2025 repertoire*

*subject to change pending available talent

the aria extravaganza concert

Each season we showcase our singers with a concert of their very best arias. It’s a great way for our company to get acquainted and for our audiences to catch each rising star on the ground floor, the better to marvel at their exponential growth throughout the summer!

Every singer is featured in up to two solo selections.

the mai frances doles memorial opera in concert

Each season Spotlight faculty, students, and guest artists come together to perform a major work and raise money for our scholarship program, ensuring affordable quality training for the stars of tomorrow. Past repertoire includes Verdi’s Aida and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, which was presented with orchestra for the first time in Spotlight history. In 2025, we are excited to present Puccini’s epic Tosca!

TOURING CHILDREN’S oPERA

Our popular children’s operas tour the region, visiting libraries, art galleries, museums, hospitals, church schools, and organizations like Community Renewals’ Friendship Houses. In 2025, we present The Hiding Tree, a Micronesian folk tale about the bravery and love of a young girl who outwits a monster to save her sister. Bookings for the Summer 2025 tour will begin soon! Stay tuned for details on how to bring a delightful performance to your neighborhood.

the ballad of baby doe

The greatest love story of the American West, The Ballad of Baby Doe takes us to Victorian Leadville, CO where Elizabeth “Baby” Doe meets her destiny in Horace Tabor, the Silver King. They defy society, the church, and fate itself to forge a life together against a tumultuous and triumphant backdrop of American expansion, growth, and adventure. Douglas Moore’s score bursts with evocative beauty, from raucous miner’s songs to hymns to unchanging love. Sung in English with supertitles.

LA TRAVIATA - ACT I

The dazzling young courtesan Violetta Valery is the toast of Paris —- but her pale beauty hides a devastating secret, even the ardent love of Alfredo Germont cannot save her. Act I introduces us to the young lovers with timeless favorites from Verdi’s brilliant score, including the famous Brindisi and “Sempre libera,” Violetta’s bravura toast to a carefree life of gaeity. Sung in Italian with supertitles.

MUSICAL THEATER SINGALONG

New for the 2025 season, Spotlight is planning a fun, family-friendly singalong of popular Broadway songs led by our talented ingers. Watch this space for more details !