Past Events

• Washington National Opera: 2013-2014 Season Preview Concert

  Wed., May 15, 2013, 6:00 PM
  2013-2014 Season
  Sample WNO's 2013–2014 season in a free Millennium Stage preview concert featuring members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, and the WNO Orchestra.

• Washington National Opera: M&M'S® Opera in the Outfield Simulcast: Show Boat

  Sat., May 18, 2013, 7:00 PM
  2012-2013 Season
  Enjoy a free live broadcast of Washington National Opera's new production of Show Boat at Nationals Park. Arrive early for pre-show entertainment and activities! 
  

• Washington National Opera: Norma

  Mar. 9 - 24, 2013
  2012-2013 Season
  In Bellini's Norma, rising star Angela Meade is the Druid priestess who secretly carries on a love affair in the midst of the Gallic-Roman wars. When her lover's affections shift, the mystic Norma turns warrior, prepared to seek revenge.

• Washington National Opera: Manon Lescaut

  Mar. 2 - 23, 2013
  2012-2013 Season
  Intensely romantic and beguiling, Manon Lescaut is the first tragic heroine in a long list of Puccini favorites. Patricia Racette makes her role debut in John Pascoe's "impassioned, sensual production" (Baltimore Sun).

• Opera Master Class: Patricia Racette

  Mon., Feb. 4, 2013, 7:00 PM
  2012-2013 Season
  Join renowned soprano Patricia Racette, lauded by the New York Times for her "strength, taste and emotional generosity," as she coaches the next generation of singers.
  

• Washington National Opera: Holiday Family Opera: Hansel and Gretel

  Dec. 21 - 23, 2012
  2012-2013 Season
  The timeless fairy tale of lost children, candy treats, and an evil witch comes to life for the holiday season in this delightful WNO family production of Engelbert Humperdinck's captivating opera.

• Washington National Opera: American Opera Initiative: Three 20-Minute Operas

  Mon., Nov. 19, 2012, 7:30 PM
  2012-2013 Season
  

• Washington National Opera: In Recital: Angela Meade

  Sat., Nov. 10, 2012, 7:30 PM
  2012-2013 Season
  Rising star Angela Meade makes her WNO debut with a diva program of arias in recital with piano. In a special preview of her spring 2013 performance in the full opera, the program includes Norma's famous aria "Casta Diva."

• Washington National Opera: M&M'S® Opera in the Outfield Simulcast: Don Giovanni

  Sat., Sep. 29, 2012, 7:00 PM
  2012-2013 Season
  Bring your family and friends to Nationals Park for M&M'S® Opera in the Outfield, a free live opera broadcast of Don Giovanni, and relax and enjoy all that the ballpark has to offer.

• Opera Master Class: Andrew Foster-Williams

  Thu., Sep. 27, 2012, 7:00 PM
  2012-2013 Season
  Hailed by BBC Music Magazine as a "vivid bass-baritone, a model of vocal security and textual definition," join Andrew Foster-Williams as he coaches the next generation of singers.

• Washington National Opera Celebrity Concert Series: Nathan Gunn

  Sun., Sep. 23, 2012, 4:00 PM
  2012-2013 Season
  Nathan Gunn "commands an operatic baritone whose mighty heft and richness confer an outsize authority on everything he touches" (The New York Times). He makes his WNO debut in concert with the WNO Orchestra, conducted by Ted Sperling.

• Washington National Opera: Don Giovanni

  Sep. 20 - Oct. 13, 2012
  2012-2013 Season
  Regarded as one of the greatest operas ever composed, Mozart weaves the tale of the legendary rake Don Juan into a comically lighthearted (yet deadly serious) musical masterpiece. "A dark Giovanni of depth, beauty" (The Washington Times).

• Washington National Opera: Anna Bolena

  Sep. 15 - Oct. 6, 2012
  2012-2013 Season
  A queen falls from grace as her unfaithful king plots to bring his mistress to the throne. The golden age of Italian bel canto opera shines with dark reflections in Donizetti's moving retelling of Anne Boleyn's tragedy starring Sondra Radvanovsky.

• Washington National Opera: 2012-2013 Season Preview Concert

  Wed., May 23, 2012, 6:00 PM
  2012-2013 Season
  Sample the 2012–2013 season in a free Millennium Stage preview concert featuring Sonia Ganassi, Andrew Foster-Williams, members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, and the WNO Orchestra.

• Washington National Opera: Werther

  May 12 - 27, 2012
  2011-2012 Season
  Considered one of Massenet's finest works, with a lush score of tragically beautiful music, Werther tells a tale of forbidden love that can only end tragically.

• Washington National Opera: Nabucco

  Apr. 28 - May 21, 2012
  2011-2012 Season
  Witness the epic struggle of a royal family at odds with their nation and each other, battling for power among the lost wonders of the world in Verdi's powerful opera about the defeat, enslavement, and exile of the ancient Babylonian Jews.

• Cancelled: DiVa Light: An Evening with Deborah Voigt

  Sat., Mar. 17, 2012, 7:00 PM
  2011-2012 Season
  PATRON NOTICE: This concert has been cancelled. Ms. Voigt has regrettably withdrawn due to illness.

• Washington National Opera: Family Look-In: Così fan tutte

  Sat., Mar. 10, 2012, 2:00 PM
  2011-2012 Season
  See the magic of Mozart's delightful Così fan tutte come to life with members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program and the WNO Orchestra. A perfect introduction to opera for children in grades 3-6 and their families.

• Washington National Opera: Plácido Domingo Celebrity Series: Angela Gheorghiu

  Sat., Mar. 3, 2012, 7:00 PM
  2011-2012 Season
  Making her WNO debut, Washington audiences will have the chance to experience Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu's magnificent voice and dazzling stage presence.

• Washington National Opera: Così fan tutte

  Feb. 25 - Mar. 15, 2012
  2011-2012 Season
  In Mozart's game of love and seduction, two young men wager that their fiancées will remain faithful, even when tempted. To prove it, they decide to do the tempting themselves.

• Washington National Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor

  Nov. 10 - 19, 2011
  2011-2012 Season
  In this psychologically gripping opera, Lucia relinquishes her sanity, killing her bridegroom and finally succumbing to madness in one of opera's most tragic and musically dramatic scenes.

• WNO: Opera in the Outfield Simulcast

  Thu., Sep. 22, 2011, 7:30 PM
  2011-2012 Season
  Join Washington National Opera for the fourth annual Opera in the Outfield, a FREE, live opera broadcast of Puccini's Tosca at Nationals Park, featuring special events, live performances, prizes and more! Rain or shine.

• Washington National Opera: Tosca

  Sep. 10 - 24, 2011
  2011-2012 Season
  Puccini's Tosca is an irresistible combination of passion, tenderness, pathos, and despair that immediately grabs your attention and races to its terrible conclusion.

• Washington National Opera: Don Pasquale

  May 13 - 27, 2011
  2010-2011 Season
  

• Washington National Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride

  May 6 - 28, 2011
  2010-2011 Season
  

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