Selections from a new operatic adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s “The Waves” will be presented on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at Open Jar Studios in Midtown Manhattan.

The opera, which will be presented at 2 and 5 p.m., features music by Blake Allen and a libretto by Will Nunziata. The work adapts Woolf’s novel into a chamber-scale operatic format that focuses on six characters—Bernard, Susan, Neville, Jinny, Louis, and Rhoda—whose lives unfold from childhood through adulthood.

The principal cast features Morgan Paige as Jinny, Katharine Burns as Susan, Kyla Bolling as Rhoda, Drew Fillinger as Neville, Henry Thrasher as Bernard, and Christopher Teft as Louis. The ensemble includes Jamie Louise Lockhart, Maggie Solimine, Dani Apple, Joseph Townsend, Nick Barakos, and Tate McElhaney.

For this presentation, Allen serves as Composer and Musical Director, with Nunziata as Librettist and Director. The creative team also includes Stage Manager Talene Pogharian and Producers Cathleen Healy and Mia Moravis.

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