Opera Bites
A feast of opera treats!
performed with a piano trio
Friday, January 20, 2023 | 7:30 pm
Saturday, January 21, 2023 | 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 22, 2023 | 3:00 pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music of Bard College
27 Garden St.,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Opera Bites is back! BOC’s wildly popular evening of short operas performed in a cabaret setting returns with 7 brand new commissions!
It’s a delicious program of bite-sized opera — 10-minute pieces performed in English and accompanied by a small instrumental ensemble — along with refreshments and libations.
Featuring eight 10-minute operas written by contemporary American composers, six of which were commissioned and workshopped during Opera Bites: In the Studio.
The Operas
A Long Trip
Music by Jordan Kuspa
Libretto by Dan McGeehan
A Tall Order
Music by John Greer
Libretto by Sheri Wilner
Courthouse Bells
Music by Mary D. Watkins
Libretto by Anita Gonzalez
The Course We Set
Music by Johanny Navarro
Libretto by Amy Tofte
Crush
Music by Tony Solitro
Libretto by Joshua Brown
Hamlet Investigations, Inc.
Music by Jonathan Shin
Libretto by Ellen Abrams
In the House of Serenity
Music by Beth Ratay
Libretto by Laura Fuentes
Last Train
Music by Carlos Carrillo
Libretto by Enzo Silon Surin
People Love Opera Bites!
"Delightfully thought-provoking and fun...a delicious program celebrating life’s sweetest and sometimes most sour moments with cleverness and heart."
"Boston Opera Collaborative struck gold again with this refined selection of short and sweet works."
"Most of the collaborative’s singers are early in their careers, and vibrant singing and dramatic know-how are obviously in no short supply, One can easily imagine bragging in a
few years that we saw some of them way back when."
Singers
Librettists
Composers
Creative Team
Presented in partnership with
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Mass Cultural Council
