Maryland Opera Reveals 2023-2024 Season Celebrating its Roots and Nurturing Opera's Future
A look at the exciting lineup of performances and events.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Jul. 17, 2023
Maryland Opera’s sixth season opens with “L’Amour, Toujours l’Amour” featuring fully staged scenes and acts from Roméo et Juliette, Werther, and Faust on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at the Church of the Redeemer on Charles Street in North Baltimore. Tickets are $50-$75.
Maryland Opera will present “Sounds of the Season,” a holiday themed program featuring two internationally renowned singers in a variety of operatic and holiday favorites as well as selections from The Magic Flute performed by alumni of the Maryland Opera Summer Camp, on Friday, December 15, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Boordy Vineyards in Hydes, MD and Sunday, December 17, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Tickets are $30.
In the new year, Maryland Opera will celebrate the incredible contributions of generous supporters of the arts with its “Heritage Series.” On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 3:00 p.m., we will honor Pat Ozborn and the Opera Volunteers at Grace United Methodist Church on Charles Street. On Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 3:00 p.m., we will honor Barbara Hecht at Beth El Congregation in Pikesville. Repertoire will feature three magnificent singers in grand opera and operetta repertoire, semi-staged and accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Tickets are $30.
The season will culminate in Maryland Opera’s first full opera: Tosca in its entirety will be presented fully staged and costumed with an international cast of singers. The performance will be Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Redeemer. Tickets are $50-$75.
Discount ticket bundles are available for the November and April performances and the two Heritage Series Concerts. Maryland Opera also offers half-price student tickets to all of its performances.
More information and tickets are available on the Maryland Opera website, www.marylandopera.org, or by calling 484-678-6041, and at the door on the day of the performance. Seating is limited, though, so advance orders are recommended.
“Our productions next season will include elements that reflect past performances and personalities as we look to a sustainable and vital future,” said James Harp. “I am especially proud to announce the long-standing fruition of our dreams – a full production of Tosca! This glorious event will feature internationally renowned principal artists and, in keeping with our commitment to our community, a Baltimore-based chorus and orchestra. This is truly a dream realized, and one that continues the great efforts of our previous incarnations and points to a glorious future. Please join us for a magnificent season of grand opera!”
For more information, visit marylandopera.org.
COMPLETE EVENT DETAILS
L’Amour, Toujour l’Amour
Saturday, November 11, 2023 7:00 p.m.
Church of the Redeemer
5603 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
Program:
Acts and scenes from
Werther by Jules Massenet
Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, including the “Balcony Scene”
Faust by Charles Gounod including the Final Act.
Sounds of the Season
Friday, December 15, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Boordy Vineyards
12820 Long Green Pike
Hydes, MD 21082
Sunday, December 17, 2022 3:00 p.m.
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1900 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Heritage Series
Honoring Pat Ozborn and the Opera Volunteers
Sunday, February 18, 2024 3:00 p.m.
Grace United Methodist Church
5407 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
Honoring Barbara Hecht
Sunday, March 17, 2024 3:00 p.m.
Beth El Congregation
8101 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21208
Tosca
Saturday, April 13, 2024 7:00 p.m.
Church of the Redeemer
5603 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
Music by Giacomo Puccini | Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa
About Maryland Opera
Maryland Opera offers quality opera performances, innovative artistry, support for social awareness and change, education and outreach programming, commitment to underserved communities, and a vehicle for talented young vocalists to follow their dreams. Maryland Opera builds on Baltimore’s century-old opera tradition that garnered critical acclaim for grand productions that featured opera’s greatest celebrities.
Maryland Opera is passionately invested in bringing the excitement and beauty of live opera–traditional programming as well as innovative and modern approaches–to diverse audiences, including historically underserved audiences throughout Maryland. They do so through numerous outreach programs, including Opera-to-Go, Opera Cares and Opera Camp.
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