#meetopera — Public Fediverse posts
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Six years ago, Gunther Schuller: The Fisherman and His Wife dropped on the GRAMMY®-winning BMOP/sound label. This world premiere recording captures the 2015 memorial performance of the family-friendly opera which #OdysseyOpera presented with our friends at @bmop.
This fable by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Schuller sets John Updike’s libretto and makes a great #opera introduction for listeners of all ages • https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/gunther-schuller-the-fisherman-and-his-wife
Release booklet • https://bmop.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1070-schuller-fish-bklt-web_smallest.pdf
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Voyagers, thank you for attending Mono e Mono (e Mono), a #collab with our friends at @bmop this past Saturday. Here are three moments from Carlisle Floyd’s Flower and Hawk, William Bolcom’s Medusa, and Ronald Perera’s The White Whale. Bravi to Sarah Coburn, Julia Mintzer, and Michael Chioldi for their performances in these rarely-heard monodramas.
The program • https://odysseyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MONO_Program_v6_for-web.pdf
The libretti • https://odysseyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MONO_Program_v6_for-web.pdf
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Voyagers, we look forward to seeing you *tonight* at Mono e Mono (e Mono), a trio of contemporary monodramas presented by @bmop. This collab features world-class #singers performing some of the most rarely-heard #operas and we cannot wait for you to hear them!
Toi, toi, toi to Julia Mintzer, Michael Chioldi, and Sarah Coburn! 🐍🐋👑
Digital program, mobile-friendly libretti, and more • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/
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From our epic launch with Wagner’s Rienzi thru The Tudors, Argento’s Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, and #AsToldBy, each iteration of #OdysseyOpera’s iconic Ring is based on the annular solar eclipse to illustrate the impact of opera as a powerful expression of human experience.
Stream tmrw’s Feb 17 eclipse — a ring of fire — online from 5AM ET.
Continue the Odyssey Feb 21 when Mono e Mono (e Mono) stokes your #opera passion. Save 20% w/ BMOP20OFF • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/
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Broadway World writes, “#OdysseyOpera, in partnership with the @bmop, will present the revival of the engaging comic opera The Last Savage at the Huntington Theatre… With music and libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, this three-act 20th-century ‘grand opera buffa’ comprises an eclectic score and unexpected libretto delightfully subverting convention through Mozartian musical tropes”
March 13 • from $35 • students $15 • https://odysseyopera.org/the-last-savage/
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In American Record Guide’s Mar-Apr 2026 issue, reviewer Ralph Locke applauds #OdysseyOpera’s partnership with @bmop on the world premiere BMOP/sound recording, Dominick Argento: The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, commending the performances as “precise and carefully pointed… hats off, once again, to Gil Rose and his admirable Boston-based team! …this Argento opera may be one of the group’s most important achievements.”
Stream, share, gift • https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/dominick-argento-the-voyage-of-edgar-allan-poe
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Operawire writes, “@bmop and #OdysseyOpera are set to present ‘MONO E MONO (E MONO),’ a dynamic concert of monodramas scored by influential American composers… The program will begin [with] William Bolcom’s Medusa and will be followed by Ronald Perera’s The White Whale. The evening will be rounded out by Carlisle Floyd’s Flower and Hawk.”
Details & tickets • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/
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Poet, playwright, librettist, and translator Arnold Weinstein earned a Rhodes Scholarship while completing a M.A. at Harvard Univ. As a Fulbright fellow he met #composer William Bolcom in Florence. Their partnership resulted in many works, incl. The Red Eye of Love, Dynamite Tonite, McTeague, View from the Bridge, and four volumes of cabaret songs. Weinstein’s collab on Medusa produced Bolcom’s only monodrama.
Hear Medusa • Feb 21 • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/
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Voyagers, reserve passage now on an expedition to satirize society. This three-act opera buffa’s eclectic score and unexpected libretto delightfully subvert convention through Mozartian comic tropes, asking: Is civilization the true masquerade? 🌴
Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Last Savage
March 13, 2026 • 8 PM
from $35 • students $15
Details and ticketing / https://odysseyopera.org/the-last-savage/ -
Lloyd Schwartz incl. our forthcoming opera excursions in @wbur.org’s 2026 Winter Arts Guide for classical #music, writing, “#OdysseyOpera, our most adventurous #opera company, returns for only two performances, but they include four different operas. “Mono e Mono e (Mono)” is a triple bill of one-act monodramas… Three weeks later, our operatic odyssey gives us another rarity…the satirical ‘The Last Savage’”.
Details & ticketing • https://odysseyopera.org
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Voyagers, our upcoming collab with @bmop on an evening of monodramas, Mono e Mono e (Mono), continues our longstanding live performance partnership. We’ve been fortunate to partner with BMOP on seven #opera recordings on the #BMOPsound label, too!
From a Fisherman to a Fox, from Joan of Arc to Malcolm X, from Queen Jane Grey to Dr. Oliver Sacks, plus the most recent, Dominick Argento: The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe. 🐦⬛ Stream, share, & subscribe / https://bandcamp.com/discover/oo-collab
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Sarah Coburn sings Eleanor of Aquitaine in Carlisle Floyd’s rarely performed monodrama, Flower and Hawk. Composed for #soprano and #orchestra with a libretto by the composer, this opera provides an intimate look at the wealthy and powerful — but long imprisoned — queen • https://odysseyopera.org/artist-page-sarah-coburn/
Mono e Mono e (Mono)
Presented by @bmop in partnership with #OdysseyOpera
Feb 21 • 8 PM
From $30 • students $10
Details & ticketing • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/ -
GRAMMY®-nominated #baritone Michael Chioldi sings Captain Ahab in Ronald Perera’s monodrama, The White Whale, with text adapted by the composer from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. This gripping character study reveals the complexity of Ahab’s personality and his relationship to the whale — and himself • https://odysseyopera.org/artist-page-michael-chioldi-2/
Mono e Mono e (Mono)
Presented by @bmop in partnership with #OdysseyOpera
Feb 21 • 8 PM
From $30 • students $10
Details & tix • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/ -
Julia Mintzer sings the title role in William Bolcom’s #opera, Medusa, composed for #soprano and string orchestra with libretto by Arnold Weinstein. Appreciate a different perspective of this well-recognized figure of Greek mythology as she powerfully relates her experience as the only mortal Gorgon • https://odysseyopera.org/artist-page-julia-mintzer/
Mono e Mono e (Mono)
Presented by @bmop in partnership with #OdysseyOpera
Feb 21 • 8 PM
From $30 • students $10
Info & tickets • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/ -
• making the world premiere recording of Ulyssyes Kay’s Frederick Douglass, to be released in 2026
Plus, there are four exciting expeditions to come in winter 2026! A trio of monodramas in Mono e Mono e (Mono), and Gian Carlo Menotti's The Last Savage.
💝 Your support makes every voyage possible • https://odysseyopera.org/donate/
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Voyagers, it’s true! “The first two weeks of Chautauqua’s 2026 season are dedicated to piano vocal workshops of Mark Adamo's Sarah in the Theatre, commissioned by #OdysseyOpera… Mark Adamo's Sarah in the Theatre is a fantasy on the life and work of pioneering #opera conductor, stage director and impresario Sarah Caldwell.” • https://www.chq.org/chautauqua-opera-company/chautauqua-opera-company-and-conservatory-announces-2026-season/
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This season of gratitude and gifts, accomplish both by giving #OdysseyOpera’s collabs with @bmop. These highly-acclaimed, world premiere recordings are perfect presents for the opera-lover. All purchases support Odyssey’s mission to perform and preserve adventurous, eclectic works that affirm #opera as a powerful expression of the human experience.
Digital downloads, classic disc sets with gorgeous booklet notes, and streamable subscriptions • https://bandcamp.com/discover/oo-collab
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Soprano Maggie Finnegan writes #OdysseyOpera has “adventurous repertoire, impeccable musicianship, and dedication to creating a legacy for both new and historical operas.” Voyagers, take a moment to read the letter • https://mailchi.mp/odysseyopera/25eocymf
#meetopera
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Maggie Finnegan sings Virginia in the April 2024 production of Dominick Argento's #opera, The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe.
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Operawire reviews our collab with @bmop on BMOP/sound’s Dominick Argento: The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, remarking, “…it has variously been ranked among the finest American operas… BMOP — in partnership with Gil Rose’s #OdysseyOpera — delivers a tight reading of the score… ‘The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe,’ is in more than capable hands… the #opera is some kind of hybrid: grand expressionistic theatre”
Stream, share, & gift this world premiere • https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/dominick-argento-the-voyage-of-edgar-allan-poe
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Voyagers, you know #OdysseyOpera’s entire catalogue of our house label recordings is avail at Bandcamp. With gifting season nearly upon us, it’s the perfect time to get or gift a release for the #opera lover in your life — even if that’s you. 😊
Disc sets with *gorgeous* liner notes.
Digital downloads always in the format of your choice.
https://odysseyopera.bandcamp.com#OOZanetto #OOArgento #OOEarnest #OOSheba #OOHenryVIII #meetopera
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Voyagers, we’ve been fortunate to collab with @bmop on seven #opera releases on the #BMOPsound label. From a Fisherman to a Fox, from Joan of Arc to Malcolm X, from Queen Jane Grey to Dr. Oliver Sacks, including the latest — Dominick Argento’s The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe. 🐦⬛
Stream, share, & subscribe / https://bandcamp.com/discover/oo-collab
#OdysseyOpera #OOPoe #OOFisherman #OOMrFox #OOTrial #OOMalcolmX #OOJaneGray #OOAwakenings #OOAsToldBy #meetopera
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Voyagers! The Super Audio edition of Dominick Argento: The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe is now shipping! This world premiere recording on BMOP/sound captures our Apr 2024 production, presented in partnership with @bmop at Boston’s Huntington Theatre. Argento’s music is sweeping and intricate, conveying Chris Nolte’s libretto abreast a swell of profound motifs & brilliant harmonies.
This is *the* gift for an opera-lover (even if it’s you!) • https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/dominick-argento-the-voyage-of-edgar-allan-poe
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Dropping this week! On time for spooky szn, the Super Audio edition of #OdysseyOpera’s collab with @bmop on Dominick Argento’s landmark opera, The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe. This multi-disc release on the BMOP/sound label is an opera-loving audiophile’s dream — hi-res surround sound, 100+ pages of photos, illustrations, notes, and bios, the complete libretto, and more. 🐦⬛
Ships or about October 31. Preorder now • https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/dominick-argento-the-voyage-of-edgar-allan-poe
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Voyagers, just in time for spooky szn, the Super Audio edition of #OdysseyOpera’s collab with @bmop on Dominick Argento’s #opera, The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe. This multi-disc release on the BMOP/sound label is an opera-loving audiophile’s dream — hi-res surround sound, a 100+ page booklet of photos, illustrations, notes, bios, the complete libretto, and more. 🐦⬛
Ships or about October 31. Preorder now • https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/dominick-argento-the-voyage-of-edgar-allan-poe
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Now avail to preorder: the Super Audio version of #OdysseyOpera’s collab with @bmop on Dominick Argento’s #opera, The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe. This multi-disc recording on BMOP/sound is an opera-loving audiophile’s dream, with hi-res surround sound and a 100+ page booklet of photos, illustrations, notes, bios, the complete libretto, and more!
Shipping on or about October 31. Buy now • https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/dominick-argento-the-voyage-of-edgar-allan-poe
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Parterre Box reviews Dominick Argento: The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe on BMOP/sound,, writing, “The miracle workers at @bmop & #OdysseyOpera have published another premiere recording… The music is characterful, haunting, layered & dense and includes a significant contribution by the chorus… The very fine singers include important recitalists & advocates for both new & neglected works… Anyone interested in American Opera should give this a listen” • https://parterre.com/2025/09/24/now-voyager-2/
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Voyagers, it has been exciting to hear the results of our recording collab with @bmop on Dominick Argento’s opera, The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, released on BMOP/sound.
For our Apr 2024 production, we received permission to reproduce the booklet published for the 1976 world premiere — and it is aura-giving. With illustrations, photos, histories, essays, & bios on Edgar Allan Poe’s life, influence, and posthumous impact, it’s an amazing resource • https://odysseyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1976-Booklet-without-Libretto.pdf
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Operawire highlights our collab with @bmop on the BMOP/sound release, Dominick Argento: The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe. “This score showcases, an artist burning brightest during the latter part of his life… The recording features Peter Tantsits, Thomas Meglioranza, Maggie Finnegan, Neal Ferreira, Kirsten Chambers, Felicia Gavilanes, Christina English, David Salsbery Fry, Alexis Rodda, and Marcus Schenk.” • https://operawire.com/jonas-kaufmann-mikheil-sheshaberidze-jessica-pratt-adele-charvet-sarah-moulton-faux-lead-new-cd-dvd-releases/
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Voyagers! Our #collab with @bmop on BMOP/sound’s Dominick Argento: The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe was named one of “14 albums by New England musicians to listen to this fall” in @wbur.org’s 2025 Fall Arts Guide • https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/15/2025-fall-guide-new-albums-music-boston-massachusetts 🐦⬛
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“Hailed by The New York Times as ‘one of the nation’s most intriguing opera companies,’ #OdysseyOpera, in partnership with the acclaimed @bmop, released the debut studio recording of Dominick Argento’s The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe on their GRAMMY Award-winning in-house label, BMOP/sound. Recorded in Poe’s birthplace of #Boston, Massachusetts, this two-act masterpiece offers the latest iteration of a work that had fallen into obscurity.“ • https://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?storyID=63603&categoryID=5
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Enjoy #OdysseyOpera’s GRAMMY®-nommed house releases as well as award-winning #collabs with @bmop at Bandcamp and where you stream music // https://bit.ly/OdysseyOperaBandcamp
Amazon Music // https://amzn.to/2HoTClR
Apple Music // https://apple.co/3jqMH8n
Deezer // https://bit.ly/37DQOM7
Spotify // https://spoti.fi/3ku2yVe
Tidal // https://bit.ly/31HyVrZ
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Every @Odysseyopera excursion is thanks to your passion for adventurous and eclectic works that affirm opera as a powerful expression of the human experience. We love to see the moments you’ve captured of your Odyssey experiences. Please, share them today, tagged with #OdysseyOpera and #WorldOperaDay.
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The world premiere recording of John Corigliano’s and Mark Adamo’s opera, The Lord of Cries, released on PENTATONE, is a Victorian fever dream like none experienced before // https://odysseyopera.org/the-lord-of-cries/
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The East Coast premiere of Tobias Picker’s and Aryeh Lev Stollman’s opera, Awakenings, in February 2023 with performances captured for the world premiere recording on @bmop’s in-house label, BMOP/sound, is a poignant memory // https://odysseyopera.org/awakenings/
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Voyagers, today marks the fifth anniversary of #WorldOperaDay, an awareness campaign to celebrate the positive impact and value of #opera for society. This year, #OdysseyOpera acknowledges two major recordings released, both collaborations with @bmop.
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Why are both #operas being performed at the #OperaAmerica conference by male composers & librettists? You talk representation and then don’t include women composers or librettists? What kind of representation is that? I’m tired of #Manels. #NewOpera #MeetOpera #ManelWatch