Following the postponement of “The Many Deaths of Laila Starr,” composer Kamala Sankaram released a statement via social media. The composer said, “My name is Kamala Sankaram, and I’m the composer of ‘The Many Deaths of Laila Starr.’ As you may have heard, the opera was supposed to premiere this weekend but has now been postponed to a future season {…}
Opera on Tap is set to present “The Singing Cabinet of Mathilde LeBeau.” Soprano Kaileigh Riess and actress Carla Kissane star in the concert which is the first of six installations that total up to the full opera, “The Singing Cabinets.” The story follows an automaton constructed in the likeness of a Mathilde LeBeau, a celebrated opera singer, who mysteriously {…}
(Photo credit: Dario Acosta) One librettist, one actor, four singers, and ten composers join forces to make opera in a brand-new way as Opera Philadelphia presents the world premiere of “Complications in Sue.” This new opera unfolds in 10 vignettes by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Michael R. Jackson in his operatic debut. Each scene takes place in a different {…}
(Photo credit: Mannes Opera) Mannes Opera at The New School’s College of Performing Arts announces its 2025-26 season led by women composers and directors. As part of the school’s New Work Incubation, Alyssa Weinberg and J. Mae Barizo’s workshop version of “DRIFT” is presented in partnership with Saratoga Opera. Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2025 A double bill featuring concert versions {…}
(Photo credit: Whitney Browne) “The Mutables,” by Kat Mustatea and Kamala Sankaram will make its premiere at the HERE Arts Center from Oct. 8–12, 2025. “The Mutables” blends experimental opera, dance, and technology into a meditation on the power and precarity of what it means to have a voice. The story is inspired by mythological forest creatures from Balkan folklore, {…}
The S.E.M. Ensemble has announced its 2025 Spring Concert. Soprano Kamala Sankaram serves as soprano soloist, along with composer, vocalist, and pianist Amina Claudine Myers. Petr Kotik, conducts the orchestra. Together they will present a program featuring Lejaren Hiller, Judith Berkson, Charles Ames, and Christian Wolff. Also on the program is Myers’ “Knowledge Of The Known And Unknown, “Mother E; {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) The S.E.M. Ensemble will present a special concert at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York on Dec. 18, 2024. The event will be headlined by soprano Kamala Sankaram and conducted by Petr Kotik. Per an official press release, “the program includes music whose creation directly relates to the Czech Republic, compositions which had an impact or {…}
Experiments in Opera announces its 2025 Winter/Spring season. Soprano Anchal Dhir and mezzo-soprano Rocky Duval give the workshop performance of Kamala Sankaram and Paul Muldoon’s “Custom of the Coast.” They are accompanied by the Flux Quartet. “Custom of the Coast” is co-presented by Works & Process and National Sawdust, and is slated for premiere at the Kilkenny Arts Festival in August 2025. {…}
(Photo credit: Boston Lyric Opera) Works & Process announces its 40th anniversary season taking place in spring 2025. For the purposes of this article only opera events are included. Fortieth Works & Process at the Guggenheim Series – Performance Highlights and Discussions Excerpts from Sarah Ruhl and Anthony Roth Costanzo’s reimagining of Vivaldi “The Seasons” are performed prior to its {…}
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2024–25 Performances for Young Audiences Season. For the purpose of this article, only opera works are included. The Washington National Opera presents Kamala Sankaram and Kelley Rourke’s “Jungle Book.” The beloved story gets a contemporary twist with music from South Asian and Western music traditions and mesmerizing Bollywood {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) Brooklyn Botanical Garden has announced that composer Kamala Sankaram will be its 2023 Artist in Residence. The Garden has commissioned a new work by Sankaram, which will be showcased as part of the “Power of Trees” program, which centers on the ways trees serve as pillars for the world. As Artist in Residence, Sankaram will spend over {…}