The College of Performing Arts – Mannes, Jazz, Drama at The New School has announced its 2024-25 season. 

Here are the vocal performances of the season.

The Mannes Opera opens with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in The New School’s art deco auditorium on 12th street in a production by Mannes Opera Managing Artistic Director Emma Griffin. 

Performance Dates: Oct. 18 & 19, 2024

The New York Choral Society presents “Voices of Light,” a work by New York native Richard Einhorn, for orchestra, soloists, and chorus. The piece will be paired with the legendary silent film “The Passion of Joan of Arc.” The piece will be performed at Alice Tully Hall, in partnership with the Mannes Orchestra.

Performance Date: Nov. 1, 2024

Mannes Opera presents an Opera in Concert double bill featuring the works of Mannes faculty members and prolific composers David T. Little and Kamala Sankaram, directed by New School Drama alum Alison Pogolrec. 

The works will include “Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera” by David T. Little and Royce Vavrek and “Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace“ by Kamala Sankaram with Rob Handel. The double bill will be performed at the John L. Tishman Auditorium.

Performance Date: Nov. 8 & 9, 2024

Under the leadership of Managing Artistic Director Emma Griffin, Mannes Opera will present Mannes Opera’s Sceneworks at the Auditorium on 12th Street. 

Performance Dates: Dec. 6 & 7, 2024

Handel’s “Alcina” will be presented at Mannes Opera at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College.

Performance Dates: March 7 & 8, 2024