Winter Festival
Our Winter Festival is an artist-driven series of three creative and exciting online programs curated by Cincinnati Opera as a gift to our opera family and the broader community. Whether demystifying opera stories, traveling the world through music, or humanizing one of the genre’s great composers, the free festival offers a glorious sampling of opera and other classical repertoire while providing a uniquely intimate way to experience this grand art form.
Winter Festival programs are free but registration is required.
All programs will be available to stream through March 21.
Opera…from a Sistah’s Point of View
Premieres February 5 • 7:30 p.m.
Available to stream through March 21
With her signature wit and effervescent personality, international opera superstar Angela Brown demystifies classic opera plotlines and celebrates the diversity of opera’s characters through the stories and voices of Black singers.
After Aida
Premieres February 19 • 7:30 p.m.
Available to stream through March 21
Julian Mitchell’s acclaimed play provides a compelling peek behind opera’s curtain and a humanizing portrait of one of its great artists—Giuseppe Verdi. The humorous and loving tale is presented in collaboration with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati in a reading featuring several popular Cincinnati actors led by Bruce Cromer.
Wanderlust
Premieres March 5 • 7:30 p.m.
Available to stream through March 21
This special concert combines the talents of Grammy-nominated soprano Talise Trevigne, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s Louis Langrée, rising-star conductor William R. Langley, and the provocative chamber ensemble concert:nova to create an enchanting musical travelogue, featuring globe-spanning music by Debussy, Ravel, and more.