This new folk opera from composer Steven Bergman (“Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Musical”) and lyricist John Shea tells the tale of Molly, a single mom living a dead-end life, with her dead-end step-father, Donald. When her sister, Suzannah and current boyfriend, Slim, return home from the road immersed in a drug-filled haze, Molly learns that Donald and Suzannah are conspiring against Molly and Slim. Under the influence of meth, Suzannah and Donald plot to get rid of Slim so that they can be together romantically, threatening Molly if she doesn’t help them. A haunting string-based score provides the background for this desperate drama, ripped from the headlines.

Performed as: Slim/Judge

This new folk opera from composer Steven Bergman (“Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Musical”) and lyricist John Shea tells the tale of Molly, a single mom living a dead-end life, with her dead-end step-father, Donald. When her sister, Suzannah and current boyfriend, Slim, return home from the road immersed in a drug-filled haze, Molly learns that Donald and Suzannah are conspiring against Molly and Slim. Under the influence of meth, Suzannah and Donald plot to get rid of Slim so that they can be together romantically, threatening Molly if she doesn’t help them. A haunting string-based score provides the background for this desperate drama, ripped from the headlines.

Performed as: Slim/Judge

Whether you’re a seasoned opera lover or a curious newcomer, this is your chance to experience one of opera’s most iconic works right in the heart of the city.

Performed as: Rigoletto (Cover)

With: Boston Summer Opera

Whether you’re a seasoned opera lover or a curious newcomer, this is your chance to experience one of opera’s most iconic works right in the heart of the city.

Performed as: Rigoletto (Cover)

With: Boston Summer Opera

Masterworks Chorale, led by Music Director Kevin Leong and Assistant Conductor John Sulllivan lead this immersive masterpiece.

Bass Soloist

With: Masterworks Chorale

Masterworks Chorale, led by Music Director Kevin Leong and Assistant Conductor John Sulllivan lead this immersive masterpiece.

Bass Soloist

With: Masterworks Chorale

Bach Cantata BWV 106 - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, “Actus Tragicus

Bass Soloist

The Mass in B minor is as lofty in design, scope and expression as anything written by the hand of man. It's one of several instances in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in which a piece is created as an ideal type, rather than crafted for a practical use. As such, it represents an attempt to both summarize the tradition of the mass in a single perfect specimen and leave a statement on the nature of sacred music as a bequest to the future.]

Bass Soloist

How should a society punish a man who functions under his own malevolent moral code? Often considered the greatest opera ever composed, Mozart’s masterpiece combines comedy, drama, and supernatural elements to capture the downfall of a serial womanizer. From its thrilling overture to its breathtaking final scene, Don Giovanni explores issues of amorality, power, and justice that are just as relevant to today they were to eighteenth-century viewers.

Performed as: Don Giovanni

With: Opera51

A one-act opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, tells the story of a poor, crippled shepherd boy named Amahl and his mother who are visited by the Three Kings on their way to Bethlehem. The opera explores themes of poverty, faith, generosity, and miracles, culminating in Amahl being healed of his disability.

Performed as: King Balthazar

The Duruflé Requiem arouses the senses: its essence is mystical. Mysticism usually implies the protagonist's separation from society – some kind of "release of self" in a lonely journey seeking the divine. The achingly beautiful chants upon which the Duruflé is based are filled with the lonely cries of 6th- and 7th- century "mystics." The melodies are archaic and intended to be harmonically bare. Woven within the new, modally harmonic landscape of the Requiem, Duruflé captures and creates a mysterious aura, befitting the mystery of death.

Bass Soloist

A young couple is brutally killed, and the convicted murderer, Joseph De Rocher, sits on death row. Sister Helen Prejean agrees to be his spiritual adviser. As she meets his family, and the families of his victims, she begins questioning every attitude she has about how human beings treat each other. Based on real-life events, Jake Heggie’s music and Terrence McNally’s libretto explore the nature of friendship and forgiveness in the most profound ways.

Performed as: Motorcycle Cop/Guard 1

With: Miami Music Festival

A young couple is brutally killed, and the convicted murderer, Joseph De Rocher, sits on death row. Sister Helen Prejean agrees to be his spiritual adviser. As she meets his family, and the families of his victims, she begins questioning every attitude she has about how human beings treat each other. Based on real-life events, Jake Heggie’s music and Terrence McNally’s libretto explore the nature of friendship and forgiveness in the most profound ways.

Performed as: Motorcycle Cop/Guard 1

With: Miami Music Festival

Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte—His last opera to be produced before his untimely death at age 35—is a remarkable combination of musical and dramatic styles, from the earthly to the otherworldly. The story begins as a magical rescue mission, a plot outline that would have been familiar to Viennese audiences of the popular theater, but soon transforms into a fable of enlightenment and humanity. With its narrative of inner development and illumination, Die Zauberflöte imagines a world of peace, brotherhood, and love.

Performed as: Der Sprecher (The Speaker)

With: Miami Music Festival

Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte—His last opera to be produced before his untimely death at age 35—is a remarkable combination of musical and dramatic styles, from the earthly to the otherworldly. The story begins as a magical rescue mission, a plot outline that would have been familiar to Viennese audiences of the popular theater, but soon transforms into a fable of enlightenment and humanity. With its narrative of inner development and illumination, Die Zauberflöte imagines a world of peace, brotherhood, and love.

Performed as: Der Sprecher (The Speaker)

With: Miami Music Festival