Boston Metro Opera

Boston Metro Opera was founded in 2008 by the tenor Christopher Aaron Smith who remained its General and Artistic Director throughout the company's existence.

Although in its early days the company performed three one-act operettas by Offenbach, it soon turned to the contemporary works that became the hallmark of its repertoire.

[1][2] Over the years, the company developed several initiatives including Opera on Site, an interactive pay-per-view service that streamed Boston Metro's live and archived performances, Opera Puppets which produced operatic puppet shows, and its most prominent initiative the Boston-International Contempo Festival.

[3] When Christopher Smith announced his departure from Boston Metro Opera in August 2015 to return to his native Wisconsin, the board of directors voted to suspend the company's operations indefinitely.

In some years, an additional Gold Medal was awarded in each category to works judged to be of outstanding quality.