A HISTORY OF BOU PERFORMANCES

1985    One act comic opera entitled The Impresario and scenes from The Marriage of Figaro (BSC Learning Lab)

1986    A mini-version of Carmen with our first review (Buffalo Seminary)

1987    An updated 1950’s version of Cosi Fan Tutte (Buffalo Seminary)

1988    Excerpts from Porgy and Bess for OperaBuffs boat trip

1989    Salute to Paul Robeson and Roland Hayes (Historical Society)

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)

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)

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)

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)

2005    The Genius of Cole Porter (Rockwell Hall)

2006    Totally Mozart – The Impresario and scenes from other Mozart operas (The Church)

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)

2010    Opera Program (Niagara Arts and Cultural Center)

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)

2012      A full-scale production of Gounod’s Faust 
(Rockwell Hall)

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)

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

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)

2024 "Speed Dating Tonight" by Michael Ching (Resurgence Brewery)