Odyssey Opera

06/13/2026

Voyagers, more than a decade ago was founded on the promise of presenting Boston audiences the rewarding artistic experiences and world-class quality productions they deserve. DYK? 100% of your donations go directly to Odyssey productions, no cap. Your tax-deductible contribution advances Odyssey Opera to the forefront of Boston’s cultural landscape. Thank you for your stalwart presence aboard the Odyssey.

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06/10/2026

Voyagers, you’ve helped to make ’s 2025-2026 season a five-star stunner. From our collab with Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) on an exceptional evening of fiery monodramas to our theatrical revival of Gian Carlo Menotti’s comically delightful The Last Savage (and its digital recording!), projects like these embody our mission: to present adventurous, eclectic works that affirm opera as a powerful expression of the human experience.

With a preview of a new opera commission from Mark Adamo, Sarah in the Theatre, presented next month at Chautauqua, and the late-summer release of the world premiere recording of Adamo’s Lysistrata, or The N**e Goddess, on PENTATONE, there are exciting excursions to come.

If you’ve not yet seen Maestro Gil Rose’s message, please take a moment to read it • https://mailchi.mp/odysseyopera/26eofygr

Thank you for journeying with us.

06/08/2026

In one month! Preview a new opera commissioned by , Mark Adamo’s Sarah in the Theatre. At Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua Opera Company’s young artists will sing all roles in the first piano-vocal workshop of this fantasy on the life and work of pioneering opera conductor, stage director, and impresario Sarah Caldwell.

It’s followed by a convo with the composer-librettist, providing a special window into Adamo’s work dramatizing the career of a true American trailblazer.

Tickets are $20 and include grounds access beginning at the time stated on the ticket; typically three hours before an event’s start.

July 10 • 3:15 PM ET
Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall
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05/30/2026

Odyssey Opera’s catalogue of operatic gems, collabs, and GRAMMY®-nommed and -winning recordings are enjoyed across all services. Like and follow on your preferred streaming platforms.

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05/26/2026

Voyagers, we’re so excited about the forthcoming drop of Mark Adamo, Music’s Lysistrata, or The N**e Goddess, on the PENTATONE label! For those who experienced this opera live at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, you’ll know why. 🏺

Coming in August 2026 on SACD and digital release. Preorders for disc sets are avail now • https://www.pentatonemusic.com/a-daring-new-lysistrata-for-our-time-where-love-war-collide/

05/06/2026

Voyagers have an opportunity this summer to preview a new opera! Commissioned by , Mark Adamo, Music’s Sarah in the Theatre is a fantasy on the life and work of pioneering opera conductor, stage director, and impresario Sarah Caldwell.

At Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua Opera Company’s 16 young artists will sing all principal and ensemble roles in the first piano-vocal workshop of the opera’s second act. Following a reading of the complete act, the two-week workshop concludes with a public presentation of excerpts and conversation with the composer-librettist. The Chautauqua audience — which saw Adamo’s first opera, Little Women, in 2002 — will have a special window into his work dramatizing the career of a true American trailblazer.

July 10 • 3:15 PM ET
Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall
Tickets are $20 • https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-opera-company-workshops-anne-of-green-gables-and-sarah-in-the-theatre/

Welcome to Chautauqua Institution! We are a community of artists, educators, thinkers, faith leaders and friends dedicated to exploring the best in humanity.

05/05/2026

Ed Tapper reviews ’s production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Last Savage in the June 2026 issue of Opera Magazine with Opera News, writing, “For the Odyssey Opera presentation, partnering with Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP)… Eve Summer’s semi-staging employed only a few props, but the glitzy 1960s costumes of Brooke Stanton succeeded in setting the comic mood and evoking the period. The cast was uniformly excellent… The fine Odyssey chorus wore multiple hats — singing wonderfully, arranging props and taking on many bit parts. The conductor Gil Rose led a spirited, committed performance of this delightful operatic gem.”



📸 Winslow Townson

04/08/2026

Odyssey Opera’s catalogue of operatic gems and GRAMMY®-nommed house releases are enjoyed across all major services. Like and follow on your preferred streaming platforms. Craft the excursion of your choice. 🚢

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04/07/2026

Six years ago today, Gunther Schuller: The Fisherman and His Wife dropped on BMOP/sound. This world premiere recording captures the 2015 memorial performance of the family-friendly opera which presented in partnership with our friends at Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP).

John Updike’s libretto for this work — by Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian educator, publisher, and jazz musician Gunther Schuller — tells the story of a fisherman’s greedy wife who pushes him to ask for more and more favors from an enchanted fish he captured and released into the sea. When the wife finally demands too much, the fish takes away all it has granted and the couple returns to their simple home having learned a valuable lesson.

The widely celebrated recording—a “Best of 2020” pick by New York Arts Journal, the Boston Musical Intelligencer, and Textura—has The Arts Fuse heralding, “Bravo to Gil Rose and his devoted singers and players for bringing this major work out of undeserved obscurity. May its fame grow as big as a castle!” This fable makes a great opera introduction for young listeners of all ages.

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