About us
Shreveport Opera's mission is to produce professional opera and musical productions of the highest artistic quality and to provide educational programming and outreach to students and adults in the Ark-La-Tex region.
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Annually, Shreveport Opera produces three professional mainstage productions as well as hosts numerous special. Shreveport Opera also tours the Shreveport Opera Xpress (SOX) education and outreach program, reaching approximately 30,000 students and adults with the performances and their social messages. It is the only opera education and outreach program of its kind in the state!
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The strengths of Shreveport Opera are its long and rich history, a dedicated and supportive Board of Directors, the Shreveport-Bossier Opera Guild, our patrons, a strong financial position, and a talented and hardworking staff who are dedicated to bringing the highest artistic quality productions to the Shreveport-Bossier community and region.
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Shreveport Opera will only thrive in the future with the continued financial support of the individuals, foundations and corporations in our community. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (Tax ID# 72-6021455), Shreveport Opera is operating in the black in a fiscally responsible way. We are growing our future audience by exposing students to opera via the SOX program, and we simply ask everyone to give opera a chance. You may surprise yourself!
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For more information on how you can support Shreveport Opera, please contact us at (318) 227-9503 or boxoffice@shreveportopera.org.
OUR HISTORY
Shreveport Opera is one of the oldest opera companies in the country and has been privileged to host some of the world’s greatest performers including Beverly Sills, Franco Corelli, Leontyne Price and Sherrill Milnes. It has also enjoyed the wonderful opportunity to help launch the careers of internationally acclaimed stars such as Renee Fleming and Greer Grimsley.
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Over the years, there have been many creative leaders of the company, notably Mr. Robert Murray and Mr. Steven Aiken, who each held the reins for 17 years, producing prominent productions while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Nearly all of the traditional operatic repertoire has been presented since its founding in July 1949.
REPERTORY BY YEAR
1949 Carmen
1950 Madama Butterfly
1950 La Traviata
1951 Die Fledermaus
1951 Rigoletto
1952 Faust
1952 Samson et Dalila
1954 Carmen
1954 Salome
1955 La Boheme
1956 Le nozze di Figaro
1956 Madama Butterfly
1956 La Cenerentola
1956 La Traviata
1957 Manon
1957 Tosca
1957 II Barbiere di Siviglia
1958 Don Giovanni
1958 Rigoletto
1959 Die Walkure
1960 Un ballo in maschera
1961 Lucia di Lammermoor
1961 Faust
1962 Lakme
1962 Die Fledermaus
1964 Otello
1965 Don Giovanni
1965 Le nozze di Figaro
1965 Die Zauberflote
1965 Rigoletto
1966 Le nozze di Figaro
1966 Aida
1966 La Traviata
1967 Pagliacci
1967 Cavalleria Rusticana
1968 Les contes d' Hoffman
1969 Turandot
1970 Lucia di Lammermoor
1970 Tosca
1971 La fille du regiment
1971 1776
1972 L'elisir d' amore
1972 Romeo et Juliette
1973 La Traviata
1974 Madama Butterfly
1975 Carmen
1977 The Merry Widow
1977 La Boheme
1977 Die Fledermaus
1978 Manon Lescaut
1978 El Capitan
1980 Pagliacci
1980 Le nozze di Figaro
1980 The Secret of Susanne
1981 Hansel and Gretel
1981 La Traviata
1982 Pagliacci
1982 Tosca
1983 Lucia di Lammermoor
1983 Naughty Marietta
1983 The Face on the Barroom Floor
1983 Les contes d' Hoffman
1983 The King and I
1983 The Play of the Three Shepards
1984 Die Zauberflote
1984 La Boheme
1985 Willie Stark
1985 Amahl and the Night Visitors
1986 The Medium
1986 Rigoletto
1987 Madama Butterfly
1987 II Barbiere di Siviglia
1988 Carmen
1988 Hansel and Gretel
1988 The Chocolate Soldier
1989 Romeo et Juliette
1989 La Boheme
1989 Die Fledermaus
1990 L'elisir d' amore
1990 Le nozze di Figaro
1990 Tosca
1991 Die Zauberflote
1991 Turandot
1991 La Traviata
1992 Faust
1992 Don Giovanni
1993 Don Pasquale
1993 Beauty and the Beast
1993 Cavalleria Rusticana
1993 II Trovatore
1994 La fille du regiment
1994 Help, Help the Globolinks!
1994 Gianni Schicci
1994 Suor Angelica
1994 II Barbiere di Siviglia
1994 Aida
1995 Hansel and Gretel
1995 Madama Butterfly
1996 Porgy and Bess
1996 Tosca
1996 Rigoletto
1997 The Merry Widow
1997 La Boheme
1997 Macbeth
1998 Carmen
1998 Cosi fan tutte
1999 Romeo et Juliette
1999 Samson et Dalila
1999 Salome
2000 Madama Butterfly
2000 Turandot
2001 II Barbiere di Siviglia
2001 Aida
2001 La Traviata
2002 Susannah
2002 Pagliacci
2002 Die Zauberflote
2003 Porgy and Bess
2003 La Boheme
2004 Tosca
2004 Turandot
2005 L'elisir d' amore
2005 Faust
2006 My Fair Lady
2006 Madama Butterfly
2006 Rigoletto
2007 Carmen
2007 Carousel
2007 Sweeney Todd
2008 Le nozze di Figaro
2008 La Traviata
2008 Cavalaria Rusticana
2008 Pagliacci
2009 Cosi fan tutte
2009 Manon LescautÂ
2009 Man of La Mancha
2009 Amahl and the Night Visitors/GalaÂ
2010 La Boheme
2010 Don Giovanni
2011 The Fantasticks
2011 Tosca
2011 The Merry Widow
2012 La Tragedie de Carmen
2012 Madama Butterfly
2012 Barber of Seville
2013 Pagliacci
2013 Rigoletto
2013 Elixir of Love
2014 The Mikado
2014 Turandot
2014 La Traviata
2015 The Pirates of Penzance
2015 Cenerentola
2015 Carmen
2016 H.M.S. Pinafore
2016 Dead Man Walking
2016 La Boherme
2017 Fiddler on the Roof
2017 Cosi fan tutte
2017 The Magic Flute
2018 The Companion; Safe Word
2018 Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
2018 Westside Story
2019 Face on the Barroom Floor
2019 Masquerade – (Threeway)
2019 Madame Butterfly
2019 Man of La Mancha
2020 SOX Anniversary Concert
2020 Marriage of Figaro – Canceled due to Covid
2020 Pepito, Leo & Feel the Tango
2021 Speed Dating Tonight & Thse Telephone
2021 Rigoletto Video Project
2021 The Marriage of Figaro
2022 The Tragedy of Carmen
2022 Rigoletto
2022 The Barber of Seville
2023 Speed Dating Tonight
2023 La Traviata
2023 75TH Anniversary Concert
2024 Art After Dark
2024 Cosi fan tutte
2024 Tosca
2025 Carmen
2025 Art After Dark – Speeding Dating
2025 La Bohème
2026 Don Giovanni
2026 Mahagonny Songspiel and The Seven Deadly Sins
2026 Hansel and Gretel
2027 Susannah
2027 Viva la Mamma!
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Concerts
1980 Beverly Sills
1981 MacNeil and Peters
1982 Leontyne Price
1983 Judith Blegen
1984 Sherrill Milnes
1994 Marilyn Horne