Listed below are the opera productions of Opera South and, before it, Opera Omnibus — that is, the operas (fully staged unless stated otherwise) and some of the major concerts*.
▨ indicates there are photos of the production; click on ▨ to see them.
See Note on language of opera titles.

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2008February  The Bohemian Girl by Michael Balfe
2007February  The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti
2006July  Djamileh by Georges Bizet
February  The Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
2005February  Faust by Charles Gounod
2004February  If I were King (Si j’etais Roi) by Adolphe Adam
2003February  Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini
2002June  Verbum Nobile by Stanislaw Moniuszko
February  Friend Fritz (L’Amico Fritz) by Pietro Mascagni
2001February  The Haunted Manor (Straszny Dwór) by Stanislaw Moniuszko
2000August  Abu Hassan by Carl Maria von Weber
February  A Masked Ball (Un ballo in maschera) by Giuseppe Verdi
1999July & December  Cinderella (La Cenerentola ) by Gioachino Rossini
February  Linda di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti
1998June  Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti
February  The Three Pintos by Carl Maria von Weber & Gustav Mahler
1997November  Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti
February  Don Quixote (Don Quichotte) by Jules Massenet
1996May  Zampa by Ferdinand Hérold
1995November  The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar
May  Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
1994November Die Fledermaus (Act 2) by Johann Strauss
May  Count Ory by Gioachino Rossini
1993May The Love Elixir by Gaetano Donizetti
1992May Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1991May The Free-shooter (Der Freischutz) by Carl Maria von Weber
1990May The Gypsy Baron by Johann Strauss
1989May Lakmé by Léo Delibes
1988November The Sorcerer by Gilbert & Sullivan
May The Sleepwalker (La Sonnambula) by Vincenzo Bellini
1987May Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
1986November Carmen (concert) by Georges Bizet
May Martha by Friedrich von Flotow
1985November The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan
May The Pearl Fishers by Georges Bizet
1984November The Impresario by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 Act 2 of Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach

 

Note on language of opera titles

Because the company presents opera performed in English, the English titles are generally given first in this list. However, some operas are better known even to English speaking audiences by their titles in some other language, and the entry in this list does not necessarily indicate how any particular production was chiefly advertized on posters or in the programme published at the time.
*The company has put on many other concerts, recitals, and other events over the years which are not included in this list.
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