More performances. More venues. More opera.
They say, "more is better." And when it comes to bringing the delight and magic of opera to Omaha, we couldn't agree more. Opera Omaha’s 69th season offers more performances, exploring more venues, and producing more opera across our city.
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Will Liverman in Concert
Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026 | 7:00PM
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“The experience of direct, no-frills, human communication in performance.”
– New York Classical Review
Called “a voice for this historic moment,” GRAMMY Award-winning baritone and Metropolitan Opera headliner, Will Liverman has been internationally praised for his versatility and vision as a composer and artist helping to evolve and push the performing arts industry forward.
Experience an intimate performance of Will’s original music and classical favorites, featuring velvet-soft lyricism and roof-raising charisma, where word and tone meet heart and heat. Liverman’s palette – refined, rich, and endlessly expressive – reminds us why live performance matters.
La bohème
November 13, 2026 | 7:30PM
November 15, 2026 | 2:00PM
Orpheum Theater
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Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
“Goodbye, dreams of love”
The world’s most beloved opera graces the Opera Omaha stage. For centuries Puccini’s shivering artists have moved hearts with their bohemian ideals and singular hope. In a winter of poverty, Mimi and Rodolfo’s love ignites a contagious warmth until a heartbreaking reality tears them apart.
E. Loren Meeker’s sumptuous production of this operatic staple heightens the romance and the sting of Parisian cold. Stars, Karen Chia-ling Ho and Demetrious Sampson are the ill-fated lovers alongside their fellow starving artists Susanne Burgess, Darren Drone, Johnathan McCullough, and Nicholas Newton, all making their Opera Omaha debuts.
E. Loren Meeker | Director
Jonathan Brandani | Conductor
Karen Chia-ling Ho | Mimi
Demetrious Sampson | Rodolfo
The Pigeon Keeper
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2027 | 6:30PM
Friday, Jan. 29, 2027 | 6:30PM
Saturday, Jan. 30, 2027 | 2:00PM
The Rose Theater
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Music by David Hanlon
Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann
“No matter how far away they go, they always fly home.”
As part of the Family Opera Series, The Pigeon Keeper, a mystical new opera welcomes opera goers of every age to The Rose Theater.
On an island in the Mediterranean, a fisherman and his daughter pull a boy like a fish from the sea. Who is this child? Why won’t he speak? How will they find him a home?
Told through cinematic projections, moving music, and children’s chorus, this contemporary fable invites audiences from every generation to celebrate the kindness of strangers and the unexpected places we find family.
David Hanlon | Composer
Stephanie Fleischmann | Librettist
Brian Staufenbiel | Director
Kelly Kuo | Conductor
Ariadne auf Naxos
Fri. March 19, 2027 | 7:30PM
Sun. March 21, 2027 | 2:00PM
Orpheum Theater
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Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
“The world is wondrous; those who dare, find only beauty here.”
What happens when an opera company and a comedy troupe are spontaneously forced to combine their acts and perform together? With the full cast of characters crammed backstage by a haughty host, our leading ladies – a dramatic soprano and a feisty actress – navigate telling two tales as one.
Opera Omaha’s first-ever opera by Richard Strauss features Principal Guest Conductor Steven White joined by acclaimed director Chas Rader-Shieber with a terrific cast including Marcy Stonikas as Ariadne, Elizabeth Sutphen as Zerbinetta, Robert Stahley as Baccus, and Stephanie Lauricella as the Composer.
Chas Rader-Shieber | Director
Steven White | Principal Guest Conductor
Marcy Stonikas | Ariadne
Elizabeth Sutphen | Zerbinetta
Alessandro
Friday, April 30, 2027 | 7:30PM
Holland Performing Arts Center
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Music by George Frideric Handel
Libretto by Paolo Rolli
“True, I’m a lover. But though a lover, I’m a Monarch too.”
Part romance, part pageant, pure Handel. On their limited US tour, The English Concert presents Alessandro. Brimming with vocal athletics and unparalleled musicianship, Handel’s Alexander the Great juggles a love triangle with global conquest and political conspiracy.
This rarely performed Handel opera has only been performed in the United States once before now. The world’s peerless Baroque orchestra brings this rare gem to Omaha with authentic period instruments and vocal fireworks.
Harry Bicket | Conductor
Christophe Dumaux | Alessandro
Xenia Puskarz Thomas | Rossane
Joelle Harvey | Lisaura
Single tickets on sale late summer 2026