October 27 & 29, 2023

Don Pasquale

Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Hijinks and cunning flourish in this delightful comic opera. A crochety miser is thwarted in his attempts to thwart his nephew out of an inheritance. With the guise and wit of a clever young woman and a family friend, the old man becomes tangled in the vines of his own buffoonery.

Baritone Jorell Williams will make his role and Opera Omaha debut as the miserly Pasquale with returners Vanessa Becerra (The Marriage of Figaro 2023, Les Enfants Terribles 2019) and Taylor Stayton (Falstaff 2018, L’elisir d’amore 2018) as the young lovers and Luis Alejandro Orozco in his Opera Omaha debut as the puppet master, Dr. Malatesta.

December 11, 2023

El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered

Composed by John Adams
Libretto by Peter Sellars

Opera Omaha opens the touring production of American Modern Opera Company's production of El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered.

This rarely performed John Adams Christmas oratorio is told through a culmination of Latin American poets, scripture, and voices of women.

FEBRUARY 16 & 18, 2024

La Traviata

Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

One of the most iconic, romantic, and tragic stories of all time. Scandalous love between a courtesan, the iconic Violetta, and an upper crust young man blissfully blooms until societal expectations force her to confront what sacrifices she is willing to make in exchange for his honor. This exquisite, traditional staging of one of the art form’s most popular operas flourishes with the passion, hope and costs of love.

Two Opera Omaha favorites, soprano Andriana Chuchman (Capulets & Montagues 2020) making her role debut as the lavish and fading Violetta, and conductor Steven White (Eugene Onegin 2022, Marriage of Figaro 2023) will lead this spending production. Making Opera Omaha debuts are tenor Brian Vu as the passionate Alfredo and baritone Hyung Yun as his father, Giorgio. At the helm will be sought after director, E. Loren Meeker also making her company debut.

May 3 & 5, 2024

El último sueño de Frida y Diego

(The Last Dream of Frida and Diego)

Composed by Gabriela Lena Frank
Libretto by Nilo Cruz

By the light of candles, through the fragrance of marigolds, the famous muralist Diego Rivera longs to see his deceased wife Frida Kahlo just once more before he dies. With the pathway back to earth open on Día de los Muertos, Frida and Diego relive their tumultuous love and passion by journeying through her paintings and memories, blossoming their relationship and exploring the cultivation of their lives.