The Opera Blog
15 Apr 2026
Program Notes
Sleepers Awake Composer's Note
The opera Sleepers Awake retells the familiar fairy tale of “Sleeping Beauty” in a way that dissolves the border between sleeping and waking.
14 Jan 2025
Performance
Joseph Bologne in Paris
16 Apr 2024
Performance
Director's Note: Madame Butterfly
8 Apr 2024
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly: A Farewell Ritual
Production designer Yuki Izumihara on the "beautiful trap" of Puccini's opera.
21 Sep 2022
Program Notes
Director's Note: Rossini's Otello
21 Sep 2022
21 Apr 2022
Program Notes
Program Note: Re-Examining Rigoletto
The prevalence of violence against women in opera, and our expectation as an...
12 Apr 2022
12 Sep 2019
Festival