VODNÍK in Dvořák’s Rusalka
Milwaukee Opera Theatre | Danceworks MKE
Ruben Piirainen, Music Director
Jill Anna Ponasik, Stage Director
Adapted by Jason Powell

February 14, 7:30 PM
February 15, 4:30 PM
February 16, 2:30 PM & 6:00 PM
February 21, 7:30 PM
February 22, 4:30 PM
February 23, 2:30 PM & 6:00 PM

BASS SOLOIST in Handel’s Messiah
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Dr. James Kinchen, Conductor

December 7, 7:00 PM
December 8, 3:00 PM

MELISSO in Handel’s Alcina
Milwaukee Opera Theatre | Early Music Now
Fumi Nakayama, Music Director
Jill Anna Ponasik, Stage Director
James Zager, Choreographer

Adapted by Danielle Gedemer

November 12, 7:30 PM
November 13, 7:30 PM
November 14, 7:30 PM
November 17, 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM

A los niños… ¡y grandes también! Recital
(To Children… And Grownups Too!)
Songs from Latin America about childhood, love, and heartbreak

David Guzmán, Bass-baritone
Maggie Rebers, Pianist

October 4, 12:00 PM in Kenosha, WI
UW-Parkside

October 6, 7:00 PM in Milwaukee, WI
Colla Voce Concert Series

Works by Narciso Figueroa, Silvestre Revueltas, Jaime León Ferro, Rafael Hernández, and María Grever

CHORUS in Puccini’s La bohème
The Florentine Opera
Francesco Milioto, Conductor
Nadja Simmonds, Stage Director
Dr. Benjamin Rivera, Chorus Director

April 19, 7:30 PM
April 21, 2:30 PM

CHORUS in Verdi’s Aida
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Enrique Mazzola, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Stage Director
Michael Black, Chorus Director

March 9, 7:30 PM
March 13, 2:00 PM
March 17, 2:00 PM
March 20, 7:00 PM
March 23, 7:30 PM
March 26, 7:00 PM
March 29, 7:00 PM
April 1, 7:00 PM
April 4, 2:00 PM
April 7, 2:00 PM

GAUNT MAN & NEWSCASTER in Andrew Dewey’s Night of the Living Opera
Milwaukee Opera Theatre
Josh Perkins, Stage Director and Librettist
Andrew Dewey, Conductor

October 27, 7:30 PM
October 28, 4:30 PM & 7:30 PM
October 29, 2:00 PM
October 31, 7:30 PM
November 2, 7:30 PM
November 3, 7:30 PM
November 4, 4:30 PM & 7:30 PM
November 5, 2:00 PM

CHORUS in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore
The Florentine Opera
Domenico Boyagian, Conductor
Brenna Corner, Stage Director
Dr. Benjamin Rivera, Chorus Director

October 13, 7:30 PM
October 15, 2:30 PM

CHORUS in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Enrique Mazzola, Conductor
Christopher Alden, Stage Director
Michael Black, Chorus Director

September 23, 7:30 PM
September 27, 7:00 PM
October 1, 2:00 PM
October 4, 2:00 PM
October 7, 7:30 PM

Impossible Operas
Milwaukee Opera Theatre
Jill Anna Ponasik, Jeffrey Mosser, and Brian Rott, Stage Directors
Janna Ernst, Music Director

May 25, 7:30 PM
May 26, 7:30 PM
May 27, 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM
May 28, 2:00 PM

Created by Tim Rebers, Brian Rott, Jeffrey Mosser, ​Anja Notanja Sieger, and Jill Anna Ponasik​

Featuring the music of ​​Handel, Mozart, Bellini, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Bartók, Prokofiev, and Poulenc.

CHORUS in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Florentine Opera
Francesco Milioto, Conductor
Christopher Mattaliano, Stage Director
Dr. Benjamin Rivera, Chorus Master

May 19, 7:30 PM
May 21, 2:30 PM

ANTONIO in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro
Madison Opera
Stephanie Rhodes Russell, Conductor
Dan Rigazzi, Stage Director

April 28, 8:00 PM
April 30, 2:30 PM

DON ALFONSO in Così fan tutte: Remix
The Florentine Opera
Laurann Gilley, Conductor
Jill Anna Ponasik, Stage Director

Created by Kelley Rourke and Nicholas Lell Benavides

March 17, 7:30 PM
March 19, 2:30 PM
March 24, 7:30 PM
March 26, 2:30 PM

VODNÍK in Dvořák’s Rusalka
Milwaukee Opera Theatre | Danceworks MKE
Ruben Piirainen, Music Director
Jill Anna Ponasik, Stage Director

Adapted by Jason Powell

February 9, 7:30 PM
February 10, 7:30 PM
February 11, 4:30 & 7:30 PM
February 12, 3:00 & 6:00 PM

FIFTH JEW in Strauss’s Salome
Madison Opera
John DeMain, Conductor
Keturah Stickann, Stage Director

November 4, 8:00 PM
November 6, 2:30 PM

DUKE OF VERONA in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
The Florentine Opera
Francesco Milioto, Conductor
David Lefkovich, Stage Director

October 14, 7:30 PM
October 16, 2:30 PM

PLUTO in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
Milwaukee Opera Theatre
Danny Brylow, Stage Director
Jackie Willis, Music Director

June 9, 7:30 PM
June 10, 7:30 PM
June 11, 7:30 PM
June 12, 2:00 PM

CHORUS in Viardot’s Cendrillon & Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges
The Florentine Opera
Robert Mollicone, Conductor
Jill Anna Ponasik, Stage Director
Dr. Benjamin Rivera, Chorus Master

March 11, 7:30 PM
March 13, 2:30 PM
March 18, 7:30 PM
March 20, 2:30 PM

ENSEMBLE in Let Love Be Heard: The St. Rose Christmas Concert
The Union | St. Rose Church
Trevor Kroeger, Conductor

December 16, 7:30 PM
December 17, 7:30 PM
December 19, 3:00 PM

CHORUS & USHER in Verdi’s Rigoletto
The Florentine Opera
Francesco Milioto, Conductor
Omer Ben Seadia, Stage Director
Dr. Benjamin Rivera, Chorus Master

October 8, 7:30 PM
October 10, 2:30 PM

CHORUS at Cincinnati Opera
Carmen - July 17, 22, 26 & 30, 2021
Tosca - July 23, 27 & 31, 2021
The Barber of Seville - July 24 & 29, 2021