Toast the 50th Anniversary!
Officers and Executive Committee 2024-2025
Mike Lott
Chair
Deborah Wyld
Immediate Past Chair
Gwen Burroughs
Secretary
Roy Hart
Treasurer; Chair, Finance Committee; President, NOVA Board of Governors
Dante Walston
Chair, Civic Engagement
Sue Patow
Chair, Central Virginia Engagement
Raymond DeFrank
Chair, Foundation Board
Beth Gullette
Chair, Governance
TBA
Chair, ARIA Society
Shawndell Winfield
Chair, Hampton Roads Development
Nicolas Schuck
Chair, Audit
Andrea Holloway
President, HR Board of Governors
TBA
President, CVA Board of Governors
Amber Taylor
President, Virginia Opera Guild
Courtney Hyers
Member at Large
Tom Nicholson
Member at Large
Susan Quate
Member at Large
Martha Lee Shaw
Member at Large
Virginia Opera Board
Donna Allen
Jeannie Baliles
Gwen Burroughs
Christopher Coffing
Josee Covington
Bess Decker
Raymond DeFrank
Beth Gullette
Lenore Hart
Roy Hart
Kathy Heaton
Andrea Holloway
Courtney Hyers
Lauren Kadish
Kathleen LeMons
Ina Levy
Michael Lott
Elsa Ma
Michael Maszaros
Valerie Neff
Tom Nicholson III
Sue Patow
Gerald Pepe
Richard Pulley
Patricia Pusey
Susan Quate
Allan S. Reynolds Jr. Esq.
Dr. John Reynolds
Warren Richard
Nicolas Schuck
Martha Lee Shaw
Scott Shephard
Lydia Taylor
Sonya Waddell
Dante Walston
Shawndell Winfield
Betsy Wollan
Deborah H. Wyld
Past Chairs
Edythe C. Harrison
Founding Chair
1974-1977
Stanley G. Barr, Jr., Esq.
1978-1979
Edythe C. Harrison
1979-1981
Walter P. Conrad, Jr.
1981-1983
Mary R. Albergotti
1983-1984
Edward S. Stein
1984-1985
Eleanor Bradshaw
1985-1986
Thomas H. Nicholson
1986-1988
Dorothy Doumar
1988-1989
Jane Patton Browning
1989-1990
Joyce H. Strelitz
1990-1992
Peter M. Huber, Esq.
1992-1994
Dixie Wolf
1994-1996
Peter M. Huber, Esq.
1996-1998
Alan D. Albert, Esq.
1998-2000
Robert M. Rubin, D.M.D
2000-2001
John Turbyfill
2001-2003
John Field
2003-2005
Allan S. Reynolds, Jr.
2005-2007
Mark T. Cox IV
2007-2009
Joan B. Miller
2009-2011
Alan D. Albert, Esq.
2011-2015
Allan S. Reynolds, Jr.
2015-2017
Dr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan
2017-2019
Paul Winslow
2019-2021
Deborah Wyld
2021-2024
Virginia Opera Repertoire 1974-2025
N = Norfolk, R = Richmond, F = Fairfax, VB = Virginia Beach
1974–1975 | (Initial Projects)
LA BOHÈME – January 1975 N
LA TRAVIATA – June 1975 N
1975–1976 | (Inaugural Subscription Season)
TOSCA – October/November 1975 N
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR – January 1976 N
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – March/April 1976 N
1976–1977
RIGOLETTO – October/November 1976 N
IL TROVATORE – January 1977 N
THE IMPRESARIO/I PAGLIACCI – March/April 1977 N
1977–1978
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – October/November 1977 N
COSÌ FAN TUTTE – January/February 1978 N
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS – US Premiere – April 1978 N
1978–1979
CARMEN – October/November 1978 N
THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT – January 1979 N
DON GIOVANNI – March/April 1979 N
1979–1980
LA BOHÈME – October/November 1979 N
A CHRISTMAS CAROL – World Premiere – December 1979 N
DON PASQUALE – January/February 1980 N
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN – March 1980 N
1980–1981
PORGY AND BESS – October/November 1980 N, R
HANSEL AND GRETEL – December 1980 N
WERTHER – January/February 1981 N
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI – March/April 1981 N
1981–1982
FAUST – October/November 1981 N
CINDERELLA (LA CENERENTOLA) – December 1981 N
LA TRAVIATA – January 1982 N
THE MAGIC FLUTE – March 1982 N
1982–1983
DIE FLEDERMAUS – October/November 1982 N, R
AMAHAL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS – December 1982 N
MACBETH – January 1983 N
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE – March 1983 N
1983–1984 | (Inaugural Subscription Season Richmond)
NORMA – October 1983 R
GIANNI SCHICCHI/SUOR ANGELICA – December 1983 R
RIGOLETTO – January 1984 N, R
THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST – February/March 1984 N
1984–1985
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO – October/November 1984 N, R
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS – November/December 1984 N
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – January/February 1985 N, R
HARRIET, THE WOMAN CALLED MOSES – World Premiere – March 1985 N, R
1985–1986
A MASKED BALL – October/November 1985 N, R
HANSEL AND GRETEL – November/December 1985 N, R
TOSCA – January/February 1986 N, R
THE MERRY WIDOW – February/March 1986 N, R
1986–1987
CARMEN – October/November 1986 N, R
A CHRISTMAS CAROL – November/December 1986 N, R
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR – January/February 1987 N, R
MAN OF LA MANCHA – March 1987 N, R
1987–1988
DON GIOVANNI – October/November 1987 N, R
LA BOHÈME – November/December 1987 N, R
MANON – January 1988 N, R
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/I PAGLIACCI – March 1988 N, R
1988–1989
FAUST – October 1988 N, R
THE MAGIC FLUTE – November/December 1988 N, R
ANNA BOLENA – January 1989 N, R
LA TRAVIATA – March 1989 N, R
1989–1990
IL TROVATORE – October 1989 N, R
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN – November/December 1989 N, R
THE TURN OF THE SCREW – January 1990 N, R
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – March 1990 N, R
1990–1991
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS – October 1990 N, R
LA CENERENTOLA – November/December 1990 N, R
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE – January 1991 N, R
COSÌ FAN TUTTE – March 1991 N, R
1991–1992
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – October 1991 N, R
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO – November/December 1991 N, R
CUE 67 (World Premiere)/THE MEDIUM – January/February 1992 N, R
PORGY AND BESS – March 1992 N, R
1992–1993
CARMEN – October 1992 N, R, F
DON PASQUALE – November 1992 N, R, F
THE NOT MIKADO – January 1993 N, R, F
TOSCA – March 1993 N, R, F
1993–1994
(Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House Opening Gala – November 1993)
TURANDOT – November 1993 N, R, F
NORMA – January 1994 N, R, F
DON GIOVANNI – February/March 1994 N, R
WEST SIDE STORY – April 1994 N, R
1994–1995
LA TRAVIATA – October 1994 N, R, F
SALOME – November 1994 N, R
SIMÓN BOLÍVAR – World Premiere – January 1995 N, R
LA BOHÈME – March 1995 N, R, F
1995–1996
RIGOLETTO – October 1995 N, R, F
DIE FLEDERMAUS – November/December 1995 N, R
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN – January/February 1996 N, R
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – March 1996 N, R, F
CAROUSEL – April 1996 N
1996–1997
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR – October 1996 N, R, F
THE MAGIC FLUTE – November 1996 N, R
JULIUS CAESAR – January/February 1997 N, R, F
I PAGLIACCI – March 1997 N, R
OKLAHOMA! – April 1997 N
1997–1998
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – October 1997 N, R, F
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE – November 1997 N, R
THE TENDER LAND – January/February 1998 N, R, F
IL TROVATORE – March 1998 N, R
H.M.S. PINAFORE – April/May 1998 N, R
1998–1999
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE – October 1998 N, R
THE MERRY WIDOW – November 1998 N, R
ORFEO ED EURIDICE – January/February 1999 N, R, F
COSÌ FAN TUTTE – March 1999 N, R
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE – April 1999 N, R, F
1999–2000
OTELLO – October 1999 N, R
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO – November/December 1999 N, R, F
RODELINDA – February 2000 N, R
TURANDOT – March/April 2000 N, R, F
PORGY AND BESS – April/May 2000 N, R, F
2000–2001
CARMEN – October 2000 N
WEST SIDE STORY – November/December 2000 N, R, F
DON GIOVANNI – January/February 2001 N, R, F
DON PASQUALE – March 2001 N, R
LA TRAVIATA – April/May 2001 N, R, F
2001–2002
TOSCA – September/October 2001 N, R, F
THE MIKADO – November/December 2001 N, R, F
ELEKTRA – January/February 2002 N, R
A MASKED BALL – March 2002 N, R
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – April/May 2002 N, R, F
2002-2003
DIE WALKÜRE – September/October 2002 N, R, F
A CHRISTMAS CAROL – November/December 2002 N, R, F
ANDREA CHÉNIER – January/February 2003 N, R
DIE FLEDERMAUS – March/April 2003 N, R, F
LA BOHÈME – April/May 2003 N, R, F
2003-2004
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – October 2003 N, R, F
THE MAGIC FLUTE – November/December 2003 N, R, F
RIGOLETTO – January/February 2004 N, R, F
FIDELIO – March/April 2004 N, R, F
2004-2005
TURANDOT – October 2004 N, R, F
THE MERRY WIDOW – November/December 2004N, R, F
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE – January/February 2005 N, R, F
FAUST – April 2005 N, R, F
2005-2006
LA TRAVIATA – September/October 2005 N, R, F
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE – November/December 2005 N, R, F
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO – January/February 2006 N, R, F
NORMA – March/April 2006 N, R, F
2006-2007
CARMEN – September/October 2006 N, R, F
SUSANNAH – November/December 2006 N, R, F
AGRIPPINA – January/February 2007 N, R, F
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/I PAGLIACCI – March, 2007 N, R, F
2007-2008
THE TALES OF HOFFMAN – September/October 2007 N, R, F
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE – November/December 2007 N, R, F
EUGENE ONEGIN – February 2008 N, R, F
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR – March/April 2008 N, R, F
2008-2009
IL TROVATORE – October 2008 N, R, F
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE – November/December 2008 N, R, F
TOSCA – January/February 2009 N, R, F
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – March/April 2009 N, R, F
2009-2010
LA BOHÈME – October 2009 N, R, F
THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT – November/December 2009 N, R, F
DON GIOVANNI – February/March 2010 N, R, F
PORGY AND BESS – April/May 2010 N, R, F
2010-2011
RIGOLETTO – October 2010 N, R, F
COSÌ FAN TUTTE – November/December 2010 N, R, F
DIE WALKÜRE – February 2011 N, R, F
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – March/April 2011 N, R, F
RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY – World Premiere – April 2011 N, R
2011-2012
AIDA – October 2011 N, R, F
HANSEL AND GRETEL – November/December 2011 N, R, F
ORPHÉE – January/February 2012 N, R, F
THE MIKADO – March/April 2012 N, R, F
2012-2013
THE PEARL FISHERS – September/October 2012 N, R, F
DIE FLEDERMAUS – November 2012 N, R, F
CAMELOT – January 2013 VB, NN, R
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE – February/March 2013 N, R, F
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO – April 2013 N, R, F
CAROUSEL – May 2013 N
2013-2014
FALSTAFF – September/October 2013 N, R, F
THE MAGIC FLUTE – November 2013 N, R, F
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS – February/March 2014 N, R, F
CARMEN – April 2014 N, R, F
2014-2015
SWEENEY TODD – September/October 2014 N, R, F
H.M.S. PINAFORE – November 2014 N, R, F, VB
SALOME – February/March 2015 N, R, F
LA TRAVIATA – April 2015 N, R, F, VB
2015-2016
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD – September/October 2015 N, R, F
LA BOHÈME – November 2015 N, R, F
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE – February 2016 N, R, F
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN – April 2016 N, R, F
2016-2017
The SEVEN DEADLY SINS / I PAGLIACCI – September/October 2016 N, R, F
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – November/December 2016 N, R, F
DER FREISCHÜTZ – January/February 2017 N, R, F
TURANDOT – March/April 2017 N, R, F
2017-2018
SAMSON AND DELILAH – September/October 2017 N, R, F
THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST – November/December 2017 N, R, F
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – February 2018 N, R, F
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR – March/April 2018 N, R, F
2018-2019
STREET SCENE – September/October 2018 N, R, F
DON GIOVANNI – November/December 2018 N, R, F
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE – January/February 2019 N, R, F
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – March/April 2019 N, R, F
2019-2020
TOSCA – September/October 2019 N, R, F
IL POSTINO (THE POSTMAN) – November 2019 N, R, F
CINDERELLA (LA CENERENTOLA) – January/February 2020 N, R, F
AIDA – March 2020 N, R (Cancelled due to Covid)
2021-2022
DAS RHEINGOLD – September 2021 N, R
LA BOHÈME: RODOLFO REMEMBERS – November 2021 N, R, F
THREE DECEMBERS – January/February 2022 N, R, F
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO – March/April 2022 N, R, F
2022-2023
DIE WALKÜRE – September/October 2022 N, R, F
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE – November 2022 N, R, F
FELLOW TRAVELERS – January/February 2023 N, R, F
LA TRAVIATA – March 2023 N, R, F
2023-2024
SIEGFRIED – September/October 2023 N, R, F
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – November 2023 N, R, F
SANCTUARY ROAD – January/February 2024 N, R, F
MADAMA BUTTERFLY – March 2024 N, R, F
2024-2025
DON GIOVANNI – October 2024 N, R
CARMEN – November 2024 N, R, F
COSÌ FAN TUTTE – February 2025 N, R
LOVING V. VIRGINIA – World Premiere – April/May 2025 N, R, F