Media Release

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Cincinnati Opera kicks off its 2024 Summer Festival with Opera in the Park, a free community concert in OTR’s Washington Park, on Sunday, June 9

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The musical celebration features opera and musical theater favorites performed by stars from Cincinnati Opera’s 2024 season, the Cincinnati Opera Chorus, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Brass Institute.

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Cincinnati Opera and CCM to workshop "Lalovavi," the new opera-in-progress by Kevin Day and Tifara Brown, featuring a free public performance of excerpts on May 13, 2024

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Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera/Lincoln Center Theater New Works Program, The Highlands workshop culminates in a free, public presentation of excerpts on Saturday, March 23 at Music Hall’s Wilks Studio.

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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

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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

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Cincinnati Opera and CCM to workshop "The Highlands," a new opera by Carlos Simon, Lynn Nottage, and Ruby Aiyo Gerber, through Opera Fusion: New Works Partnership

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Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera/Lincoln Center Theater New Works Program, The Highlands workshop culminates in a free, public presentation of excerpts on Saturday, March 23 at Music Hall’s Wilks Studio.

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