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Opera Columbus Announces 2026-27 Season

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Opera Columbus has announced its 2026-27 season celebrating its 45th anniversary season with American Icons. General Director + CEO Julia Noulin-Mérat said, “This isn’t a nostalgia season: it’s a bold re-examination of American identity through ambitious storytelling on a truly city-wide scale. These are iconic works, but we’re engaging with them in ways that feel immediate, provocative, and alive today.” {…}

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Symone Harcum, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Robert Kerr to Headline Opera Columbus’ ‘The Anonymous Lover’

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Opera Columbus will continue its 2025–26 season with the Columbus premiere of “The Anonymous Lover” this February. The Joseph Bologne work will feature a new libretto adaptation by Kirsten Greenidge, with spoken dialogue in English and sung portions in the original French, accompanied by English supertitles. Performances will be conducted by Dr. Everett McCorvey, Opera Columbus’s Principal Guest Conductor, and {…}

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Opera Columbus Opens with Historic Production of ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’

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Opera Columbus is set to launch its 44th season with the Columbus premiere of “Rappaccini’s Daughter (La hija de Rappaccini).” The opera will be performed at the Southern Theatre on Sept. 19 and 21, 2025, and will mark the second time in the company’s history that a full opera will be performed in Spanish. Composed in 1992 by Daniel Catán, {…}

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Cecilia Violetta López, Monica Danilov, Dane Suarez, Meashe Brueggergosman-Lee, Yvette Keong Headline Opera Columbus’ 2025-26 Season

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Opera Columbus unveiled its 2025-26 season. “Rappaccini’s Daughter” is the opener in a production directed by Brandon Shaw McKnight and musical direction by Rolando Salazar. The opera will star Cecilia Violetta López, Monica Danilov, Dane Suarez, Carlos Ahrens, Richard Ollarsaba, Skye Marie Johnson, Cynthia López Olaya, and Anabella Petronsi. Performance Date: Sept. 19 & 21, 2025 Then comes a production with {…}

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Opera Columbus Unveils 2024-25 Season

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Opera Columbus has unveiled its 2024-25 season. First up is “The Threepenny Opera.” The work stars Benjamin Dutcher, Tesia Kwarteng, Fitzgerald St. Louis, Robert Kerr, Michelle Trainor, Erica Gabriel, and Hannah Bullock. Austin Regan directs and Dr. Everett McCorvey conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 22 & 24, 2024 Next up is “West Side Story” with Rossen Milanov conducting and Allegra Libonati {…}

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Opera Columbus Names Inaugural Principal Guest Conductor

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Opera Columbus has named Dr. Everett McCorvey as the inaugural Principal Guest Conductor. The appointment marks a new chapter in the opera company’s legacy, enhancing its commitment to artistic brilliance and innovation. The conductor will begin a three-year engagement with the Columbus company in February 2024. McCorvey is the founder and music director of the American Spiritual Ensemble, the director {…}

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Opera Columbus to Present Historic Production of ‘Eugene Onegin’

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Opera Columbus is set to present “Eugene Onegin” for the first time in the city’s history. The famed Tchaikovsky opera opens on March 1 and 2 at the Ohio Theatre and features a cast starring Lydia Grindatto as Tatyana, Morgan Smith in the title role, Dane Duarez as Lensky, and HIlary Ginther as Olga Larina. Rosetta Cucchi directs and Roseen {…}

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Opera Columbus & Columbus Symphony Orchestra Present ‘Eugene Onegin’

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(Photo credit: Curtis Brown Photography) For the first time in Columbus, Ohio, Opera Columbus and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra put on Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” Soprano Lydia Grindatto leads the cast as Tatyana, with baritone Morgan Smith in the title role. Tenor Dane Suarez sings Vladimir Lensky and mezzo-soprano Hilary Ginther takes on the role of Olga Larina. They are joined {…}