Hello HOTOpera Fans! We hope you've enjoyed the past three Spotlight Sundays featuring the composer/librettists duos from the first three New in November operas: Opera Kardashian; The Séance; and A Womb with a View. Today we're thrilled to introduce our fourth opera: Biennale. This opera was written by NIN alumnae composer, Paul Richards and librettist, Wendy Steiner. You may remember this dynamic duo from the past two New in November Festivals where we presented excerpts fro

Hello HOTOpera fans! We hope you've enjoyed the return of our Spotlight Sunday series. We can't believe that our 10th annual New in November festival is LESS THAN ONE MONTH away. We hope you've purchased your tickets and plan to join us for Connecticut's HOTTEST opera event of the season! Today we're happy to introduce the dynamic duo behind our third NIN opera: Womb with a View. We hope you enjoy learning about composer, Beth Ratay, librettist, Rich Orloff, and what Opera fo

Hello HOTOpera Fans! We hope you've enjoyed the return of our Spotlight Sunday series. We can't believe that our 10th annual New in November festival is almost ONE MONTH away. We hope you've purchased your tickets and plan to join us for our festival performance on Sunday, November 17 at the Cathedral House at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Hartford. Today we're happy to introduce the creative minds behind our next NIN opera: The Séance. We hope you enjoy learning about

Welcome back to Spotlight Sundays! We are pleased to resume this exciting feature as part of our countdown to our 10th annual New in November festival on Sunday, November 17 at the Christ Church Cathedral Cathedral House in downtown Hartford. We hope you've already purchased your tickets for this exciting evening celebrating new opera in Connecticut's capital city. To purchase your tickets for NIN10, visit our website! Today we are thrilled to introduce our composer/librettis

Hello HOTOpera fans! We cannot believe that our 9th annual New in November Festival is only 1 week away! We hope you've purchased your tickets and are ready to join us on Sunday, November 18 at 7:00pm at Christ Church Cathedral's Cathedral House in downtown Hartford. Today, we are thrilled to present our last composer feature of NIN9: Tony Solitro. You may remember Tony's opera "She's Fabulous" from last year's New in November 8. Tony's opera "Triangle" based on a play by the

Welcome back to Spotlight Sunday! This is the second Spotlight Sunday feature during National Opera Week! Thank you to everyone who showed support for opera in your community this week. It's not too late to support your local opera company in Hartford! This week, we are garnering support for our 9th annual New in November Festival. To learn more about how you can help keep innovative, fresh, and affordable opera in Hartford, please visit our fundraiser page in honor of NOW.

Welcome back to Spotlight Sundays! Our 9th annual New in November Festival is less than 4 weeks away and we couldn't be happier with the four chamber operas chosen for this year's New in November Festival. We hope you've marked your calendar's for Sunday, November 18 at 7:00pm at the Cathedral House at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Hartford. Today we are thrilled to feature our first composer/librettist duo: Paul Richards and Wendy Steiner; and their opera: The Loathly

Welcome back to Spotlight Sundays! We are only 6 days away from Speaking Her Truth including the world premiere of Marie Curie Learns to Swim by local composer, Jessica Rudman! We hope you are planning to join us on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral's Parish House in downtown Hartford. Today we are pleased to feature baritone, Mark Womack! We are thrilled to have Mark join us for the world premiere of Marie Curie Learns to Swim singing the role of Pierre

Welcome back to Spotlight Sunday! Today we are thrilled to feature another member of the cast of Speaking Her Truth: an evening of music by composer Jessica Rudman. We hope you have already purchased your tickets for this exciting evening of new opera in our capital city! Do you have a friend that enjoys the opera? Invite them to Speaking Her Truth on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral's Parish House in downtown Hartford. You can purchase tickets through

Hello HOTOpera Fans, We are a few weeks away from our spring production of Speaking Her Truth: an evening of music by composer Jessica Rudman. We hope you will join us for this poignant evening of contemporary opera and song on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Hartford. To purchase tickets, click here! Today we're thrilled to share our interview with Kendra Preston Leonard, librettist for Marie Curie Learns to Swim and Four Songs for Lady M