Premieres

Dido and Aeneas

By Henry Purcell and Nahum Tate

April 28, 2016 at 7:00PM
April 29, 2016 at 7:00PM
New York City Center

Tony Award winners Kelli O’Hara and Victoria Clark star in a semi-staged version of Henry Purcell’s tempestuous Baroque opera Dido and Aeneas, led by Ted Sperling.

The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing

By Justine F. Chen and David Simpatico

January 12, 2017 at 7:30PM | Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center

A new opera by Justine F. Chen and David Simpatico, The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing  is a historical-fantasia inspired by the life of the groundbreaking computer scientist, Alan Turing.

The Halloween Tree

By Theo Popov and Tony Asaro

October 30, 2016 at 3:00PM | Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center

Adapted from Ray Bradbury’s beloved children’s novel, The Halloween Tree is a new opera commissioned by American Lyric Theater with music by Theo Popov and libretto by Tony Asaro.

27

By Ricky Ian Gordon and Royce Vavrek

October 20, 2016 at 8:00PM
October 21, 2016 at 8:00PM
New York City Center

A scintillating exploration of the relationship between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Ricky Ian Gordon and Royce Vavrek’s opera 27  takes you inside Stein’s Paris salon at 27 Rue de Fleurus, with such guests as Picasso, Hemingway, Matisse, and Fitzgerald.