our 2025-2026 Performance season!

Our season begins with four performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's charming and witty Iolanthe, or the Peer and the Peri, presented at St. Mary's High School 142 Laverack Ave, Lancaster, NY. Shows will take place on Fridays, November 14 and 21 at 7:30 pm and Sundays, November 16 and 23, at 2:00 pm. This satire of governmental folly will be fully staged with an orchestra. 

Tickets for Iolanthe are available from our secure site, operalytes.booktix.com. They also may be purchased at the door: cash, check, or Venmo are preferred but credit cards are accepted. The box office will be open 45 minutes before curtain. Tickets are $30 (general), $20 (senior, 65+), or $15 (student, aged 19+). 

Thanks to our Free Youth Tickets program, with the purchase of one general or senior ticket, you may reserve up to four complimentary tickets for kids aged 18 and under! 

A free, illustrated lecture, "Political Satire in W. S. Gilbert's Fairyland," will be presented by Dr. Lisa Berglund of the Buffalo State University English Department, on Sunday, November 23 at 1:30 pm.

For additional ticket information, contact us at info@operalytes.com.

Friday, February 13, 2026 will bring a concert of Fantasies and Nightmares! The program will feature solos, ensembles, and choral numbers from operettas and Broadway musicals. The concert will take place at Amherst Community Church in Snyder, NY and will include refreshments. 

Gilbert and Sullivan's only tragic opera, the thrilling The Yeomen of the Guard, or the Merryman and his Maid, rounds out the season. It will be presented at Amherst Community Church, fully staged and with an orchestra, on April 24 and May 1 at 7:30 pm and April 26 and May 3 at 2:00 pm. 

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