Now in our 21st Season, Connecticut Lyric Opera is the only full-season professional opera company in CT. From the standards such as La Boheme, La Traviata, Carmen and Le Nozze di Figaro, to lesser performed but no less wonderful operas like Otello, Eugene Onegin, Faust and Maria de Buenos Aires, CLO creates “moments of opera magic” with every new production.
Since the company’s founding, productions have been performed in New London and in New Britain, with additional Waterbury and Middletown performances beginning in 2009, and Hartford performances beginning in 2014. Our performance history in descending order:
2023-2024 Season (Season 20)
- May 2024 – Madama Butterfly, G. Puccini
- Nov. 2023 – Visi d’Arte – Celebratring the Life and Artistry of Maria Callas
2022-2023 Season (Season 19)
- May 2023 – Don Giovanni, W. A. Mozart
- Nov. 2022 – Tosca, G. Puccini
2021-2022 Season (Season 18)
- May 2022 – Giulio Cesare, G. Handel
- Mar. 2022 – La Liberazione di Ruggiero, F. Caccini
- Jan. 2022 – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss II
- Nov. 2021 – La Boheme, G. Puccini
2020-2021 Season (COVID)
2019-2020 Season (Season 17)
- Oct. 2019 – The Emperor of Atlantis, V. Ullman
- Nov. 2019 – Carmen, G. Bizet
2018-2019 Season (Season 16)
- May 2019 – Don Carlo, G. Verdi
- Mar. 2019 – The Emperor of Atlantis, V. Ullman
- Nov. 2018 – Carmen, G. Bizet
2017-2018 Season (Season 15)
- Aug. 2018 – Giulio Cesare, G. F. Handel
- May 2018 – Aida, G. Verdi
- Apr. 2018 – The Emperor of Atlantis, V. Ullman
(Performed throughout Israel with Israel Chamber Orchestra) - Nov. 2017 – Le Nozze di Figaro, W. A. Mozart
2016-2017 Season (Season 14)
- Aug. 2017 – Dido and Aeneas, H. Purcell
- May 2017 – Tosca, G. Puccini
- Nov. 2016 – Eugene Onegin, P. Tchaikovsky
2015-2016 Season (Season 13)
- May 2016 – Rigoletto, G. Puccini
- Feb. 2016 – Faust, C. Gounod
- Nov. 2015 – Le Nozze di Figaro, W. A. Mozart
2014-2015 Season (Season 12)
- May 2015 – La Boheme, G. Puccini
- Feb. – Mar. 2015 – Il barbiere di Siviglia, G. Rossini
- Nov. – Dec. 2014 – Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss
2013-2014 Season (Season 11)
- May 2014 – Madama Butterfly, G. Puccini
- Jan. – Feb. 2014 – Der Kaiser von Atlantis, V. Ullmann
- Nov. 2013 – Der fliegende Holländer, R. Wagner
2012-2013 Season (Season 10)
- May 2013 – Don Giovanni, W. A. Mozart
- April 2013 – Requiem, G. Verdi
- Feb. 2013 – Maria de Buenos Aires, A. Piazzola
- Oct. – Nov. 2012 – Carmen, G. Bizet
2011-2012 Season (Season 9)
- May 2012 – Otello, G. Verdi
- Mar. 2012 – Cosi fan Tutte, W. A. Mozart
- Nov. 2011 – Les Contes d’Hoffmann, J. Offenbach
2010-2011 Season (Season 8)
- May, 2011 – Tosca, G. Puccini
- Dec. 2010 – New Year’s Concerts
- Nov. 2010 – Die Zauberflöte, W. A. Mozart
2009-2010 Season (Season 7)
- Apr. – May 2010 – I Pagliacci, R. Leoncavallo and Gianni Schicchi, G. Puccini
- Jan. 2010 – New Year’s Concert
- Nov. – Dec. 2009 – L’Elisir d’Amore, G. Donezetti
2008-2009 Season (Season 6)
- Apr. 2009 – La Traviata, G. Verdi
- Nov. 2008 – Eugene Onegin, P. I. Tchaikovsky
- Oct. 2008 – Coffee Cantata, J. S. Bach
2007-2008 Season (Season 5)
- Apr. 2008 – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss II
- Feb. 2008 – Dido & Aeneas, H. Purcell
- Nov. 2007 – La Boheme, G. Puccini
- Oct. 2007 – Hansel & Gretel, E. Humperdinck
2006-2007 Season (Season 4)
- Apr. 2007 – Romeo et Juliette, Ch. Gounod
- Feb. 2007 – Requiem, Faure and Exsultate Jubilate, W. A. Mozart
- Nov. 2006 – Le Nozze di Figaro, W. A. Mozart
- Sept. 2006 – The Magic Flute, W. A. Mozart
2005-2006 Season (Season 3)
- Apr. 2006 – Don Giovanni, W. A. Mozart
- Feb. 2006 – An Evening of Bach Cantatas, J. S. Bach
- Nov. 2005 – Rigoletto, G. Verdi
- Sept. 2005 – The Magic Flute, W. A. Mozart
2004 – 2005 Season (Season 2)
- May 2005 – The Merry Widow, F. Lehar
- Feb. 2005 – Faust, Ch. Gounod
- Oct. 2004 – Two Nations, One Love at Carnegie Hall
2003 – 2004 Season (Season 1)
- Jul. 2004 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, G. Rossini
- Apr. 2004 – Carmen, G. Bizet
- Jan. 2004 – Inaugural Concert