The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny features Joyce Castle as Leocadia Begbick, Amy Burton as Jenny, and Stephen Salters as Bank Account Bill. Sam Helfrich directs; scenery is by Caleb Wertenbaker.
Bizet's opera will be directed by James Marvel, with scenery by Susan Zeeman Rogers. Zurga will be sung by Robert Honeysucker, Nadir by Yeghishe Manucharyan, and Leila by Jee Hyun Lim.
All three productions will be conducted by Gil Rose, Opera Boston's music director; Nancy Leary is the costume designer and Christopher Ostrom the lighting designer.
Opera Boston has staged 34 regional premieres and two world premieres since its founding in 1980.