The festival showcases the breadth and diversity of opera in New York City through events ranging from virtual reality to improv opera, with productions in theaters, gardens, garages, bars, playgrounds and more.
All events are produced by members of The New York Opera Alliance (NYOA) in partnership with OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation’s leading advocate for American opera.
New York Opera Festival Kickoff
Experiments in Opera presents Flash Operas
Bronx Opera Company presents Verdi’s Falstaff
Opera on Tap presents The Parksville Murders, Episode 1 – A Virtual Reality Horror Opera
Opera on Tap presents Home Brewed Opera
Brooklyn College Opera Theatre presents Brooklyn Baby!
On Site Opera presents Mozart’s The Secret Gardener (La finta giardiniera)
Hunter Opera Theater presents Fireworks and Lady Bird
New Camerata Opera presents Peter Rabbit
Regina Opera Company presents Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore
operamission presents Behind the Mind – the complete cabaret songs of William Bolcom
Ardea Arts presents Bounce: The Basketball Opera
Encompass New Opera Theatre presents Paradigm Shifts: Music & Film Festival
New Opera NYC presents Rimsky-Korsakov’s Golden Cockerel
Rhymes With Opera presents Bonnie Lander’s Coping Mechanisms
Light Opera of New York presents The Island of Tulipatan
Heartbeat Opera presents Carmen
Heartbeat Opera presents Butterfly
SIGN & SING presents Explorations
Opera Upper West presents Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied
Opera Lafayette presents Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes – Part IV
Opera on Tap presents New Brew: Pint-Sized Opera Edition
The Martina Arroyo Foundation presents Master Series 2017: Fred Plotkin
NYOA and The Indie Opera Podcast present Women in Opera
Victor Herbert Renaissance Project LIVE! presents The Politics of American Grand Opera: Hammerstein I, The Met, and Victor Herbert
The Martina Arroyo Foundation presents Master Series 2017: Soprano, Sharon Sweet
Light Opera of New York presents My Song Goes ‘Round the World Vol. 2
Vertical Player Repertory presents Britten’s Phaedra
The Martina Arroyo Foundation presents Master Series: Metropolitan Opera Mezzo—Isola Jones
Opera on Tap presents The Elixir of Love: The Playground Opera
American Opera Projects presents Robert Paterson’s Three Way
Apotheosis Opera Projects presents Capriccio
Martina Arroyo Foundation presents MAF Prelude to Performance Opera Highlights Concert
On Site Opera presents Darius Milhaud’s La mère coupable
The Martina Arroyo Foundation presents Master Series 2017: Stefano Mazzonis
OperaRox Productions presents A New Works Concert
The Martina Arroyo Foundation presents Master Series 2017: Ken Benson
The Martina Arroyo Foundation presents Master Series 2017: Metropolitan Opera Soprano, Jane Eaglen
Veritcal Player Repertory presents I Stand Alone
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