Austin Opera has commissioned its first opera: Ofrenda, composed by Jorge Sosa with a libretto by John de los Santos, is “a celebration of family, cultural memory, and Día de los Muertos traditions.” Kristin Bilodeau and Mitch Jones star, with Timothy Myers on the podium. (Oct. 1-4) https://austinopera.org/shows-events/2026-2027-season/ofrenda/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,In 1701 Peru, Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco’s La Púrpura de la Rosa became the first opera ever performed in the Americas. The libretto, written by a renowned Spanish poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca, recounts the tragic love story of Venus and Adonis. Music Before 1800 will present the ensemble Relic performing an instrumental […] |
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1 event,A new production of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Lincoln in the Bardo will be presented by the Metropolitan Opera. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an ensemble cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as Lincoln, soprano Christine Goerke, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in this supernatural tale. (Oct. 19 – Nov. 14) https://www.metopera.org/season/2026-27-season/lincoln-in-the-bardo/ | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,Opera Philadelphia will give the City of Brotherly Love’s first production of Suddenly Last Summer, with music by Courtney Bryan and libretto by Gideon Lester and Daniel Fish based on the play by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Fish, starring Mikaela Bennett, and conducted by Nathan Koci. (Oct. 22-25) https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2627-season/suddenly-last-summer/ Tenor Daniel McGrew makes his Canadian debut in the Opera Atelier (Ontario) season opener October 22–25. He will play the title role in a fully staged production of Marc Antoine Charpentier’s The Descent of Orpheus. https://www.operaatelier.com/shows/the-descent-of-orpheus/ | 1 event,Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Omar will get its Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere in a production by Kaneza Schaal. Issachah Savage sings the title role in this biographical tale about 19th-century Islamic scholar Omar ibn Said. (Oct. 23-28) https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2026-27/Omar/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Dallas Opera will bring Barrie Kosky’s production of The Cunning Little Vixen to North America for the first time, with soprano Mirjam Mesak making her American opera debut. (Oct. 30-Nov. 7) https://dallasopera.org/performance/the-cunning-little-vixen/ | 1 event,When the goddess of Death is cast down to Earth to live as a mortal named Laila Starr, the boundaries between the divine and the human begin to blur. That’s the setting for The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, a new opera by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Minita Gandhi. The Minnesota Opera presents the world […] | 0 events, |
