thumb|upright|Lobby of the [[Cutler Majestic Theatre, in 2009.]]

Opera Boston was an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts. It specialized in less-frequently heard repertoire as well as modern works or opera premieres, along with opera education and outreach programs designed to bring opera education to children both in schools and after-school programs throughout the Boston area.

After eight years, it was announced on 23 December 2011 that Opera Boston would cease operations on 1 January 2012. Board chairman Winifred Gray and president Gregory Bulger cited "an insurmountable budget deficit" as the reason.

Its home base was the Cutler Majestic Theatre, a 1903 Beaux-Arts opera house designed by architect John Galen Howard.

In addition to its regular season the company mounted an "Opera Unlimited Festival" which presented 20th and 21st century chamber opera in an outdoor setting, free of charge. The Festival also commissioned new works.

Productions

Dates in parentheses are the dates of the Opera Boston production. The list is limited to only those works which are not part of the standard repertory.

  • June 2003 Opera Unlimited
  • Powder Her Face by Thomas Adès
  • Full Moon in March by John Harbison
  • Touissaint Before the Spirits by Elena Ruehr
  • The Cask of Amontillado by Daniel Pinkham
  • Garden Party
  • Tancredi by Giocchino Rossini (October 2009)
  • Madame White Snake by Zhou Long (February 2010) (world premiere)
  • La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein by Jacques Offenbach (April–May 2010)

See also

  • Boston Lyric Opera, founded in 1976
  • Guerilla Opera, founded in Boston in 2007
  • Odyssey Opera, founded in 2013
  • Opera Company of Boston, closed in 1990
  • New York City Opera, closed in 2013
  • San Diego Opera, at brink of closure in 2014

References

  • The Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College