2024 summer festival
Welcome to Cincinnati Opera's 2024 Summer Festival at Music Hall! Enjoy unforgettable moments of classical grandeur and contemporary creativity—from the seductive melodies and thrilling drama of Mozart's Don Giovanni to the timeless tale of love and sacrifice in Verdi’s La Traviata, to a musical journey like no other with our world stage premiere of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio.
The mainstage season is enhanced by an expanded selection of our popular Studio Sessions. These cabaret-style performances feature our world-class artists up-close-and-personal in the wonderfully intimate setting of Wilks Studio at Music Hall. Leading up to the season, there’s an engaging variety of free educational and community programs including Opera Raps and fan-favorites Opera Goes to Church!, Back to the Zoo, Opera in the Park, plus a suite of engaging events created by our Young Professionals.
Season tickets are now on sale and include the best seats, savings of up to 15% off regular prices, free ticket exchanges, and other great perks!
Tickets to individual performances go on sale at noon on April 1, 2024.
don giovanni
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
June 13 & 15, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.
Music Hall • Springer Auditorium
Mozart’s riveting masterpiece follows Don Giovanni (aka Don Juan), a man who uses people without a care for their hearts, or the consequences. But will his unbridled quest for pleasure come back to haunt him?
STUDIO SESSIONS: JACQUELINE ECHOLS MCCARLEY
June 18, 2024 | 8:00 p.m.
Wilks Studio • Music Hall
Before her mainstage appearances in Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio, Jacqueline Echols McCarley takes audience members on an inspiring journey through some of the music that has shaped her, including sacred songs, spirituals, and hymns, as well as classical, gospel, and jazz, in the wonderfully intimate Wilks Studio.
la traviata
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
June 27 & 28, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.
June 30, 2024 | 3:00 p.m.
Music Hall • Springer Auditorium
Alfredo wants to be with Violetta, but they come at love from different sides. Alfredo toasts to true love and affection that endures, while Violetta celebrates desires that are fun, free, and fleeting. Persuaded to try another way of life, she agrees to stop playing games. But old habits die hard.
studio sessions: elliot madore
July 2, 2024 | 8:00 p.m.
Wilks Studio • Music Hall
After starring in Cincinnati Opera’s season-opening production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, world-renown baritone Elliot Madore weaves together an autobiographical evening of song. Through stories and music, Madore will illuminate the contrast between his everyday life as a middle-aged man with his chaotic, exhilarating, and sometimes exasperating career as an international opera singer.
studio sessions: Jessica Rivera
July 11, 2024 | 8:00 p.m.
Wilks Studio • Music Hall
GRAMMY-winning soprano Jessica Rivera, who appears as Donna Elvira in Cincinnati Opera’s season-opening production of Don Giovanni, returns to perform “Canciones de Mi Alma Latina: Songs of My Latin Soul,” featuring music by Osvaldo Golijov, Fernando Obradors, Manuel de Falla, Antonio de Salazar, and Federico Moreno Torroba, as well as operatic favorites by Puccini and Mozart.
paul mccartney’s
liverpool oratorio
Music and libretto by Paul McCartney and Carl Davis
July 18 & 20, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.
July 21 & 27, 2024 | 3:00 p.m.
Music Hall • Springer Auditorium
See the world premiere opera adaptation of Paul McCartney’s acclaimed work for orchestra and voices, a powerful story full of heartfelt lyrics and effortless melodies.
Have questions about the 2024 Summer Festival? We’re happy to assist! Email us at info@cincinnatiopera.org or call the Box Office at 513-241-2742, Monday-Friday, 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Original illustrations of “Don Giovanni” and “La Traviata”: © Daria Petrilli - Licensee Chiara Roilo
”Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio” illustration by Aimee Sposito Martini