may 2023
02may4:30 pm5:30 pmAstral Community Classics Concert
(Tuesday) 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Beaumont at Bryn Mawr
601 N Ithan Avenue
15may7:30 pm8:30 pmThe Righteous
Diedre
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Diedre
The Righteous is the newest opera from composer Gregory Spears and librettist Tracy K. Smith, the creative team behind Cincinnati Opera’s celebrated 2022 world premiere, Castor and Patience. Kevin Newbury (Castor and Patience, Fellow Travelers) will serve as stage director and dramaturg.
Commissioned by Santa Fe Opera and slated for a summer 2024 world premiere, The Righteous follows a preacher and leader of a growing church in the 1980s American Southwest, who finds himself caught up in the confluence of religion and politics, and the timeless struggle to reconcile spiritual humility with ambition in our modern world.
Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW) is a dynamic partnership between Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Created in 2011 to foster the development of new American operas, OF:NW has grown into a nationally recognized collaboration which is not only advancing in repertoire, but also serving as an inspiring example of a successful joint venture between an educational institution and a professional performing arts organization.
OF:NW offers composers or composer/librettist teams the opportunity to workshop an opera during a 10-day residency in Cincinnati. Residencies utilize the facilities, personnel, and talent of both Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). The workshops are cast with a combination of CCM students and professional artists, and each workshop concludes with a free public presentation of excerpts followed by an audience Q&A session, all of which is streamed online.
(Monday) 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cohen Family Studio Theater University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
july 2023
29jul8:00 pm10:00 pmLe Rossignol
Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor
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Nightingale
Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor invites the greatest artist of the land—a nightingale—to perform for him and he is delighted. But the arrival of a mechanical nightingale captures his attention and he abandons the real nightingale, nearly costing him his life.
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson
In Russian with English Surtitles
(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Dr
august 2023
04aug8:00 pm10:00 pmLe Rossignol
Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor
more
Nightingale
Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor invites the greatest artist of the land—a nightingale—to perform for him and he is delighted. But the arrival of a mechanical nightingale captures his attention and he abandons the real nightingale, nearly costing him his life.
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson
In Russian with English Surtitles
(Friday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Dr
06aug3:00 pm5:00 pmLe Rossignol
Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor
more
Nightingale
Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor invites the greatest artist of the land—a nightingale—to perform for him and he is delighted. But the arrival of a mechanical nightingale captures his attention and he abandons the real nightingale, nearly costing him his life.
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson
In Russian with English Surtitles
(Sunday) 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Dr
may 2023
02may4:30 pm5:30 pmAstral Community Classics Concert
(Tuesday) 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Beaumont at Bryn Mawr
601 N Ithan Avenue
15may7:30 pm8:30 pmThe Righteous
Diedre
more
Diedre
The Righteous is the newest opera from composer Gregory Spears and librettist Tracy K. Smith, the creative team behind Cincinnati Opera’s celebrated 2022 world premiere, Castor and Patience. Kevin Newbury (Castor and Patience, Fellow Travelers) will serve as stage director and dramaturg.
Commissioned by Santa Fe Opera and slated for a summer 2024 world premiere, The Righteous follows a preacher and leader of a growing church in the 1980s American Southwest, who finds himself caught up in the confluence of religion and politics, and the timeless struggle to reconcile spiritual humility with ambition in our modern world.
Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW) is a dynamic partnership between Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Created in 2011 to foster the development of new American operas, OF:NW has grown into a nationally recognized collaboration which is not only advancing in repertoire, but also serving as an inspiring example of a successful joint venture between an educational institution and a professional performing arts organization.
OF:NW offers composers or composer/librettist teams the opportunity to workshop an opera during a 10-day residency in Cincinnati. Residencies utilize the facilities, personnel, and talent of both Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). The workshops are cast with a combination of CCM students and professional artists, and each workshop concludes with a free public presentation of excerpts followed by an audience Q&A session, all of which is streamed online.
(Monday) 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cohen Family Studio Theater University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
july 2023
29jul8:00 pm10:00 pmLe Rossignol
Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor
more
Nightingale
Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor invites the greatest artist of the land—a nightingale—to perform for him and he is delighted. But the arrival of a mechanical nightingale captures his attention and he abandons the real nightingale, nearly costing him his life.
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson
In Russian with English Surtitles
(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Dr
august 2023
04aug8:00 pm10:00 pmLe Rossignol
Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor
more
Nightingale
Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor invites the greatest artist of the land—a nightingale—to perform for him and he is delighted. But the arrival of a mechanical nightingale captures his attention and he abandons the real nightingale, nearly costing him his life.
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson
In Russian with English Surtitles
(Friday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Dr
06aug3:00 pm5:00 pmLe Rossignol
Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor
more
Nightingale
Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor invites the greatest artist of the land—a nightingale—to perform for him and he is delighted. But the arrival of a mechanical nightingale captures his attention and he abandons the real nightingale, nearly costing him his life.
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson
In Russian with English Surtitles
(Sunday) 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Dr