Enjoy a showcase of new works selected from applicants across the country, which celebrates the creativity of some of today’s most outstanding composers and librettists. Taking place alongside OPERA America’s New Works Forum, the premier national convening dedicated to new American opera, the evening will feature a selection of operas currently in development.

Featured Works

• Faces in the Flames — Nathan Felix, composer; Anita Gonzalez, librettist
• Monkey: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable — Jorge Sosa, composer; Cerise Lim Jacobs, librettist (White Snake Projects)
• My Dearest Friend — Patricia Leonard, composer
• Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible — Elisabet Curbelo, composer (Guerilla Opera)

The 2024–2025 season of OPERA America Onstage is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Programming at the National Opera Center is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.