Mainstage Performances
Opera Idaho seasons generally run July through June.
2024–2025 Season
- Jul 2024: Opera in the Park
- Oct 2024: Suor Angelica, Puccini; Gianni Schicchi, Puccini
- Mar 2025: La traviata, Verdi
- Apr 2025: Broadway Pops, by Boise Phil featuring Opera Idaho
- Jul 2025: Opera in the Park
2023–2024 Season
- Jul 2023: Opera in the Park
- Oct 2023: The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart
- Nov 2023: The Falling and The Rising, Zack Redler & Jerre Dye
- Feb 2024: Roméo et Juliette, Gounod
2022–2023 Season
- Jul 2022: Opera in the Park
- Oct 2022: The Barber of Seville, Rossini
- Dec 2022: All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Peter Rothstein, in collaboration with Boise Contemporary Theater
- Jan 2023: Macbeth, Verdi
- Mar 2023: An American Dream, Jack Perla & Jessica Murphy Moo
- Apr 2023: Rusalka, Dvořák
2021–2022 Season
- Apr 2022: Dead Man Walking, Heggie
- Jan 2022: Carmen, Bizet
- Dec 2021: All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Peter Rothstein in collaboration with Boise Contemporary Theater
- Oct 2021: The Merry Widow, Lehár
- Jul 2021: Opera In The Park
2019–2020 Season
- Feb 2020: La bohème, Puccini
- Nov 2019: Acis & Galatea, Handel
- Sept 2019: Manon, Jules Massenet
2018–2019 Season
- May 2019: As One, Laura Kaminsky
- Apr 2019: The Mikado, by The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
- Feb 2019: Aida, Verdi
- Oct 2018: Don Giovanni, Mozart
- Sept 2018: West Side Story in Concert, Leonard Bernstein
2017–2018 Season
- Apr 2018: A Streetcar Named Desire, André Previn
- Feb 2018: Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini
- Jan 2018: The Winterreise Project
- Dec 2017: Amahl & the Night Visitors, Gian-Carlo Menotti
- Oct 2017: L’elisir d’amore, Gaetano Donizetti
- Aug 2017: Oklahoma! in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein
2016–2017 Season
- May 2017: Werther, Massenet
- Feb 2017: Tosca, Puccini
- Nov 2016: Die Fledermaus, Strauss
- Aug 2016: South Pacific in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein
2015–2016 Season
- Apr 2016: Glory Denied, Tom Cipullo
- Apr 2016: The Pirates of Penzance, by The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
- Jan 2016: La Traviata, Verdi
- Dec 2015: Amahl & the Night Visitors, Menotti
- Oct 2015: The Magic Flute, Mozart
- Aug 2015: The Music Man, Willson
2014–2015 Season
- Apr 2015: The Barber of Seville, Rossini
- Feb 2015: Evgeny Onegin, Tchaikovsky
- Nov 2014: Rigoletto, Verdi
- Aug 2014: The King and I in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein
2013–2014 Season
- Apr 2014: Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein; Gianni Schicchi, Puccini
- Feb 2014: Carmen, Bizet
- Nov 2013: The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart
- Jul 2013: The Sound of Music in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein
2012–2013 Season
- May 2013: Susannah, Carlisle Floyd
- Mar 2013: Double Bill: Pagliacci, Ruggiero Leoncavallo; Pulcinella Suite, Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with Ballet Idaho
- Feb 2013: The Winterreise Project
- Dec 2012: Hansel & Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck
- Oct 2012: Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi
- Jul 2012: Oklahoma! in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein
2011–2012 Season
- Apr 2012: The Ballad of Baby Doe, Douglas Moore
- Feb 2012: La bohème, Puccini
- Dec 2011: Amahl & the Night Visitors, Menotti
- Oct 2011: The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan
- Jul 2011: Carousel in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein
2010–2011 Season
- May 2011: La Fille du Régiment, Donizetti
- Mar 2011: Sarah Jane McMahon & Matt Morgan in Concert
- Feb 2011: Madama Butterfly, Puccini
- Dec 2010: Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti
- Oct 2010: Our Town, Rorem
- Jul 2010: South Pacific in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein
2009–2010 Season
- Feb 2010: La Cenerentola, Rossini
- Dec 2009: Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti
- Oct 2009: Faust, Gounod
2008–2009 Season
- Jun 2009: Opera Under the Stars
- Mar 2009: Così fan tutte, Mozart
- Dec 2008: Opera Idaho Sings Christmas
- Nov 2008: Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti
2007–2008 Season
- Jun 2008: Opera Under the Stars
- Mar 2008: Elixir of Love, Donizetti
- Dec 2007: Opera Idaho Sings Christmas
- Oct 2007: La bohème, Puccini
- Aug 2007: Opera Under the Stars
2006–2007 Season
- Apr 2007: Opera’s Most Romantic
- Feb/Mar 2007: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well, and living in Paris
- Dec 2006: Opera Idaho Sings Christmas
- Nov 2006: The Barber of Seville, Rossini
- Summer 2006: Opera Under the Stars
2005–2006 Season
- Mar 2006: The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan
- Oct 2005: La Traviata, Verdi
2004–2005 Season
- Spring 2005: Carmen, Bizet
- Fall 2004: Nosferatu1, Henderson
2003–2004 Season
- Spring 2004: The Merry Widow, Lehár
- Fall 2003: Tosca, Puccini
2002–2003 Season
- Feb 2003: Madama Butterfly, Puccini
- Oct 2002: Porgy and Bess, Gershwin
2001–2002 Season
- Feb 2002: Don Pasquale, Donizetti
- Nov 2001: La bohème, Puccini
2000–2001 Season
- Oct 2000: The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart
1999–2000 Season
- May 2000: La Casa Verdi
- Feb 2000: Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss II
- Nov 1999: The Magic Flute, Mozart
1998–1999 Season
- Apr 1999: Opera Under the Stars
- Feb 1999: Don Giovanni, Mozart
- Nov 1998: The Barber of Seville, Rossini
1997–1998 Season
- May 1998: The Words and the Music: The Barber of Seville, Rossini
- Feb 1998: Carmen, Bizet
- Nov 1997: Don Pasquale, Donizetti, first production of Opera Idaho
1996–1997 Season
- Jan 1997: La bohème, Puccini
- Nov 1996: L’Elisir d’Amore, Donizetti
1995–1996 Season
- May 1996: The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan
- Feb 1996: La Traviata, Verdi
1994–1995 Season
- Apr 1995: The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan
- Feb 1995: Tosca, Puccini
- Oct 1994: Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck
1993–1994 Season
- May 1994: H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert & Sullivan
- Feb 1994: Madama Butterfly, Puccini
1992–1993 Season
- Mar 1993: Rigoletto, Verdi
1991–1992 Season
- Jan 1992: Carmen, Bizet
- Summer 1991: South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein
1990–1991 Season
- Jan 1991: La bohème, Puccini
- Summer 1990: Daughter of the Regiment, Donizetti; The Telephone, Menotti; Face on the Barroom Floor, Mollicone; La Serva Pedrona2, Pergolesi
1989–1990 Season
- May 1990: A Night at the Opera
- Jan 1990: A Season of Sorrows 3 , Bratt
- Oct 1989: The Merry Widow, Lehár
- Summer 1989: Così fan tutte, Mozart; Il Turco in Italia, Rossini; Ormindo2, Cavalli
1988–1989 Season
- Mar 1989: The Magic Flute, Mozart
- Oct 1988: Tosca, Puccini
1987–1988 Season
- Mar 1988: Operatic Highlights
- Oct 1987: Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck
1986–1987 Season
- Spring 1987: La traviata, Verdi
- Fall 1986: Don Pasquale, Donizetti
1985–1986 Season
- Apr 1986: Sherrill Milnes in Concert
- Mar 1986: Pagliacci, Leoncavallo
1984–1985 Season
- Mar 1985: Madama Butterfly, Puccini
- Dec 1984: Marilyn Horne in Concert
- Oct 1984: Divas of the Golden West
1983–1984 Season
- Apr 1984: Carmen, Bizet
- Sep 1983: Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti, first production of Boise Opera
1982–1983 Season
- Oct 1982: Tosca, Puccini
1981–1982 Season
- May 1982: Così fan tutte, Mozart
- Sep/Oct 1981: Rigoletto, Verdi
1980–1981 Season
- Fall 1980: Don Giovanni, Mozart
1979–1980 Season
- Spring 1980: The Ballad of Baby Doe, Moore
1978–1979 Season
- Apr 1979: Cinderella, Western Opera Theatre Tour
- Winter 1979: Gianni Schicchi, Mozart
- Sep 1978: Faust, Gounod
1977–1978 Season
- Mar 1978: La bohème, Puccini
- Sep/Oct 1977: La traviata, Verdi
1976–1977 Season
- Apr 1977: Bits ‘N Pieces
- Feb 1977: The Medium, Menotti; The Telephone, Menotti
- Oct 1976: The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart
1975–1976 Season
- Apr 1976: Bits ‘N Pieces
- Nov 1975: Carmen, Bizet
1974–1975 Season
- Mar 1975: Bits ‘N Pieces
1973–1974 Season
- Nov/Dec 1973: Street Scene, Weill, first production of Boise Civic Opera
1972–1973 Season
- Oct 1972: Rachel 1 , Bratt
1970–1971 Season
- Jun 1971: La Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni, first production of Boise Opera Workshop
1 World premiere
2 Ashlawn/Highland Tour
3 Revival of work by C. Griffith Bratt, given world premiere in Boise in 1962
In Alphabetical Order
A Night at the Opera (1990)
A Season of Sorrows, Bratt (1990)
A Streetcar Named Desire, André Previn (2018)
Acis & Galatea, Handel (2019)
Aida, Verdi (2019)
All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Peter Rothstein (2025, 2022, 2021)
Amahl & the Night Visitors, Gian-Carlo Menotti (2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
An American Dream, Jack Perla & Jessica Murphy Moo (2023)
As One, Laura Kaminsky (2019)
Bits ‘N Pieces (1975, 1976, 1977)
Broadway Pops (2025)
Carmen, Bizet (1975, 1984, 1992, 1998, 2014, 2022)
Carousel in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein (2011)
Cinderella, Western Opera Theatre Tour (1979)
Così fan tutte, Mozart (1982, 2009)
Dead Man Walking, Heggie (2022)
Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss II (2000, 2016)
Divas of the Golden West (1984)
Don Giovanni, Mozart (1999, 2018)
Don Pasquale, Donizetti (1997, 2002)
Evgeny Onegin, Tchaikovsky (2015)
Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi (2012)
Faust, Gounod (1978, 2009)
Gianni Schicchi, Puccini (2014, 2024)
Glory Denied, Tom Cipullo (2016)
H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert & Sullivan (1994)
Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck (1987, 1994, 2012)
La bohème, Puccini (1978, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2020)
La Casa Verdi (2000)
La Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni (1971)
La Cenerentola, Rossini (2010)
La Fille du Régiment, Donizetti (2011)
La Traviata, Verdi (1996, 2005, 2016, 2025)
Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti (1983, 2008)
L’Elisir d’Amore, Donizetti (1996, 2008, 2017)
Macbeth, Verdi (2023)
Madama Butterfly, Puccini (1985, 1994, 2003, 2011, 2018)
Marilyn Horne in Concert (1984)
Oklahoma! in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein (2012, 2017)
Opera Idaho Sings Christmas (2006, 2007, 2008)
Opera In The Park (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Opera Under the Stars (1999, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Operatic Highlights (1988)
Opera’s Most Romantic (2007)
Our Town, Rorem (2010)
Pagliacci, Leoncavallo (1986, 2013)
Porgy and Bess, Gershwin (2002)
Pulcinella Suite, Igor Stravinsky (2013)
Rachel, Bratt (1972)
Rigoletto, Verdi (1993, 2014)
Roméo et Juliette, Gounod (2024)
Rusalka, Dvořák (2023)
Sarah Jane McMahon & Matt Morgan in Concert (2011)
Sherrill Milnes in Concert (1986)
South Pacific in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein (2010, 2016)
Suor Angelica, Puccini;
Susannah, Carlisle Floyd (2013)
The Ballad of Baby Doe, Douglas Moore (2012)
The Barber of Seville, Rossini (1998, 2006, 2015, 2022)
The Falling and The Rising, Zack Redler & Jerre Dye (2023)
The King and I in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein (2014)
The Magic Flute, Mozart (1989, 1999, 2015)
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart (1976, 2000, 2013, 2023)
The Medium, Menotti; The Telephone, Menotti (1977)
The Merry Widow, Lehár (1989, 2021)
The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan (1996, 2006, 2019)
The Music Man, Willson (2015)
The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan (1995, 2011, 2016)
The Sound of Music in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein (2013)
The Winterreise Project (2013, 2018)
Tosca, Puccini (1982, 1988, 1995, 2017)
Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein (2014)
Werther, Massenet (2017)