83 Opera Companies Opera companies come in various sizes. Some performed only one opera in 2010-11 (El Paso, for example). Others have two operas a year (Omaha), three a year (Atlanta), four (Kansas City), five (Dallas), and six (Los Angeles). The Lyric Opera of Chicago has eight operas a year, San Francisco Opera has 10 (including the summer), and the Metropolitan Opera of New York City has 28. Here is a list of links to opera companies in our 125 cities. Alabama: Birmingham, Mobile Alaska: Anchorage Arizona: Phoenix (Phoenix Opera, Arizona Opera), Tucson California: Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Stockton Colorado: Colorado Springs, Denver Delaware: Wilmington District of Columbia: Washington Florida: Jacksonville (the Jacksonville Symphony presents an annual opera), Miami, St. Petersburg, Tampa Georgia: Atlanta Hawaii: Honolulu Idaho: Boise Illinois: Chicago Indiana: Indianapolis Iowa: Cedar Rapids Kansas: Wichita Kentucky: Lexington, Louisville Louisiana: New Orleans, Shreveport Maine: Portland Maryland: Baltimore Massachusetts: Boston, Worcester Michigan: Detroit, Grand Rapids Minnesota: St. Paul Mississippi: Jackson Missouri: Kansas City, Springfield Montana: Billings Nebraska: Omaha Nevada: Reno New Hampshire: Manchester New Jersey: Newark New Mexico: Albuquerque New York: New York City (Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera), Rochester, Syracuse North Carolina: Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Winston-Salem North Dakota: Fargo Ohio: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo Oklahoma: Tulsa Oregon: Portland Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Tennessee: Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville Texas: Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio Utah: Salt Lake City Virginia: Norfolk, Richmond Washington: Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma Wisconsin: Madison, Milwaukee The Virginia Opera plays in both Norfolk and Richmond. Most of these opera companies play in downtown theaters. The companies in the following cities do not play downtown: Birmingham, Stockton, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Fargo. This is not a complete list of American opera companies. Several smaller cities have opera companies (Modesto, California, for example), and several opera festivals are held in rural areas during the summer (Chautauqua, New York, for example). Here is a more comprehensive list of U.S. opera companies. |