By Jeremy Eichler

Things are looking up for Boston Midsummer Opera, which opened its 11th season on Wednesday night with continuity where it counts, plus a triple dose of new: one new venue, and two Italian operas that were new at least to many in the packed house.

The two one-act works presented were Donizetti's playful farce "Il Campanello" and Mascagni's tenderly lyric "L'Amico Fritz." The new venue was the Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts. And the continuity arrived courtesy of the supple conducting of BMO music director Susan Davenny Wyner and the fluid stage direction by Antonio Ocampo-Guzman, who directed the company's 2013 and 2014 productions. Add a capable cast and you get an evening full of geniality and charm.

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