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 K. Jones, David Morgans, and Melina Jaharis.

Dinkova directs and Ashworth conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 4-16, 2025

Then comes “Faust” in a 100-minute adaptation featuring English Dialogue. The opera is co-adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Sara Holdren and features an arrangement by Dan Schlosberg. Holdren directs and Ashworth conducts. The opera stars Orson Van Gay II, Rachel Kobernick, and John Taylor Ward.

This production will take the stage at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Performance Dates: May 13-15, 2025

The company will make its Williamstown Theatre Festival debut with “Vanessa.: The opera is presented in a new 100-minute adaptation by Jacob Ashworth and arrangements by Dan Schlosberg. R.B. Schlather will direct the iconinc work, which stars Inna Dukach, Ori Marcu, Roy Hage, Joshua Jeremiah, and Mary Phillips.

Performance Dates: July 17 – August 3, 2025