Corinne Winters: Micaela

Carmen’s allure is inescapable. This fiery femme fatale inspires passion, shatters hearts… and for over a century, has never ceased to satisfy. Once Corporal Don Jose falls under her spell, his desire transforms him from a noble soldier into a common criminal… and ultimately, a murderer.

This all-new production evokes … read more

Jesse Blumberg: Soloist

Since 2007, 5BMF has brought world-class, yet affordable, musical events of many genres to every corner of New York City, featuring everything from early music to Lieder to jazz and folk.  Throughout all our programming, we have also maintained a particular focus on the emergence of new music in New York City, regardless of … read more

Christopher Larkin: Conductor

What secrets do we keep to spare the ones we love? In Jake Heggie’s touching chamber opera, aging Broadway star Madeline and her adult children, Charlie and Bea, brave the depths of memory, love, and resentment. Maddy’s career took her away from her children after their father died in a … read more

Jason Slayden: Ingemisco from Verdi’s ‘Requiem’

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Matt Boehler: Bass Soloist

Johannes Kepler, the groundbreaking astronomer and mathematician of the scientific revolution, imagined “a continuous heavenly music only perceived by the mind.” In his new opera, composer Philip Glass captures this majestic celestial sound as he explores the visionary dreams and prosaic nightmares of Kepler. One of the signal artists of … read more

ADA triumphs at Fort Worth Opera: Lysistrata, Nozze di Figaro and Three Decembers

Lysistrata
Scott Scully brings ardor, and an appealingly tangy tenor, to the part of her lover, Nico.”
Michael Mayes supplies a gorgeous, creamy baritone for another Athenian, Kinesias.”
Seth Mease Carico sports a brassily virile bass-baritone for the Spartan leader Leonidas.”

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“Rucker and (Jamie Rose) Guarrine also … read more

Matt Boehler: Bass Soloist

Johannes Kepler, the groundbreaking astronomer and mathematician of the scientific revolution, imagined “a continuous heavenly music only perceived by the mind.” In his new opera, composer Philip Glass captures this majestic celestial sound as he explores the visionary dreams and prosaic nightmares of Kepler. One of the signal artists of … read more

Andrea Carroll: Susanna

After three years of marriage, Count Almaviva is just plain bored. So he revives an age-old tradition that will give him first dibs on his wife’s servant girl on her wedding night. Never mind that the lovely bride-to-be, Susanna, is engaged to his faithful servant, Figaro—of Barber of Seville fame—who, … read more

Christopher Larkin: Conductor

What secrets do we keep to spare the ones we love? In Jake Heggie’s touching chamber opera, aging Broadway star Madeline and her adult children, Charlie and Bea, brave the depths of memory, love, and resentment. Maddy’s career took her away from her children after their father died in a … read more

Scott Scully: Nico

Something old is new again in Mark Adamo’s racy, light-hearted take on a classic Greek comedy. The men of Sparta and Athens have been at war for ages, and the women have had enough. Lysia, sung by DFW favorite Ava Pine, can’t convince her lover Nico to leave the Athenian … read more