Faust | 2025
Opera western Reserve Presents Charles Gounod’s Faust Saturday, September 20, 2025 | 7:30 pmEdward W. Powers Auditorium | DeYor Performing Arts Center Faust is an opera in five acts, based on Carré’s play Faust et Marguerite, which itself is a loose adaptation of Faust, Part One by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Gounod’s opera tells the […]
La Traviata | 2024
Opera western Reserve Presents Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata Friday, November 22, 2024 | 7:30 pmEdward W. Powers Auditorium |DeYor Performing Arts Center La Traviata is an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas […]
Carmen | 2023
Opera western Reserve Presents Georges Bizet’s CARMEN Friday, November 17, 2023 | 7:30 pmEdward W. Powers Auditorium | DeYor Performing Arts Center Written by Georges Bizet, Carmen is one of the most well-known operas. It follows the title character as she gains the favor of a soldier, Jose, who is already involved with Micaela all […]
La Bohème | 2022
Opera Western Reserve Presents Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème Friday, November 11, 2022 | 7:30 pmConcert Hall | Stambaugh Auditorium La bohème, an opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini, is a triumphant blend of grim reality and soaring romanticism. The narrative, set around the late 1830s in Paris, tells the story of a poor […]
Romeo + Juliet | 2021
Opera Western Reserve Presents An adaptation of the works of William Shakespeare and Charles Gounod. Romeo + Juliet Friday, November 12, 2021 | 7:30 pmConcert Hall | Stambaugh Auditorium Experience the timeless tale of the world’s most famous star-crossed lovers, brought to life in an exciting and immersive re-imagination. OWR’s Romeo + Juliet combines well-known text from […]
A Taste of Traviata | 2020
Opera Western Reserve Presents Giuseppe Verdi’s A Taste of Traviata Friday, November 13, 2020 | 7:30 pm A Taste of Traviata highlights Guiseppe Verdi’s opera, La Traviata, and follows Violetta Valery.A consumptive young courtesan who wants to leave her life of revelry, Violetta decides to live her final days devoted to one man, Alfredo Germont. Alfredo’s […]
Macbeth | 2019
Opera Western Reserve Presents Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth Friday, November 15, 2019 | 7:30 pmConcert Hall | Stambaugh Auditorium Based on the famous Shakespearean tragedy, Verdi’s Macbeth follows the rise to power of an increasingly paranoid Scottish general and the bloody prophesies steering his fate. After receiving glimpses of the future, Macbeth embarks on a murderous […]
Madama Butterfly | 2018
Opera Western Reserve Presents Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Friday, November 16, 2018 | 7:30 pmConcert Hall | Stambaugh Auditorium The story of a young Japanese geisha, clinging to the idea that her relationship with a visiting American naval officer is loving and permanent. The opera will be beautifully sung in Italian. Marian Vogel, who has […]
Porgy and Bess | 2018
Stambaugh Auditorium Presents George & Ira Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess Friday, March 9, 2018 | 7:30 pmConcert Hall | Stambaugh Auditorium Produced by OPERA Western Reserve in association with The Warren Philmharmonic Orchestra, and presented by Stambaugh Auditorium, George & Ira Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess follows the tragic love story and unlikely friendship of crippled […]
Lucia Di Lammermoor | 2017
Opera Western Reserve Presents Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor Friday, November 10, 2017 | 7:30 pmConcert Hall | Stambaugh Auditorium Inspired by a novel by Sir Walter Scott, Lucia di Lammermoor is told through the masterful music of Gaetano Donizetti. Referred to as a Scottish version of Romeo and Juliet, Lucia and Edgardo are two […]