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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jonathan Khuner

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Timothy R. Blevins
President

Marian Kohlstedt
Vice President

Paul Sugarman
Secretary

Barbara West
Treasurer

Jim Aron
Claude Babcock
Phyllis Montez
Gayle Roberts
Luanne Rogers
Freya Turchen

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER
Kimberly Read

ADVISORY BOARD
Richard E. Goodman
(Director Emeritus)
Helen Burke
Jonathan K. DeYoe
John Duykers
Sonny B. Gee
Susan Hone
Rob Hopcke
Thomas Kelly
Jeremy Knight
Marilyn Kosinski
Barbara Lanier
John McKenna III
Dale Robards
Nancy Snow
Gretchen Wettig

Doug Young
Madi Bacon
(In Memoriam)

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Past seasons


2007

  • The Seraglio
    An adaptation of Mozart's
    Abduction From the Seraglio
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • AÏda

2006

  • Verdi's Falstaff
  • Chrysalis
    world premiere commissioned by
    Berkeley Opera
  • The Girl of the Golden West
    David Scott Marley adaptation

2005

  • Il Trittico —
         Il Tabarro
         Suor Angelica
         Gianni Schicchi
  • Macbeth
  • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

2004

  • Wagner's Legend of the Ring
  • Acis and Galatea
  • Bat Out of Hell

2003
The Great Melodists
  • Eugene Onegin
  • Potpourri Concert
  • Gounod's Faust

2002
Cherchez la Femme!
  • Così Fan Tutte
  • The Women in the Garden
  • The Riot Grrrl on Mars

2001
Opera Uncensored!
  • The Marriage of Figaro, or The Crazy Day
  • Gala Concert
  • Carmen
    premiere of new adaptation

2000
Shakespeare at the Opera
  • Otello
  • Gala Concert
  • Beatrice and Benedick

1999
The E.T.A. Hoffmann season
  • Don Giovanni
  • Undine
    first North American production
  • Serpentina
    world premiere
  • The Tales of Hoffmann
    premiere of new adaptation

1998
The Revolutionary season
  • Luisa Miller
  • The Dialogues of the Carmelites
  • Daughter of the Cabinet
    premiere of new libretto

1997

  • Manon Lescaut
  • Leonore
  • The Riot Grrrl on Mars
    premiere of new libretto

1996

  • The Magic Flute
  • Pénélope
    first western U.S.production
  • Bat Out of Hell
    premiere of new adaptation

1995

  • La Traviata
  • Beatrice and Benedick
    premiere of new adaptation
  • Rusalka
  • The Elixir of Love

1994

  • The Fall of the House of Usher
    first western U.S. production
  • Bluebeard's Castle
  • I Quattro Rusteghi
  • Madama Butterfly

1993

  • The Immortal Hour
  • The Secret Marriage
  • Carmen

1992

  • The Barber of Seville
  • L'Amico Fritz
  • Der Wildschütz

1991

  • Hansel and Gretel
  • Martha
  • Don Pasquale
  • The Haunted Manor
    first western U.S. production

1990

  • The Bear
  • Amelia Goes to the Ball
  • La Bohème
  • Così Fan Tutte

1989

  • Don Giovanni
  • La Rondine
  • Falstaff

1988

  • The Marriage of Figaro
  • Kate and the Devil
    first western U.S. production
  • The Czar's Disguise

1987

  • Leonore
    first western U.S. production
  • Il Tabarro
  • Gianni Schicchi
  • The Barber of Seville

1986

  • Luisa Miller
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Don Pasquale

1984-85

  • Albert Herring
  • Vanessa

1983-84

  • The Elixir of Love
  • Sir John in Love

1983

  • Il Tabarro
  • Angélique
  • The Magic Flute

1982

  • Don Pasquale

1980-81

  • The Old Maid and the Thief
  • The Bear
  • The Barber of Seville

1980

  • The Bear
  • Amelia Goes to the Ball