ABOUT US

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to enrich our community by funding and presenting opera and musical performances that nurture the next generation of opera singers, musicians, and enthusiasts, and to encourage related activities such as public education programs and cooperative arts endeavors.

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Since its inception, under the direction of Dr. James J. Soluri in 1978, Oswego Opera Theater has produced annual fully staged musical productions, involving hundreds of local musicians, technicians, designers, costumers, and lighting engineers. From the first “full scale” offering of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta, The HMS Pinafore, Oswego Opera Theater has performed the classics of Mozart, romantic works by Puccini, Bizet and Verdi, and contemporary compositions by Carlisle Floyd, Leonard Bernstein, and Kurt Weill. In addition to featuring local talents, the company has helped aspiring young singers start and further their careers by giving them the experience of performing leading roles not available to them in larger opera houses.

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OPERA HISTORY OF PERFORMANCES

Opera is one of the great artist achievements of western civilization, and it exists in different forms in other cultures as well. Over the past 40 years, Oswego Opera Theater has helped this community identify with characters, enjoy the beautiful music and marvel at virtuosity of singers and performers.

Trial by Jury and Cox and Box	November	2024
Brundibar	April	2024
La Traviata	November	2023
Music For A While (recital)	April	2023
The Golden Cage	November	2022
HMS Pinafore	November	2021
La Serva Padrona – livestreamed	April	2021
Night at the Opera – (recital) – livestreamed	November	2020
Don Giovanni	November	2019
Trio of Tenors	July	2019
Noye’s Fludde	April	2019
Die Fledermaus	October	2018
Brundibar	April	2018
Mikado	November	2017
Dido and Aeneas	April	2017
The Marriage of Figaro	November	2016
Amahl & the Night Visitors	December	2015
Some Enchanted Evening	July	2015
Recital	May	2015
Rigoletto	February	2014
A Grand Night for Singing (recital)	March	2013
Welcome Home (recital by former Oswego students)	December	2012
Heroes, Monsters and Madmen with Craig Schulman	April	2012
Cosi fan tutte	November	2011
Recital	October	2011
A Valentine’s Recital	February	2011
OperaTUNESities (children’s operas)	October	2010
Mozart’s Leading Ladies and Gentlemen: Scenes	April	2010
Opera Love Stories: Scenes	November	2009
30th Anniversary Gala Recital	Spring	2009
Carmen	November	2008
The Fairy Queen	April	2008
Recital Series		2007-2008
Carousel	October	2007
Recital Series		2006-2007
Noye’s Fludde	April	2007
La Traviata	November	2006
Guest Recitals	Spring	2006
The Merry Widow	November	2005
Grand Gala	September	2005
Amahl & the Night Visitors	December	2004
Impresario	October	2004
A Little Night Music	November	2003
Famous Opera Choruses	October	2003
Dido and Aeneas	April	2003
Magic Flute	November	2002
Brundibar	April	2002
Gala	October	2001
Pirates of Penzance	April	2001
Barber of Seville (ESP Grant)	April	2000
Barber of Seville	November	1999
La Boheme	November	1998
Hansel & Gretel	November	1997
Mini Gala	April	1997
Faust	November	1995
Mighty Casey and The Medium	March	1995
Amahl & the Night Visitors	December	1994
Don Pasquale	March	1994
Verdi’s Requiem	November	1993
Die Fledermaus	March	1991
Carmen	March	1990
Amahl & the Night Visitors	December	1989
La Centerentola	March	1989
Candide	March	1988
Noye’s Fludde		1998
Carmina Burana	November	1987
Pagliacci and Gianni Schicchi	March	1987
Tales of Hofmann	March	1986
La Traviata	March	1985
Barber of Seville	March	1984
La Boheme	March	1983
Magic Flute	March	1982
Trial by Jury and Impresario	March	1981
Hansel & Gretel	December	1980
Susanna (Floyd)	March	1980
H.M.S. Pinafore	March	1979
YEAR OF INCORPORATION		1979
Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica	February	1978
An Evening of Opera Scenes	April	1977
Amahl & the Night Visitors	December	1976
Madame Butterfly	March	1993
Medium and Apollo & Persephone	April	?
Amahl & the Night Visitors	December	1970
Three Penny Opera	March	1992
SUNY Oswego Opera Workshop