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

We are only 4 days away from Speaking Her Truth: an evening of music by Jessica Rudman including the world premiere of her chamber opera: Marie Curie Learns to Swim. Saturday is not far away and we hope to see you at Christ Church Cathedral's Parish House at 7:30pm in downtown Hartford. Have you already reserved your tickets? If you still need to purchase tickets, please visit our website! Today we are pleased to run our last spotlight for mezzo-soprano, Susan Yankee! Susan w

Hello HOTOpera Fans! We are only a few days away from our 8th annual New in November Festival! Today, we are pleased to feature the final composer in our New in November spotlight series: Jessica Rudman! This year, we are thrilled to present excerpts from her opera: Marie Curie Learns to Swim based on the life of scientist, Marie Curie. We hope you enjoy learning about Jessica and what "opera without borders" means to her! Join us this Saturday for our 8th annual New in Novem

Happy Spotlight Sunday! Hartford Opera Theater is proud to present our second composer feature of the season. Today we are pleased to introduce composer, Mark Lanz Weiser and his librettist, Amy Punt. Mark is the composer of The Place Where You Started, which will be featured at our New in November Festival on 11/18! We hope you enjoy learning about Mark and Amy and reading about what Opera Without Borders means to them. To learn more about NIN8 and to purchase tickets, visit

Welcome back to Spotlight Sundays! Hartford Opera Theater is proud to introduce composer, Tony Solitro! Tony is the composer of She's Fabulous, which will be featured at our New in November Festival on 11/18! We hope you enjoy learning about Tony and what Opera Without Borders means to him. To learn more about NIN8 and to purchase tickets, visit our website: New in November 8 Tony Solitro is a composer of concert and stage music that combines rich lyricism, visceral rhythmic

Happy Tuesday! Do you have your tickets to The Tender Land yet? They are on sale! You can link to buy them directly on our website. Today's artist feature is mezzo-soprano, Caroline Midgette-Ismail. Caroline will be playing Mrs. Splinters and covering the role of Ma Moss. Caroline Midgette-Ismail (Mrs. Splinters, Ma Moss/Understudy) is thrilled to debut with Hartford Opera Theater in The Tender Land as Mrs. Splinters and the understudy for Ma Moss. During her career, she has

This week's Spotlight Sunday featured artist is Julie DeVaere! Julie will be in the world premiere of The Faith Operas on Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 PM at Charter Oak Cultural Center. For more information on the show and to get tickets click here. Praised as a mezzo-soprano who is “skillful and passionate”, Ms. De Vaere has performed with Michigan Opera Theatre where she delighted Detroit audiences with her portrayal of Olga in Eugene Onegin, the Detroit Symphony, where she sa

It's Spotlight Sunday time! This time we are featuring tenor, Gregory Zavracky. Gregory will be joining us for the world premiere of The Faith Operas this April. Tickets are now on sale via our website. Praised for his fine musicality, “glowing intensity,” and “clarion tone,” tenor GREGORY ZAVRACKY maintains an active performance schedule on concert and opera stages alike. Recent engagements include the Officer in The Barber of Seville with Boston Lyric Opera, Count Almaviva

Hope you are keeping warm this wintry weekend! We are very excited to feature Michelle Hendrick this week. Michelle was the founding Artistic Director of Hartford Opera Theater. This season her work has been featured on the stage at UCONN. Her production of HMS Pinafore recently closed and she will be opening a new production of Le nozze di Figaro - March 24 & 26 also at UCONN. Michelle Hendrick (Stage Director) has staged the operas Albert Herring, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, T

Happy Sunday, opera fans! We are pleased to introduce you to this Sunday's spotlight artist, Kelly Hill! Kelly was Elizabeth Proctor in last year's performance of The Crucible and was nominated for a Broadway World Connecticut Award for Best Actress in a Musical Production. Here is what Kelly is up to this season. Kelly Hill, mezzo-soprano, graduated with a Master’s Degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music as a student of Doris Yarick-Cross. This summer, Kelly