25/26 SEASON
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Another Eve
Does it exist, the origin of everything? The first morning of the world, when the birds first began to sing? Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato demonstrates in why she is one of the outstanding singers in both opera and lieder: a golden timbre, perfect legato, an almost instrumental flow, and yet singing that is always both language and expression – an experience every time.
Stadthaus Winterthur
Winterthur • Switzerland
Performances
September 10, 11, 12
The Metropolitan Opera
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
In this exhilarating new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, set shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism. The score moves seamlessly moves seamlessly among three worlds: Nazi-occupied Prague, the bustling streets of New York City, and the technicolor realm of comic-book fantasy. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a new Bartlett Sher production featuring a new generation of Met stars, including baritone Andrzej Filończyk as the artist Joe Kavalier, who flees Czechoslovakia and arrives at the Brooklyn doorstep of writer Sam Clay, sung by tenor Miles Mykkanen.
Lincoln Center
New York City • USA
Performances
September 21, 26, 29
October 2, 4, 8, 11
Virginia Opera
Intelligence
The Civil War is raging, and the country is burning. Men are slaughtering each other on the battlefield, but it is two women who possess the deadliest weapon of all: Intelligence, made more powerful by its invisibility. Inspired by the little-known true story of two unlikely spies who infiltrated the Confederate White House, the opera is shared through a fusion of music, words, and dance.
Harrison Opera House
Norfolk • USA
January 30, February 1
Dominion Energy Center
Richmond • USA
February 6, 8
GMU Center for the Arts
Fairfax • USA
February 14, 15
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Earth: A Choral Symphony
A world premiere work in celebration of Madison Symphony’s 100th Anniversary, Earth: A Choral Symphony will celebrate our planet and humanity’s place on it. Composed in four movements, the piece explores themes of truth and possibility, with each movement touching on a different aspect of the wonder of Earth and our place in its story. John DeMain and the Madison Symphony Orchestra, soprano Ailyn Pérez, and three choruses will weave together elements of this dramatic new work.