Heartbeat Opera to Revive ‘Vanessa’

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Heartbeat Opera is set to revive its adaptation of Samuel Barber’s “Vanessa” this Spring. The production will come to New York City for the first time, following a celebrated debut at the Williamstown Theatre Festival last summer. The production, which runs from May 12–31, 2026 at Baruch Performing Arts Center, will be directed by R.B. Schlather with a new arrangement {…}

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Heartbeat Opera Adds Five Performances of ‘MANON!’

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Heartbeat Opera has announced that it has added five performances of its forthcoming production of “MANON!” In sum, there will now be 14 performances of the new 100-minute English-language adaptation of Massenet’s 1884 opera. The run of the work opens on Jan. 28 and runs through Feb. 15 at The Space at Irondale. “MANON!” features a new English book and {…}

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Heartbeat Opera to Present Unique Take on ‘Manon!’

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Heartbeat Opera is set to present “MANON!” The new 100-minute English-language adaptation of Massenet’s 1884 opera, with a new English book and lyrics by Jacob Ashworth and director Rory Pelsue as well as new arrangements by Music Director Dan Schlosberg, is headed to The Space at Irondale from Jan. 27 to Feb. 8, 2026 The cast includes Emma Grimsley as {…}

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Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘ORGY & BESS: Deep Throats & High Notes’

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Heartbeat Opera will mark the 10th anniversary of its annual drag opera tradition with “ORGY & BESS: Deep Throats & High Notes,” running Oct. 30–31 and Nov. 1, 4, 6–8, 2025, at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village. The production, created by Co-Founder Ethan Heard and Artistic Director Jacob Ashworth, takes inspiration from “Porgy & Bess” while skewering the broader {…}

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Heartbeat Opera to Present Adaptation of ‘Vanessa’

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New York’s Heartbeat Opera is set to present a new adaptation of Samuel Barber’s rarely performed opera “Vanessa” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF). The production, which will be directed by visionary R.B. Schlather, will be the first-ever opera presented at WTF. The work will be performed nine times between July 17 and August 3, 2025. Of the adaptation, Schlather {…}

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Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘Faust’ Adaptation

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New York’s Heartbeat Opera is set to present a new adaptation of Charles Gounod’s “Faust.” The new production will be showcased for seven performances between May 13 and 25, 2025 at Baruch Performing Arts Center. Co-adapted by Heartbeat Opera Artistic Director Jacob Ashworth and director Sara Holdren, Faust is reimagined into something new with a surprising twist ending. Inspired by {…}

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Heartbeat Opera Unveils 2025 Slate

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Heartbeat Opera has announced two upcoming productions for 2025. First up is “Salome” this February at the Irondale in Brooklyn. The Strauss work will be presented in an adaptation by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova for seven singers and an arrangement by Dan Schlosberg for eight clarinetists and two percussionists. It will star Summer Hassan, Patrick Cook, Nathaniel Sullivan, Manna {…}

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Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘Slaylem: The Witch Trials’

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Heartbeat Opera is set to present “Slaylem: The Witch Trials” this October. The original drag opera created by Nico Krell and Jacob Ashworth features arrangements by Dan Schlosberg of music by Britten, Ponchielli, Adams, Copland, Floyd Pedeerecki, Mozart, Donizetti, and Bellini, featuring newly written English Lyrics. The work is a gothic comedy that “dances on the grave of early American {…}

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Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘Eugene Onegin’ & ‘The Extinctionist’ for Spring 2024 Festival

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Heartbeat Opera is set to present two new works as part of its Spring Fest. First up is “Eugene Onegin” in a brand-new 100-minute adaptation. The opera aims to explore the seminal opera through “the lens of Tchaikovsky’s suppressed queerness.” “This reimagining of ‘Eugene Onegin’ comes at a time in which many Russian artists are being forced to flee the {…}

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Heartbeat Opera to Revive ‘Vanessa’

Heartbeat Opera Adds Five Performances of ‘MANON!’

Heartbeat Opera to Present Unique Take on ‘Manon!’

Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘ORGY & BESS: Deep Throats & High Notes’

Heartbeat Opera to Present Adaptation of ‘Vanessa’

Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘Faust’ Adaptation

Heartbeat Opera Unveils 2025 Slate

Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘Slaylem: The Witch Trials’

Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘Eugene Onegin’ & ‘The Extinctionist’ for Spring 2024 Festival