1929, the Chautauqua Opera Company is North America’s oldest continuously operating summer opera company and fourth-oldest opera company after the Metropolitan Opera, Cincinnati Opera and San Francisco Opera.

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Opera Venues & Accessibility

During the season, the Chautauqua Opera Company uses Norton Hall and the Jane A. Gross Opera Center.

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Opera in the Schools

Students get the chance to discover their inner opera star in this interactive, engaging introduction to opera for the whole elementary school.

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Past Productions

View some of Chautauqua Opera’s past productions.

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Set Rentals

Chautauqua Opera offers the following opera productions available for rent.

Carmen – Bizet 
Crucible – Ward
Marriage of Figaro – Mozart 
Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi – Puccini 
Tosca – Puccini 

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If you would like a rental packet sent to you, please email Michael Baumgarten (Director of Production) at mhbaumgarten@gmail.com.

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