Stage Director

Prepare for an unforgettable night at the opera as Tosca storms the stage of The Grand Opera House with passion, power, and Puccini’s heartstopping music.
Set against the backdrop of political unrest in 1800s Rome, Tosca is a white-hot thriller of love, betrayal, and resistance. When the celebrated singer Floria Tosca finds herself ensnared in the cruel schemes of the corrupt chief of police, Baron Scarpia, she is forced to make an impossible choice—to save her beloved Mario Cavaradossi or to maintain her integrity. What follows is a riveting, edge-of-your-seat descent into sacrifice and vengeance, culminating in one of the most unforgettable endings in operatic history.

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Tosca

The Grand Opera House

Prepare for an unforgettable night at the opera as Tosca storms the stage of The Grand Opera House with passion, power, and Puccini’s heartstopping music.

Set against the backdrop of political unrest in 1800s Rome, Tosca is a white-hot thriller of love, betrayal, and resistance. When the celebrated singer Floria Tosca finds herself ensnared in the cruel schemes of the corrupt chief of police, Baron Scarpia, she is forced to make an impossible choice—to save her beloved Mario Cavaradossi or to maintain her integrity. What follows is a riveting, edge-of-your-seat descent into sacrifice and vengeance, culminating in one of the most unforgettable endings in operatic history.

Puccini’s Tosca

Power. Passion. And a diva who refuses to go quietly. Puccini’s Tosca is a gripping tale of love, jealousy, and political intrigue set against the backdrop of a turbulent Rome. The glamorous and fiercely devout opera singer Floria Tosca is caught in a deadly triangle between her lover, the idealistic painter Cavaradossi, and the sadistic chief of police, Baron Scarpia. 

Towson University

Maria Stuarda tells the dramatic story of the intense rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Queen Elizabeth I of England. Set against a backdrop of political intrigue and personal animosity, the opera explores themes of power, jealousy, and tragedy.

Mary Stuart has been imprisoned by her cousin, Elizabeth, who views her as a threat to the English throne. As Mary languishes in captivity, various characters, including the compassionate Talbot and the ambitious Cecil, debate her fate. Elizabeth's favorite, Leicester, also has deep feelings for Mary, complicating the already tense situation.

Maria Stuarda

Garrett Jacobs Mansion

To prevent the capture of Jerusalem by the knights of the First Crusade, The Prince of Darkness has sent the enchantress Armida into the world to seduce the Christian heroes and turn them from their duty. The bravest of these, Rinaldo, has fallen under Armida's spell. But, to her surprise, she becomes enchanted by him as well. She comes to love him so deeply that she cannot bring herself to destroy him. For both, duty clashes with desire. As war rages around them, will love conquer them both?

Armida

Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts

In Puccini’s La bohème, struggling artists and dreamers in 19th-century Paris collide in a whirlwind of love, jealousy, heartbreak, and hope.

Giacomo Puccini La Bohème

Grand Opera House

Set in 19th century Paris, the story of La bohème revolves around the poet Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard, and the philosopher Colline, who share a bohemian lifestyle in a cold garret.

Rodolfo falls deeply in love with the delicate seamstress Mimi, while Marcello is entangled in a tumultuous relationship with the flirtatious Musetta. Amidst their artistic pursuits and poverty, the bonds of friendship are tested as love and jealousy intertwine.

La bohème

A family of Nebraskan homesteaders in the 1870s dreams of "proving up." They endeavor to obtain the deed to the land they've settled by fulfilling the requirements of the Homestead Act: five years of harvest, a sod house dwelling, and perhaps the most elusive element—a glass window.

Proving Up

Pittsburgh Opera

n the aftermath of the Trojan War, the priestess Iphigénie is tasked to kill any strangers who land on Scythia’s shores. But as Fate would have it, her brother Oreste is the first to be shipwrecked on the peninsula and brought to the sacrificial altar.

Iphigénie En Tauride

Pittsburgh CAPA School Theater

On November 14, 2016, Denis Muravyov and Katya Vlasova, fifteen-year-olds in the rural Pskov region of Russia, died after a three-day standoff with Russian Special Forces. They live-streamed their last hours onto internet sites, leaving behind a trail of devastating video footage: drinking and smoking, cuddling and crying, and preparing to die.
Denis and Katya could have been your children, best friends, or classmates. Two teenagers who lived every moment—including their last—online. What led to their violent deaths? Why did they choose to broadcast their final moments on social media? And what does it say about the voyeuristic society that watched, liked, and objectified them in real-time, transforming two kids into clickbait?

Denis & Katya

Love is a game. Everyone change partners.
Two sisters, two suitors, and a drunken wager about the nature of fidelity – what could possibly go wrong? Mozart’s deliciously risqué romantic comedy is full of sublime arias, sparkling ensembles, and the complications that ensue when young love and flirtation encounter reality.

Stage Director

Haley Stamats

Events

Upcoming events

24 - 26 Apr, 2026

Così fan tutte · Madison Opera

Past events

17 - 19 Oct, 2025

Tosca · OperaDelaware

17 - 19 Oct, 2025

Puccini’s Tosca · OperaDelaware

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