Opera Saratoga has announced its 2024 season featuring three new productions at Universal Preservation Hall.

In a statement, Mary Birnbaum, General and Artistic Director said, “This season pays homage to Saratoga Springs’ history as a pleasure-seeker’s paradise and betting destination while looking to the future by pushing the definition of what opera can be – and how it can be made – forward. We hope to tempt risk-takers to the festival by dazzling them with reinventions of two classics in addition to a totally unique creation that they can only see in Saratoga.”

The season’s first production is “Guys and Dolls” featuring Mikaela Bennett. The gambling musical will feature direction by Mary Birnbaum, Caili Quan’s choreography, and Andy Einhorn’s musical direction. The cast will include William Socolof as Nathan Detroit, Ariadne Greif as Miss Adelaide, Shavon Lloyd as Sky Masterson, Maximillian Jansen as Nicely Nicely Johnson, and Aubrey Allicock as Arvide Abernathy.

Performance Dates: June 29–July 7, 2024

Mozar’s “Così fan tutte“ will star Aubrey Allicock, Nicoletta Berry, Julia Stuart, Anna Kelley, Maximillian Jansen, and Michael Hawk. The production will be directed by Gisela Cardenas and conducted by Ryan McAdams.

Performance Dates: June 28–July 7, 2024

The third production will be a world premiere of a work by Composer in Residence “inti figgis-vizueta.”

Performance Dates: June 30 & July 5, 2024

“Listen to This” is a three-part concert series that will hand the mic to cutting-edge creators who break through boundaries of what opera can be through the lens of access and healing.

The first concert of the series will feature work by RPI Director of Institute Ensembles Robert Whalen who is collaborating with librettists Mark Steidl, Katherine Skovira and Sara Pyszka on a new opera for synthetic and acoustic voice “The Other Side of Silence” written by and for people who use Alternative Assistive Communication.

Performance Date: June 4, 2024

Director George Miller, Bass-Baritone William Socolof, and Pianist Chris Reynolds collaborate on the workshop of a contemporary staging of Schubert’s “Winterreise.”

Performance Date: June 11, 2024

Composer-performer Catherine Brookman shares her album “i woke up in the sky” with Opera Saratoga’s audiences. Her music deals with the experience of time passing, collapsing, unfinished business, heartbreak, loneliness, depression.

Performance Date: June 18, 2024