2025-2026 Season
The Merry Widow
November 15, 2025
The Church of the Redeemer
Rochelle Bard
Hanna Glawari
Rob McGinness
Baron Zeta
Tim Mix
Count Danilo
Joseph Richwine
Cascada
Emily Casey
Valencienne
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Samual Keeler
St. Brioche
Jesse Darden
Camille
Edward Asher
Narrator
James Harp
Director
Music by Franz Lehár
Libretto by Viktor Léon & Leo Stein
Translation by Christopher Hassal
Narration written by James Harp
Sounds of the Season
December 12, 2025
Nina Evelyn
Soprano
Min Jin
Tenor
Cailey Jones
Soprano
Opera Camp Alumna
Feliz Navidad
Mr. Jin
Ch'io mai vi possa
Siroé
Ms. Jones
Dove sono
Le nozze di Figaro
Ms. Evelyn
Una furtiva lagrima
L'elisir d'amore
Mr. Jin
Depuis le jour
Louise
Ms. Evelyn
Ah! lève-toi, soleil!
Roméo et Juliette
Mr. Jin
Le Violette
Ms. Jones
La Bohème - Finale of Act 1
Ms. Evelyn & Mr. Jin
INTERMISSION
Ave Maria
Ms. Evelyn
Gesu Bambino
Mr. Jin
Who Would Imagine a King
Ms. Jones
Christmas Medley
Deck the Halls
White Christmas
Mr. Jin
Winter Wonderland
Let it Snow
Ms. Jones
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Ms. Evelyn
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Tutti
José Feliciano
G.F. Handel
W.A. Mozart
Gaetano Donizetti
Gustave Charpentier
Charles Gounod
Alessandro Scarlatti
Giacomo Puccini
Bach-Gounod
Pietro Yon
Mervin Warren
Traditional
Irving Berlin
Bernard & Smith
Cahn & Styne
Kent & Gannon
Martin & Blane
Harlene Wood & Sy Miller
New Voices in Opera
February 28, 2026
Grace United Methodist Church
Oshun
An opera in one act
Music by B.E. Boykin
Libretto by Jarrod Lee
Originally commissioned by the Washington National Opera at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and first produced at the Kennedy Center during the 2022/2023 season
Mini Recital
Jouelle Roberson
Oshun
Daniel J. Smith
Shango
Anthony Ballard
Esu/Akinidad
Christian Simmons
Olodumare/Kushite 2
Taylor Boykins
Kandake Amanirenas
Sierra Leslie
Oracle 1
arr. Margaret Bonds
arr. Margaret Bonds
arr. Edward Boatner
Florence Price & Louise C. Wallace
Kurt Weill & Langston Hughes
William Grant Still
& Bruce Forsythe
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Tamia Johnson
Lord I Just Can't Keep From Cryin'
Ada Satterfield
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
Darius Jackson
Night
Laquavia Alston
Lonely House (Street Scene)
Henry Hubbard
Give Me No Body (Blue Steel)
Nazarene Maloney
INTERMISSION
Kandake
An opera in one act
Music by Timothy Amukele
Libretto by Jarrod Lee
Originally commissioned by Opera Theatre of St. Louis
*Oshun and Kandake were presented through special arrangement with Just a Theory Press and UIA Talent Agency.
Abjini Chattopadhyay
Oracle 2
Darius Sanders
Kushite 1
Henry Hubbard
Roman Centurion
Chorus
Darius Jackson
Roman Centurion
Chorus
Nazarene Maloney
Chorus
Laquavia Alston
Chorus
Anoa Green
Conductor
Jarrod Lee
Director