[22] In 2010 and for the subsequent four years, the NCO presented Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors at the Riviera Theatre and in the Westminster Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, New York).
[25] In 2017, Matthias Manasi conducted a production of Der Schauspieldirektor by Mozart, with particular attention to historically informed performance practice which was appreciated by critics.
[26] Several well known opera singers performed with the Nickel City Opera, including Adam Klein,[27]Victoria Livengood,[28] Valerian Ruminski,[29] Eric Fenell,[30] Eduardo Villa,[31] Michele Capalbo,[32] Marc Freiman,[33] Ray Chenez,[34] Zulimar López-Hernández,[35][36] Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs,[37] James Wright,[38] and Marieterese Magisano.
"[41] The ceremony took place in Dallas with a speech by Marc A. Scorca, president and CEO of Opera America.
composed by Persis Vehar with libretto by Gabrielle Vehar, about the assassination of President McKinley, produced at Shea's Performing Arts Center,[43][44] [45][46] In June 2021, Nickel City Opera collaborated with Sotto Voce Vocal Collective to present the world premiere of the opera The Second Sight by composer Jessie Downs, fully staged in the sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo.