Missy Mazzoli’s “The Listeners” will receive a delayed U.S. premiere on Sept. 25 as Opera Philadelphia’s season opener, which canceled the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s “Woman with Eyes Closed” due to budget constraints. .
Scripted by Lois Vavreck and based on a story by Jordan Tannahill, The Listeners is a story about charismatic leaders, cult-like rituals, and ambient noises that only a few can hear. It premiered at Norwegian Opera on September 24, 2022, with soprano Nicole Heaston returning from the original production.
The production, directed by Liliana Blaine-Cruz and conducted by musical director Corrado Rovaris, will run for three performances at the Academy of Music until September 29, the company announced Tuesday.
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Composer Missy Mazzoli’s “The Listeners” will finally receive its operatic premiere in the United States after it was cut in 2020 due to budget issues. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
“The Woman with Closed Eyes” will now debut with a different company. It was scheduled to premiere in 2020, but was postponed to September 2024 due to the pandemic.
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After a one-year delay, the 1780 work “The Anonymous Lover” by Joseph Bologne, considered the first black classical composer, will be performed as a semi-staged production on January 31 and February 2, 2025. . By finance.
The company has canceled its season-opening festival, which began in 2017 and featured several critically acclaimed contemporary works. General Director David Devan announced last summer that he would be stepping down at the end of this season after 13 years in the role.
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Next season’s $10 million budget is down from this season’s $11.2 million, which was reduced from the original $13.3 million due to the postponement of “Anonymous.”
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will be the third production of this season, and will be performed four times starting April 27, 2025. Alison Moritz’s production will be performed by Cincinnati Opera in June of this year.
