Five internationally acclaimed opera singers will headline “Viva Verdi!” at Music Hall next June, backed by a new $6 million endowed fund supporting Cincinnati Opera’s leading artists.
Cincinnati Opera announces star-studded Verdi concert for 2027
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Cincinnati Opera announces 2027 Summer Festival
Tonight from the stage of Music Hall, Evans Mirageas, Cincinnati Opera artistic director, unveiled details of the company’s 2027 Summer Festival. Performances will run from June 18 through August 1, 2027, featuring stories intended to explore courage and conviction, romantic wit, fierce passion, jubilant celebration and intimate discovery.”
‘Lalovavi’ – Black Opera Project looks to the future
In 2024, Cincinnati Opera announced the creation of the three-opera Black Opera Project. The first of those three operas, “Lalovavi,” premieres at Music Hall on July 9, with music by Kevin Day and a libretto by poet Tifara Brown, with stage direction by Kimille Howard and conducted by Kevin Miller.
Cincinnati Opera announces ‘Good Bones’ as final piece of Black Opera Project series
he opera features music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels and a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames, adapted from Ijames’ 2023 play of the same name.
Double-teaming ‘Sweeney Todd’
Despite their reputations, these programs have led distinctly separate existences. Now after two years of planning, designing, casting, rehearsing and building, Sweeney Todd will soon swing his bloody razors at UC’s Corbett Auditorium. The production features a newly constructed trick barber chair for the “demon barber” to dispose of his unfortunate victims.
Cincinnati Opera seeks volunteer ‘supers’ for 2026 Summer Festival
The company will hold open casting calls next month for volunteer “supernumeraries,” or “supers,” who appear onstage in non-singing roles. Supers function much like extras in film and television.
Cincinnati Opera unveils 2026 Summer Festival lineup
The season will feature the world premiere of an Afrofuturist opera, the return of “Salome” after a 25-year absence and a fresh take on “Carmen,” along with a pair of intimate studio performances and a rarely staged chamber work.
‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Have you ever heard a recording of a classically trained singer performing popular music? Sometimes they work. But often, the results are somewhere between awkward and painful. So how does a singer Find the sweet spot between singing and acting?
‘Significant’ grant to help Opera continue New Works program
Opera Fusion: New Works is a joint project with CCM, dedicated to supporting the creation of new American operas.
Cincinnati Opera reveals 2025 Summer Festival lineup
The four-production season will run from June 12 to July 27, 2025, at Cincinnati Music Hall.