Jacques Offenbach’s
Les contes d’Hoffmann
(The Tales of Hoffmann)

La bohème
November 7–18, 2008
Antonín Dvořák’s
Rusalka
L’elisir d’amore
March 20–31, 2009
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s
Don Giovanni
The Abduction from  the Seraglio
April 24–May 5, 2009
Boston Lyric Opera’s school children and family performances of Mozart’s


Spring 2009

HANG ONTO YOUR SEAT!

It’s Boston Lyric Opera’s 2008–2009 Season, our 32nd year of fully staged and fabulous opera in Boston. We are thrilled to present some rarely performed beauties from the repertoire. This season, unforgettable characters are so mesmerized by love, desperation or hubris that they break through the boundaries of everyday life. That means anything can happen.

Amazing Artists
BLO’s 2008-2009 Season features several important debuts and many happy returns including Academy Award winner and Tony and Emmy Awards nominee Eric Simonson, Stage Director for Rusalka; the director/design team of Renaud Doucet and André Barbe for Hoffmann; conductors Anthony Barrese, Keith Lockhart and Ari Pelto; and singers John Cheek, Kimwana Doner, Bryan Hymel, Georgia Jarman, Gaetan Laperriere, Marquita Lister, Nancy Maultsby, Gerard Powers, and Christopher Schaldenbrand.

See You at the Shubert!
All 2008-2009 mainstage productions will be performed in the Company’s home, the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Street in Boston’s Theatre District.  This season is supported in part by The Calderwood Charitable Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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Opera for school children and families

In spring 2009, BLO will present Mozart’s The Magic Flute for school children and families throughout New England. Magical instruments…A wicked queen…An imprisoned princess…A courageous prince… Will Prince Tamino’s magic flute be enough to protect him on his quest to save the lovely Princess Pamina? The ultimate adventure opera!