Opera Ithaca is an opera company located in the city of Ithaca in the state of New York. Founded in 2014, the company launched with a production of Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Since then, we’ve produced Don Giovanni, Die Fledermaus, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Thumbprint, Cenerentola, Hamlet, Song from the Uproar, Pagliacci, La Bohème, Cendrillon, the professional debut of Il Sogno by Kristin Hernner Wyatt, and the world premiers of Bonnie Montgomery’s Billy Blythe and We Wear the Sea Like a Coat, with music by Sally Lamb McCune and a libretto by Rachel Lampert and Yvonne Gray. In addition to our stage productions, we also provide a permanent home for our classical vocal music program concerts, as well as community engagement events throughout the greater Ithaca area.

Additional Programs

Opera Ithaca is committed to educating the singers of tomorrow. With that goal in mind, we started an Apprentice Artist Program, which provides opportunities to young singers who are in between formal training and a professional career. These young singers are cast in supporting roles, sing in the chorus, understudy principal singers and perform in concerts and community outreach events.

We are also committed to diverse programming, producing thoughtful productions of classic operatic repertoire as well as contemporary works, world premieres, and family-friendly programming. Our opera company champions the work of women by including an opera penned by a woman each season. In 2019, with the development of women-driven operatic works in mind, we launched Inside the Creative Process. This incubator series offers an inclusive look at the process of creating new works and engages the community to be an active responsive voice.

Opera Ithaca is a Professional Company Member of OPERA America.