Orfeo ed Euridice
A partnership with Mannes Sounds
Composer - Christoph Willibald Gluck
Librettist - by Ranieri de' Calzabigi
Conductor - Richard Owen
Director -
Bill Gustafson
Musical preparation - Ted Taylor
St. Jean Baptiste Church
- 184 East 76th Street, New York City
October 17 and 19, 2019
The Turn of the Screw
Composer - Benjamin Britten
Librettist - Myfanwy Piper
Conductor - Daniela Candillari
Director - Kate Whoriskey
Choreographer - Jeffery L. Page
Musical preparation - Susan Caldwell
The Gerald Lynch Theater - 524 West 59th Street,
New York City
December 7 and 8, 2019
The Art of Change
Composer - Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Co-creators and collaborators
Director - Ashley Tata
Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall - 55 West 13th Street, New York City
January 16, 17, 18, and 21, 2020
A collaborative performance opportunity for the CoPA student interested in new music and process-based work. Students take a fall 2019 class as part of a cross-disciplinary group of students and faculty, who explore and
create material. In January 2020, there will be an intensive rehearsal process culminating in several performances.
Sandbox - La Bohème
Composer - Giacomo Puccini
Librettist - Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Director - Ethan Heard
Music director - Ian Axtell
Musical preparation - Susan Woodruff Versage
Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall - 55 West 13th Street, New
York City
February 7 and 8, 2020
The Mannes Opera Sandbox is an annual project that is exploratory and process based. It changes every year, depending on the needs of our students - but is always focused on exploration and rehearsal as a creative process. This year, we are
focusing on La Bohème and asking our six young artists to approach these roles as deeply personal portrayals.