Boston Metro Opera

Boston Metro Opera is an American opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts.

History

Boston Metro Opera was founded in 2008. It has established a reputation as "...a robust new company with a penchant for trendsetting productions" and New England's premier 'new opera' opera company. Since 2009, Boston Metro has produced ninety-four new works, mostly premieres including one opera commissioned by the company.

Mission

Repertory

2012-2013

(N.B. Some works not performed this season have been removed from the list.)

2011–2012

2010–2011

2009–2010

Initiatives

Boston Metro Opera has launched several major initiatives designed the reinvent and revolutionize the opera industry as a whole.

Boston-International Contempo Festival

Formerly The Contemporary AmericanaFestival, the Boston-International Contempo Festival is a new music festival, currently entering its fourth consecutive year. Widely "regarded as one of North America's most important venues for new works in opera, musical theatre, choral music, and art song", this annual event offers performances of new vocal music, submitted by composers worldwide.

Mission

To foster the music of living composers, promote the artistic talent of today, connect the new music community, support the mission of the Boston Metro Opera, and advance the genres of new music and contemporary opera and the innovation in and continuing evolution of these art forms.

Past Repertory

Operas
Art Songs
Choral Works

Opera on Site

Opera on Site is the world's first virtual opera house also rich in interactivity. A pay-per-view service, Opera on Site enables patrons to stream Boston Metro Opera's live and archived performances, interact with other viewers through integrated chat features, tweet and review their experience, respond to in-time polls and questionnaires, anywhere there is an Internet connection.

Mission

To adapt the operatic conventions and traditions, enhance the operatic experience, expand the operatic audience, and strengthen the operatic art form. To provide unprecedented and easy access to the operas of today and the artists of tomorrow.

Opera Puppets

Opera Puppets is a global-audience building program that injects opera from all eras with modern puppetry.

Mission

To cultivate and expand operatic audiences on a worldwide basis.

Slogans

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