Director

Opera Orlando invites you to experience the enduring story of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, as young Cio-Cio San navigates an impossible intersection of imperialism, infatuation, and maternal instinct. Cio-Cio San is newly married to an American naval officer who almost immediately returns to the States. She is certain he will return to her and waits three years to find out if she is right. While navigating an ever-changing world that views her as a temporary convenience, Cio-Cio San's devotion and selflessness remain constant as she leverages her limited power to protect her child.

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Madame Butterfly

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Violetta Valéry is one of the most beautiful and desired courtesans in all of Paris. After falling in love with Alfredo, she must leave him at the request of his father, Giorgio Germont. After waiting for Alfredo to return to her so they can be together again, Violetta succumbs to her illness and uses her final breaths to declare her undying love for him. Verdi’s heartbreaking score highlights one of opera’s most romantic and devastating stories.

La traviata

Saenger Theatre Pensacola

Austin Opera is turning 40! You’re invited to a Birthday Spectacular Concert featuring some of opera’s most iconic showstoppers. Timothy Myers conducts celebrated arias and ensembles from Verdi’s Aida & Rigoletto, Puccini’s Turandot, including “Nessun dorma,” Mozart, and more; all showcasing the vocal prowess of today’s highly sought out opera singers.

Celebrate Opera! A Spectacular Birthday Concert

The Long Center for the Performing Arts

Sidekick Leporello follows the notorious and unapologetic nobleman Don Giovanni (yes, that Don Juan) as he waltzes through life with a scandalous checklist: seduction, deception, and, naturally, leaving a trail of broken hearts and vengeful fiancés. Despite plenty of red flags (and, let’s be honest, a few angry mobs), he shrugs off every warning like yesterday’s conquest. No lesson learned, no apologies offered—until fate shows up, ready to dish out a final, fiery “we need to talk.”

Don Giovanni

Marcus Performing Arts Center

Everyone’s favorite barber has a new assignment: to ensure happily-ever-after for a nobleman and a young woman trying to outwit her guardian. Featuring multiple disguises, secret missives, and a bit of ingenuity, Rossini’s sparkling comedy is one of the best-loved works in opera.

The Barber of Seville

Overture Center for the Arts

Arguably the sexiest role in opera, Carmen is a beautiful, free-spirited woman all too aware of her carnal allure, and yet, she despises any man who falls for her. When her mild flirtation with a soldier, Don José, ignites his flaming desire, Carmen rejects him for the famous bullfighter, Escamillo. José’s childhood sweetheart, Micaëla, visits on the pretext of persuading him to return home to his elderly mother, but she arrives just too late. José only has eyes for Carmen. His fate—and Carmen’s—has already been sealed. As José’s love degenerates into morbid obsession, Carmen must soon face the consequences of her need for freedom.

Carmen

Long Center for the Performing Arts

The world’s most beloved opera graces the Opera Omaha stage. For centuries Puccini’s shivering artists have moved hearts with their bohemian ideals and singular hope. In a winter of poverty, Mimi and Rodolfo’s love ignites a contagious warmth until a heartbreaking reality tears them apart.

Director

Rebecca Herman

Events

Upcoming events

13 - 15 Nov, 2026

La bohème · Opera Omaha

Past events

2 - 4 Oct, 2026

Madame Butterfly · Opera Orlando

23 - 25 Jan, 2026

La traviata · Pensacola Opera

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