BOU Performance History
Section Title
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1985 One act comic opera entitled The Impresario and scenes from The Marriage of Figaro (BSC Learning Lab)
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1986 A mini-version of Carmen with our first review (Buffalo Seminary)
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1987 An updated 1950’s version of Cosi Fan Tutte (Buffalo Seminary)
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1988 Excerpts from Porgy and Bess for OperaBuffs boat trip
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1989 Salute to Paul Robeson and Roland Hayes (Historical Society)
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1991 A full scale production of Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah (Lancaster Opera House)
An Evening of Mozart (The Impresario and scenes from The Marriage of Figaro (Lancaster Opera House) -
1992 A combination of Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola to produce A Rossini Experiment (Lancaster Opera House)
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1993 An updated version of Faust, performed with string quartet and piano (BSC Rockwell Hall)
A program dedicated to George Gershwin with scenes from Porgy and Bess and famous Gershwin songs (Lancaster Opera House) -
1994 An updated version of Don Giovanni with emphasis on a color scheme (Lancaster Opera House)
A program dedicated to Duke Ellington with the Al Tinney Trio (Lancaster Opera House) -
1996 An updated mini-version of La Boheme (Lancaster Opera House)
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1997 A Schubertiad, a program dedicated to Schubert, marking the 200th anniversary of his birth (Historical Society)
Lieder and Liebeslieder by Brahms, marking the 100th anniversary of his death (Parkside Lutheran Church) -
1999 A Century Salute to Duke Ellington (Riviera Theatre)
A full scale production of Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, performed with string orchestra and piano (Riviera Theatre)
Ellington and Gershwin (Kenan Center)
A Century of Broadway (Pfeifer Theatre) -
2000 A full-scale production of Tosca, with orchestra (Rockwell Hall)
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2003 Bernstein – a program of excerpts from Leonard Bernstein’s greatest musical works (Riviera Theatre)
A full-scale production of La Traviata with orchestra (Rockwell Hall) -
2004 Cosi Fan Tutte with string orchestra (Warren Enters Theatre, BSC)
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2005 The Genius of Cole Porter (Rockwell Hall)
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2006 Totally Mozart – The Impresario and scenes from other Mozart operas (The Church)
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2007 A full-scale production of The Merry Widow (Rockwell Hall)
God’s Trombones by James Weldon Johnson (Westminster Presbyterian Church) -
2008 Sacred Jazz Concert (Westminster Presbyterian Church)
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2010 Opera Program (Niagara Arts and Cultural Center)
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2011 An Afternoon of Love Songs (Niagara Arts and Cultural Center)
A Tribute to William Grant Still (UB Center for the Arts) Sacred Jazz (Niagara Arts and Cultural Center) -
2012 Celebrating Diversity: Songs of African-American Composers (Westminster Presbyterian Church; Niagara Arts and Cultural Center)
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2012 A full-scale production of Gounod’s Faust
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2013 An Afternoon of Sacred Jazz (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Orchard Park Presbyterian Church)
Viva Verdi! Famous scenes with orchestra (Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center) -
2014 Barroom Brawls – two one act operas, Blue Monday by George Gershwin and premiere production of The Fall of Stag Lee by Darryl Glenn Nettles (710 Main Theatre)
Totally Mozart – The Impresario and favorite selections from other Mozart operas (710 Main Theatre) -
2015 A full-scale production of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte (UB’s Center for the Arts Drama Theater)
Salute to Duke Ellington with the George Caldwell Quintet and dancers (710 Main Theatre) -
2016 World premiere of The Fall of Stag Lee by Darryl Glenn Nettles (Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center)
Full-scale production of Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center) -
2017 Full-scale production of Madama Butterfly by Puccini (Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center)
Full-scale production of The Magic Flute by Mozart (Rockwall Hall Performing Arts Center) -
2018 Salute to Leonard Bernstein (710 Main Theatre)Full-scale production of Kevin Puts’ and Mark Campbell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Night (Rockwell Hall)
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2019 Full-scale production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Rockwell Hall)
Full-scale production of Rossini’s Cinderella (Rockwell Hall) -
2020 “On Stage with Buffalo Opera Unlimited” – four half-hour programs produced in collaboration with Buffalo Toronto Public Media; aired on WNED TV
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2021 Susannah by Carlisle Floyd – produced in collaboration with Buffalo Toronto Public Media; aired on WNED TV
Full-scale production of Carmen by Georges Bizet (Rockwell Hall) -
2022 “Spotlight on Black Composers” (Rockwell Hall)
Full-scale production of Un Ballo in Maschera by Verdi (Rockwell Hall) -
2023 "The Medium & The Telephone" by Gian Carlo Menotti (The Warren Enters Theatre) and La Bohème (Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center)
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2023 "La Bohème" composed by Giacomo Puccini
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2024 "Speed Dating Tonight" by Michael Ching (Resurgence Brewery)
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2024 "The Marriage of Figaro" by Amadeus Mozart (Rockwell Performing Arts Center)