The Top 25: 2017-2018
The most-produced operas in the U.S. and Canada, 2017–2018
1. Il barbiere di Siviglia
Matthew Worth as Figaro in The Barber of Seville at Boston Lyric Opera (photo: Liza Voll)
2. La traviata 3. La bohème 4. Rigoletto 5. Carmen
Stéphanie d’Oustrac in Carmen at The Dallas Opera (photo: Karen Almond)
6. Tosca 7. Le nozze di Figaro 8. Madama Butterfly 9. Turandot 10. Don Giovanni 11. As One 12. Die Zauberflöte 13. Candide
Denyce Graves as the Old Lady in Candide at Washington National Opera (photo: Scott Suchman)
14. Orfeo and Euridice 15. L’elisir d’amore 16. María de Buenos Aires
Evelyn Saavedra in María de Buenos Aires at Pensacola Opera (Meg Burke Photography)
17. Così fan tutte 18. La Cenerentola 19. Norma 20. Aida
Michelle Johnson in Aida at Knoxville Opera (courtesy Alan Sims, InsideofKnoxville.com)
21. Lucia di Lammermoor 22. The Merry Widow 23. Fidelio 24. Roméo et Juliette 25. Don Pasquale
This article was published in the Winter 2019 issue of Opera America Magazine .