Drawn from a repertoire of popular works from the late 18th through early 20th centuries, Phoenix Opera productions are literally the favorite operas of all time!

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In Concert with the Phoenix Opera Orchestra

In Concert with the Phoenix Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Phoenix Opera presented Act 2 of Johann Strauss' operetta Die Fledermaus during two sold out gala performances at the Elks Opera House in Prescott, AZ.

Madama Butterfly is an opera by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco. According to one scholar, the opera was based on events that actually occurred in Nagasaki in the early 1890s.

Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet who died of a heart attack at the young age of 37, on 3 June 1875, never knowing how popular Carmen would become. The libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, is based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself influenced by the narrative poem “The Gypsy” (1824) by Alexander Pushkin.

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou's drama, La Tosca. The work premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900. It is one of the world's most popular operas, a hit with audiences from its first performance.

La Bohème is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger.

Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette.