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Season Announcement

Boston Modern Orchestra Project Unveils 2026-27 Season

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(Credit: Steve Pisano) Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) has announced its 2026-27 season under artistic director and conductor Gil Rose. First up is “Delight of the Muses,” a program featuring soprano Julia Bullock performing Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” and selections from Matthew Aucoin’s “The No One’s Rose,” Anthony De Ritis’s “Jiggedy Jingle Jaunty Jaunty” and Charles Wuorinen’s eponymous {…}

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Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera to Present Three Monodramas

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The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and Odyssey Opera are set to present “MONO E MONO (E MONO),” a dynamic concert of monodramas scored by influential American composers. The performance will take place on Feb. 21, 2026, at NEC’s Jordan Hall, featuring the acclaimed BMOP and Odyssey Opera, as well as solo performances by sopranos Julia Mintzer and Sarah Coburn and baritone {…}

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Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Announce 2026 Winter-Spring Highlights

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(Photo credit: Steven Pisano) Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera announces highlights for the upcoming winter-spring season. First up is the monodramas “Medusa” by Bolcom, Perera’s “The White Whale,” and “Flower and Hawk” by Floyd. performed by sopranos Julia Mintzer and Sarah Coburn and baritone Michael Chioldi. Gil Rose conducts. Performance Date: February 21, 2026 Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The {…}

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‘Frederick Douglass’ to Be Presented by Odyssey Opera & Boston Modern Orchestra Project

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The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), in partnership with Odyssey Opera, will present the New England premiere of “Frederick Douglass” at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. The performance will be held on June 20, 2025 and will feature Black composer Ulysses Kay and librettist Donald Dorr’s opera, which centers on a fictionalized account of the final year of the renowned {…}

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Odyssey Opera & Boston Modern Orchestra Project Team Up for Gershwin Double Bill

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Odyssey Opera and Boston Modern Orchestra Project will present a double bill of “Of Thee I Sing” and “Let ‘Em Eat Cake” on Oct. 12, 2024. The two works by George and Ira Gershwin, will take the stage at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall and feature Heather Buck, Aaron Engebreth, Abigail Paschke, Neal Ferreira, and Steven Goldstein. Gil Rose conducts {…}

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Odyssey Opera & Boston Modern Orchestra Project to Present East Coast Premiere of ‘Awakenings’

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Odyssey Opera and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) will present the East Coast premiere of Tobias Picker and Aryeh Lev Stollman’s “Awakenings” on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at 7:30 p.m, at Boston’s Huntington Theatre. “Awakenings” is the  Theatre’s first opera since it reopened. Jarrett Porter plays Dr. Oliver Sacks, with Joyce El-Khoury, and Adrienne Danrich in the ensemble. As part of {…}

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The Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Team Up for ‘As Told By: History, Race, and Justice on the Opera Stage’

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The Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera have announced a collaboration to perform the Work of Black Composers with a New Five-Year Opera Series. The new series “As Told By: History, Race, and Justice on the Opera Stage” will feature neglected repertoire, current masterpieces, and new operas by Black American composers that depict vital figures of Black liberation and {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Ashley Dixon on Her Experiences at Ravinia & Upcoming Projects

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It all started in high school for mezzo-soprano Ashley Dixon. Since her father was in the military, Dixon was constantly on the move with her family. Eventually, they settled in Georgia, where Dixon “begged” her parents to put her in the choir so that she could spend some time with friends she had just made. “Little did we know it {…}

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NEMPAC & Boston Festival Opera to Co-Present ‘Le nozze di Figaro’

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On June 9, 2023, The North End Music & Performing Arts Center Opera Project (NEMPAC), in collaboration with Boston Festival Orchestra, will present “Le nozze di Figaro.” Held at the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts in Cambridge, the production will take the work to a 1950s American setting. This marks the second collaboration between NEMPAC and BFO, following their sold-out {…}