2025 season

Cincinnati Opera launches first-of-its-kind, $5-million initiative, The Black Opera Project, featuring three new operas created by Black artists celebrating the Black experience

The company also announces the first work in The Black Opera Project, Lalovavi, an Afrofuturist grand opera featuring music by Kevin Day, libretto by Tifara Brown, and stage direction and dramaturgy by Kimille Howard, premiering at Cincinnati Music Hall on Juneteenth 2025