In a company premiere, Des Moines Opera will present Karol Szymanowski’s 1926 opera King Roger. Company premiere. Chas Rader-Shieber directs, with Alexander Birch Elliott in the title role. (July 4-17) https://desmoinesmetroopera.org/productions/kingroger/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,Opening night at the Toronto Summer Music Festival is July 9. On hand to celebrate will be early-music company Les arts florissants, performing Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers. This production is conducted by Les Arts Flo founder, William Christie, and directed by Marie Lambert-Le Bihan and Stéphane Facco, with Baroque-inspired choreography by Martin Chaix, https://torontosummermusic.com/event/opening-night-les-arts-florissants/ Cincinnati Opera will present the premiere of Lalovavi, a work in their commissioning arm, The Black Opera Project, which engages creators to develop new works celebrating Black stories. With music by Kevin Day and libretto by Tifara Brown, this Afrofuturist adventure is set 400 years in the future, telling the story of Persephone, who learns […] | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio will be performed at the Ravinia Festival in a production directed by Harry Silverstein. James Conlon conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Cast includes sopranos Kathryn Lewek and Sarah Dufresne and tenor Miles Mykkanen. (July 16-18) https://www.ravinia.org/events/detail/mozart-abduction-seraglio-26071618 | 0 events, | 1 event,Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce’s acclaimed opera Fellow Travelers, about the “Lavender Scare” in the 1950s, will be presented at Glimmerglass Opera. The story follows two men whose love becomes a dangerous secret in an era of government surveillance and fear. The production is directed by Kevin Newbury and conducted by Kelly Kuo. (July 18-Aug. […] | 0 events, |
1 event,On July 20 and 22 at the Aspen Music Festival, Jane Glover will conduct a fully staged production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Anthony Roth Costanzo leads the cast in this production directed by Simon Godwin. https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/events/calendar/brittens-a-midsummer-nights-dream1 | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra returns to Caramoor on July 26 for a semi-staged production of Handel’s Tolomeo, re d'Egitto. The opera is led by their music director designate, Peter Whelan, and directed by James Darrah, with Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen in the title role. https://caramoor.org/event/handels-tolomeo-philharmonia-baroque-2026 |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Robin Hood, a family-friendly opera by Ben Moore and Kelley Rourke, will be performed by Glimmerglass Aug. 2-7, giving local youth performers the opportunity to collaborate with Festival artists and creative teams. Kimberley-Ann Bartczak conducts. https://glimmerglass.org/events/robin-hood/ |
