Dear Friends,

After a wonderful 15 years of commissioning, producing, and premiering new chamber operas, Rhymes With Opera has decided that this will be our final season.

Please join us this summer as we celebrate an amazing run, our founding artists, the Rhymes With Orchestra, and all the composers whose music we were honored to co-create.

Our 15th season will be live and livestreamed this summer. We’ll see you there.

Love,

Bonnie, Elisabeth, George, Robert, and Ruby

Cyber Salon

Livestreamed on Sunday, July 31 at 7pm EDT

Music of the pandemic by RWO composers Taylor Bradshaw, Kevin Clark, Daniel Thomas Davis, Gilbert Galindo, and Sean McFarland, and singers Elisabeth Halliday-Quan, Bonnie Lander, and Robert Maril. Including live interviews!

Album Release: Red Giant

Available on all streaming platforms August 1

As part of the farewell season, RWO will release its second studio cast album – the sci-fi chamber opera Red Giant (music by Adam Matlock and libretto by Brian Slattery). The opera features instrumentalists Tia Allen (viola), Zach Herchen (saxophone), Christopher Wilson (piano), Thomas Lai (violin), Maiko Hosoda (percussion), and Jenna Girone-Virgilio (cello), and ensemble singers Elisabeth Halliday-Quan, Bonnie Lander, and Robert Maril. The album was mastered by Rhymes With Orchestra saxophonist Zach Herchen and produced by RWO's co-artistic director and founding member Robert Maril.

Final Concert: A Celebration

Directed by Ashley Tata

August 27 at 7pm EDT
The Flea Theater (20 Thomas Street, New York, NY) and livestreamed

The centerpiece of RWO's farewell season will be a special live performance featuring greatest hits from across the company’s 15-year history of commissioning, producing, and performing new chamber opera. The retrospective will be directed by Ashley Tata and the ensemble singers will be accompanied by the Rhymes With Orchestra, conducted by Alex Wen. Not to be missed!