NATCHEZ FESTIVAL OF MUSIC PAST SEASONS
1991: Gala Operatic • Recital • Man of La Mancha • La Traviata
1992: Songs of the Rivers • The Marriage of Figaro • Madama Butterfly
1993: Grand Viennese Opera Ball • The Merry Widow • La Bohème
1994: Big River • Pagliacci • Carmen
1995: The Student Prince • Hansel & Gretel • You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown • Rigoletto
1996: The Pirates of Penzance • Die Fledermaus • The Fantastics • Tosca
1997: Gianni Schicchi • Gallantry • She Loves Me • Faust
1998: Mikado • Camelot • Suzanna • The Boyfriend • Tales of Hoffman
1999: Carousel • Don Pasquale • Once Upon a Mattress • Don Giovanni
2000: The Barber of Seville • I Do, I Do • Man of La Mancha • La Traviata
2001: H.M.S. Pinafore • Carmen • La Bohème • 150th Anniversary Concert of Jenny Lind
2002: The Merry Widow • Suor Angelica • Pagliacci • Songs of the Rivers • Madama Butterfly
2003: Romeo et Juliette • The Magic Flute • Rigoletto • An Evening with George & Ira Gershwin
2004: Showboat • The Impresario • Marcus Robert Trio • An Evening of Rodgers & Hammerstein • Turandot
2005: Porgy & Bess • Jim Collum Jazz Band • An Evening with Cole Porter • Gianni Schicchi • Tosca
2006: Treemonisha • Fiddler on the Roof • Il Tabarro • An Evening of Jazz: A Tribute to New Orleans • Little Red Riding Hood • Die Fledermaus
2007: Mozart’s Requiem • My Fair Lady • An Evening of Jazz • Noah’s Flood • Chanticleer • Falstaff
2008: Spiritual and Gospel Extravaganza • A Cabaret • Oklahoma! • The Pfister Sisters • The Telephone • Bluebeard’s Castle • G Train: The Musical • Così fan tutte
2009: Lord Nelson Mass • House • Evening of Jazz • The Fantasticks • Death by Aria • Broadway and Opera Highlights • Carmen
2010: Clarence “Bud” Scott Jazz Tribute • Saturday Big Band Dance • Man of La Mancha • S.H.O.T. • Death by Aria • Stars of Tomorrow • La Bohème
2011: Songs of the Civil War • Little Red Riding Hood • Magical Moves of Jazz • Tango Rendezvous • It’s a Grand Night for Singing! Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein • Drop Dead Gorgeous Arias • Mozart on the Mississippi
2012: The Romantic Music of Natchez • Swingin’ Blues • A Hungarian Rhapsody • A Night of Romance in the Salon • The Three Little Pigs • The Mikado • The Glorious Sound of Brass Music for Trumpet and Organ • The Voice of a Nightingale • The Portrait of Elegance • Don Giovanni
2013: Rhapsody in Blue • American Frontiers • Puttin’ on the Ritz • A Bel Canto with Paul Groves • Home Sweet Home • Rossini, Puccini, and Martinis – The Black Swan of Natchez •The Black Swan Returns – Kiss Me, Kate • Musical Wine Tasting • The Magical World of Tango • Rigoletto
2014: A Night at the Oscars I • Sanctuary • Rossini, Puccini and Martinis • Ol’ Man River: The Music of Jerome Kern • All You Need is Love: Celebrating 50 Years Of the Beatles • A Tribute to Leontyne Price • In the Mood • H.M.S. Pinafore • Festival Musical Wine Tasting • The World of Maria Callas • Tosca
2015: Pinocchio Children’s Opera • A Night at the Oscar’s II • World Voices • Rossini, Puccini and Martinis • Rodgers and Hammerstein • Best of Mississippi Blues with • That’s Amore • A Tribute to John Alexander • The Pirates of Penzance • Blues and Brews • Dancing Through the Decades • Madama Butterfly
2016: Kids’ Music Fest • The Inspirations of Glen Ballard • Rockin’ on the River at Bowie’s • Rossini, Puccini, and Martinis •The 300-Year Journey • Blues, Brews, and Soul • An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber • Impressions and Expressions • The British Invasion of Natchez • The Southern Musical Theatre Conference • Show Board by Jerome Kern • Ruby Elzy The Jewel of Mississippi • A Tribute to Gone with a Wind • Serenata • Carmen
2017: The Best of the Mississippi Blues II, , King of Rock and Roll, Rossini, Puccini, and Martinis, Revolution, Romanticism, and Rachmaninoff, That Sensational Sondheim, From Mississippi to Motown, Rockin’ on the River (Local bands), Mississippi Concert Hall (Maryann Kyle and Ellen Elder), The First Lady of Song: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Camelot, Highway to Heaven Alvin Shelby and the Natchez Community Gospel Choir), Il Barbieri di Siviglia
2018: Mac McAnally and Members of the Coral Reefer Band, Rossini, Puccini, and Martinis, Rockin’ on the River at Bowie’s starring Alluvial Funk, Matt Willis, and Anne Freeman & The Garbage Sons), Phantom and Beyond (Joseph Britain, Organ), British Invasion of Natchez II, Havana Nights (John Wooton and KAISO), The Two Faces of Bernstein, Almost Like Being in Love: An Evening of Lerner and Loewe, A Little Night Music, Makin’ It Sing: An Evening with Barry Leach, A Night in the Big Easy: A Salute to the New Orleans Tricentennial, Faust
2019- La Boheme, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Asleep at the Wheel, Salon Music of the Silver Screen, Rockin on the River, Rossini , Puccini, and Martinis, A Day of Peace and Music: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock, Timeless Impressions, Mr. Showmanship, Great American Song Book
2020: Festival Cancelled due to COVID 19
2021: Moments of Spring (Lagniappe Trio,) Friday Fusion (Diamond Trio), Classical Landscapes (Jonathan Levin), Luckenbach Willie Nelson Tribute Band (Trey Jones), “Satchmo!” (Kimble Funchess), Take Five: Dave Brubeck Tribute (Sam Bruton Quartet), Moonlight and Magic (Stacey Trenteseaux), String of Pearls: Celebrating 30 Years of Excellence
2022: The Magic of Opera, The First Heartbeat (Celebration of local Blues and Gospel artists), Reflections of China (Chinese pianist, Zhaolei Xie), Broadway Show Stoppers, Rossini, Puccini, and Martinis, Musical Chocolates (The Impromptu Trio), It Takes Two to Tango (Dannel Espinoza and Kristina Finch), Over the Rainbow: A Judy Garland Tribute (Melanie Gardner), Forever: Featuring the Music of Queen: A Symphonic Rock Concert
2023: Red Wine, Rossini, and Rampal, Gianni Schicchi and The Medium (A Weird Wacky Night at the Opera (Opera Mississippi), An Elvis Christmas, The Voices of Freedom, Love is in the Air, Die Fledermaus, An Evening with Ella, The Glorious Sound of Brass, Spectacular, Spectacular (A Broadway Revue), Driftin’ on the River (The Chip Herrington 5), Rossini, Puccini, and Martinis, La Divina (Maryann Kyle and Michael Bunchman), The Virtuoso Guitar of Barry Leach, Timeless Virtuosity (Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano), The Hot, Sizzling, Musical World of Bill Summers (Bill Summers and the New Orleans Allstars)