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1. Antony and Cleopatra

Premiere Date:: September 10, 2022
Composer:: John Adams
Librettist / Literary Source:: John Adams, Elkhanah Pulitzer, Lucia Scheckner, and William Shakespeare
Theater:: San Francisco Opera
City:: San Francisco
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

2. Intimate Apparel

Premiere Date:: January 31, 2022
Composer:: Ricky Ian Gordon
Librettist / Literary Source:: Lynn Nottage
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Lincoln Center Theater
City:: New York
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

3. M. Butterfly

Premiere Date:: July 30, 2022
Composer:: Huang Ruo
Librettist / Literary Source:: David Henry Hwang
Theater:: Santa Fe Opera
City:: Santa Fe
State / Region:: New Mexico
Country:: United States

4. Omar

Premiere Date:: May 27, 2022
Composer:: Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels
Librettist / Literary Source:: Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: College of Charleston Sottile Theatre
City:: Charleston
State / Region:: South Carolina
Country:: United States

5. Passionate Geometries

Premiere Date:: August 6, 2022
Composer:: Richard Cameron-Wolfe
Librettist / Literary Source:: Richard Cameron-Wolfe
Theater:: National Opera Center
City:: New York City
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

6. Quamino’s Map

Premiere Date:: April 23, 2022
Composer:: Errollyn Wallen
Librettist / Literary Source:: Deborah Brevoort
Theater:: Studebaker Theater
City:: Chicago
State / Region:: Illinois
Country:: United States

7. The Garden of The Finzi-Continis

Premiere Date:: January 27, 2022
Composer:: Ricky Ian Gordon
Librettist / Literary Source:: Michael Korie
Theater:: New York City Opera
City:: New York City
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

8. ...(Iphigenia)

Premiere Date:: November 12, 2021
Composer:: Wayne Shorter
Librettist / Literary Source:: esperanza spalding
Theater:: ArtsEmerson
City:: Boston
State / Region:: Massachusetts
Country:: United States

9. Death of Ivan Ilych

Premiere Date:: February 19, 2021
Composer:: John Young
Librettist / Literary Source:: Alan Olejniczak and Leo Tolstoy
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Opera Orlando
City:: Orlando
State / Region:: Florida
Country:: United States

10. The Island We Made

Premiere Date:: March 19, 2021
Composer:: Angélica Negrón
Librettist / Literary Source:: Angélica Negrón
Theater:: Opera Philadelphia Channel
City:: Philadelphia
State / Region:: Pennsylvania
Country:: United States

11. The Lord of Cries

Premiere Date:: July 17, 2021
Composer:: John Corigliano
Librettist / Literary Source:: Mark Adamo
Theater:: Santa Fe Opera
City:: Santa Fe
State / Region:: New Mexico
Country:: United States

12. The Snowy Day

Premiere Date:: December 9, 2021
Composer:: Joel Thompson
Librettist / Literary Source:: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Theater:: Houston Grand Opera
City:: Houston
State / Region:: Texas
Country:: United States

13. Unbound

Premiere Date:: August 27, 2021
Composer:: Nathan Hall
Librettist / Literary Source:: Alan Olejniczak
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Studio Friction
City:: Denver
State / Region:: Colorado
Country:: United States

14. Eurydice

Premiere Date:: February 1, 2020
Composer:: Matthew Aucoin
Librettist / Literary Source:: Sarah Ruhl
Theater:: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
City:: Los Angeles
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

15. Freedom Ride

Premiere Date:: February 8, 2020
Composer:: Dan Shore
Librettist / Literary Source:: Dan Shore
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Studebacker Theater
City:: Chicago
State / Region:: Illinois
Country:: United States

16. Magdalene

Premiere Date:: January 11, 2020
Composer:: Leila Adu, Ruby Attwood, Danielle Birrittella, Sheena Birrittella, Christina Courtin, Gabrielle Herbst, Molly Joyce, Emma O'Halloran, Tanner Porter, Kamala Sankaram, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Annika Socolofsky, Gyda Valtýsdóttir, and Ellen Reid
Librettist / Literary Source:: Marie Howe
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: HERE Arts Center Mainstage
City:: New York City
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

17. Sweet Land

Premiere Date:: February 29, 2020
Composer:: Raven Chacon and Du Yun
Librettist / Literary Source:: Douglas Kearney and Aja Couchois Duncan
Theater:: Los Angeles State Historic Park
City:: Los Angeles
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

18. Blue

Premiere Date:: July 14, 2019
Composer:: Jeanine Tesori
Librettist / Literary Source:: Tazewell Thompson
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Alice Busch Opera Theater
City:: Cooperstown
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

19. Denis & Katya

Premiere Date:: September 18, 2019
Composer:: Philip Venables
Librettist / Literary Source:: Ted Huffman
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: The Suzanne Roberts Theatre
City:: Philadelphia
State / Region:: Pennsylvania
Country:: United States

20. Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Premiere Date:: June 15, 2019
Composer:: Terence Blanchard
Librettist / Literary Source:: Kasi Lemmons
Theater:: Opera Theatre of St. Louis
City:: St. Louis
State / Region:: Missouri
Country:: United States

21. Hajar

Premiere Date:: February 15, 2019
Composer:: Elisabeth Mehl Greene
Librettist / Literary Source:: Elisabeth Mehl Greene
Theater:: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
City:: College Park
State / Region:: Maryland
Country:: United States

22. If I Were You

Premiere Date:: August 1, 2019
Composer:: Jake Heggie
Librettist / Literary Source:: Gene Scheer
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Herbst Theatre
City:: San Francisco
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

23. Moses

Premiere Date:: March 22, 2019
Composer:: Henry Mollicone
Librettist / Literary Source:: Shishir Kurup
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels
City:: Los Angeles
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

24. prisoner of the state

Premiere Date:: June 6, 2019
Composer:: David Lang
Librettist / Literary Source:: David Lang
Theater:: David Geffen Hall
City:: New York City
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

25. Stonewall

Premiere Date:: June 21, 2019
Composer:: Iain Bell
Librettist / Literary Source:: Mark Campbell
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center
City:: New York
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

26. The Central Park Five

Premiere Date:: June 15, 2019
Composer:: Anthony Davis
Librettist / Literary Source:: Richard Wesley
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Warner Grand Theatre
City:: San Pedro
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

27. The Phoenix

Premiere Date:: April 26, 2019
Composer:: Tarik O'Regan
Librettist / Literary Source:: John Caird
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Wortham Theater
City:: Houston
State / Region:: Texas
Country:: United States

28. The Thirteenth Child

Premiere Date:: July 27, 2019
Composer:: Poul Ruders
Librettist / Literary Source:: Becky Starobin and David Starobin
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Santa Fe Opera
City:: Santa Fe
State / Region:: New Mexico
Country:: United States

29. Cycles of My Being

Premiere Date:: February 20, 2018
Composer:: Tyshawn Sorey
Librettist / Literary Source:: Terrance Hayes
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Perelman Theater
City:: Philadelphia
State / Region:: Pennsylvania
Country:: United States

30. How to Date a Coloratura

Premiere Date:: March 21, 2018
Composer:: Philip Seward
Librettist / Literary Source:: Philip Seward
Theater:: Southern Utah University Thorley Recital Hall
City:: Cedar City
State / Region:: Utah
Country:: United States

31. Mayo

Premiere Date:: November 9, 2018
Composer:: Tom Cipullo
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: State University of New York
City:: Potsdam
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

32. Proving Up

Premiere Date:: January 19, 2018
Composer:: Missy Mazzoli
Librettist / Literary Source:: Royce Vavrek and Karen Russell
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Terrace Theater
City:: Washington
State / Region:: District of Columbia
Country:: United States

33. Sky on Swings

Premiere Date:: September 20, 2018
Composer:: Lembit Beecher
Librettist / Literary Source:: Hannah Moscovitch
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Perelman Theater
City:: Philadelphia
State / Region:: Pennsylvania
Country:: United States

34. Steal a Pencil for Me

Premiere Date:: January 25, 2018
Composer:: Gerald Cohen
Librettist / Literary Source:: Deborah Brevoort
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: The Wolf Theatre
City:: Denver
State / Region:: Colorado
Country:: United States

35. The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry

Premiere Date:: October 26, 2018
Composer:: Jonathan Bailey Holland
Librettist / Literary Source:: Jonathan Bailey Holland
Theater:: Pickman Hall
City:: Cambridge
State / Region:: Massachusetts
Country:: United States

36. The Ghosts of Gatsby

Premiere Date:: November 15, 2018
Composer:: Evan Mack
Librettist / Literary Source:: Joshua McGuire
Theater:: Harrison Theatre
City:: Birmingham
State / Region:: Alabama
Country:: United States

37. The Great God Pan

Premiere Date:: March 10, 2018
Composer:: Ross Crean
Librettist / Literary Source:: Ross Crean and Arthur Machen
Theater:: Chopin Theater
City:: Chicago
State / Region:: Illinois
Country:: United States

38. The Grey Land

Premiere Date:: October 16, 2018
Composer:: Joseph C. Phillips Jr.
Librettist / Literary Source:: Joseph C. Phillips Jr.
Theater:: Roulette
City:: Brooklyn
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

39. The Rose Elf

Premiere Date:: June 6, 2018
Composer:: David Hertzberg
Librettist / Literary Source:: David Hertzberg
Theater:: Barnes Foundation
City:: Philadelphia
State / Region:: Pennsylvania
Country:: United States

40. When Adonis Calls

Premiere Date:: May 11, 2018
Composer:: Clint Borzoni
Librettist / Literary Source:: John De Los Santos and Gavin Dillard
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Asheville Masonic Temple
City:: Asheville
State / Region:: North Carolina
Country:: United States

41. Zhaojün

Premiere Date:: November 20, 2018
Composer:: Alice Shields
Librettist / Literary Source:: Alice Shields
Theater:: Baruch Performing Arts Center
City:: New York
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

42. Adam

Premiere Date:: January 14, 2017
Composer:: Zach Redler
Librettist / Literary Source:: Jason Douglas Carlson
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Kennedy Center
City:: Washington
State / Region:: District of Columbia
Country:: United States

43. Coping Mechanisms

Premiere Date:: April 4, 2017
Composer:: Bonnie Lander
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: University of California
City:: San Diego
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

44. Dinner at Eight

Premiere Date:: March 11, 2017
Composer:: William Bolcom
Librettist / Literary Source:: Mark Campbell and George Simon Kaufman
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Ordway Theater
City:: St. Paul
State / Region:: Minnesota
Country:: United States

45. Elizabeth Cree

Premiere Date:: September 14, 2017
Composer:: Kevin Puts
Librettist / Literary Source:: Mark Campbell and Peter Ackroyd
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Perelman Theater
City:: Philadelphia
State / Region:: Pennsylvania
Country:: United States

46. Girls of the Golden West

Premiere Date:: November 21, 2017
Composer:: John Adams
Librettist / Literary Source:: Peter Sellars
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: War Memorial Opera House
City:: San Francisco
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

47. ID Please

Premiere Date:: April 1, 2017
Composer:: Soosan Lolavar
Librettist / Literary Source:: Daniel Hirsch
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Pittsburgh Opera
City:: Pittsburgh
State / Region:: Pennsylvania
Country:: United States

48. Lifeboat

Premiere Date:: January 14, 2017
Composer:: Matthew Peterson
Librettist / Literary Source:: Emily Roller
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Kennedy Center
City:: Washington
State / Region:: District of Columbia
Country:: United States

49. Play: The Game –or– Game: The Play

Premiere Date:: May 25, 2017
Composer:: Rick Burkhardt
Librettist / Literary Source:: Rick Burkhardt
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Boston Conservatory
City:: Boston
State / Region:: Massachusetts
Country:: United States

50. Rated R for Rat

Premiere Date:: January 13, 2017
Composer:: Wang Jie
Librettist / Literary Source:: Wang Jie
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: The Town Hall
City:: New York
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

51. Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt

Premiere Date:: September 23, 2017
Composer:: John Musto
Librettist / Literary Source:: Eric Einhorn
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: American Museum of Natural History
City:: New York
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

52. Riders of the Purple Sage

Premiere Date:: February 5, 2017
Composer:: Craig Bohmler
Librettist / Literary Source:: Steven Mark Kohn and Zane Grey
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Tucson Music Hall
City:: Tucson
State / Region:: Arizona
Country:: United States

53. Rootabaga Country

Premiere Date:: November 11, 2017
Composer:: Rachel Peters
Librettist / Literary Source:: Rachel Peters and Carl Sandburg
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Sarasota Opera House
City:: Sarasota
State / Region:: Florida
Country:: United States

54. The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Premiere Date:: August 4, 2017
Composer:: Mason Bates
Librettist / Literary Source:: Mark Campbell
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Opera
City:: Santa Fe
State / Region:: New Mexico
Country:: United States

55. The Dictator's Wife

Premiere Date:: January 13, 2017
Composer:: Mohammed Fairouz
Librettist / Literary Source:: Mohammed Hanif
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Kennedy Center
City:: Washington
State / Region:: District of Columbia
Country:: United States

56. The House Without a Christmas Tree

Premiere Date:: November 30, 2017
Composer:: Ricky Ian Gordon
Librettist / Literary Source:: Royce Vavrek
Theater:: Houston Grand Opera
City:: Houston
State / Region:: Texas
Country:: United States

57. The Invention of Morel

Premiere Date:: February 18, 2017
Composer:: Stewart Copeland
Librettist / Literary Source:: Stewart Copeland, Jonathan Moore, and Adolfo Bioy Casares
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Studebaker Theater
City:: Chicago
State / Region:: Illinois
Country:: United States

58. The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing

Premiere Date:: January 12, 2017
Composer:: Justine F. Chen
Librettist / Literary Source:: David Simpatico
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Merkin Concert Hall
City:: New York
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

59. The Nubian Word for Flowers

Premiere Date:: November 30, 2017
Composer:: Pauline Oliveros
Librettist / Literary Source:: Pauline Oliveros and Carole Ione Lewis
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Roulette
City:: Brooklyn
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

60. The Wallet

Premiere Date:: May 5, 2017
Composer:: Aaron Siegel
Librettist / Literary Source:: Aaron Siegel
Theater:: Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre
City:: New York
State / Region:: New York
Country:: United States

61. Three Way

Premiere Date:: January 27, 2017
Composer:: Robert Paterson
Librettist / Literary Source:: David Cote
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: James K. Polk Theater
City:: Nashville
State / Region:: Tennessee
Country:: United States

62. Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser

Premiere Date:: June 13, 2017
Composer:: Lisa Bielawa
Librettist / Literary Source:: Erik Ehn
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Link TV
City:: Los Angeles
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

63. War of the Worlds

Premiere Date:: November 12, 2017
Composer:: Annie Gosfield
Librettist / Literary Source:: Yuval Sharon
Theater:: Walt Disney Concert Hall
City:: Los Angeles
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

64. We Shall Not Be Moved

Premiere Date:: September 16, 2017
Composer:: Daniel Roumain
Librettist / Literary Source:: Marc Joseph
Theater:: The Wilma Theater
City:: Philadelphia
State / Region:: Pennsylvania
Country:: United States

65. We Shall Not Be Moved

Premiere Date:: September 16, 2017
Composer:: Daniel Bernard Roumain
Librettist / Literary Source:: Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Theater:: Wilma Theater
City:: Philadelphia
State / Region:: Pennsylvania
Country:: United States

66. What Gets Kept

Premiere Date:: January 14, 2017
Composer:: Frances Pollock
Librettist / Literary Source:: Vanessa Moody
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Kennedy Center
City:: Washington
State / Region:: District of Columbia
Country:: United States

67. A Roadkill Opera

Premiere Date:: January 8, 2016
Composer:: Ferdinando Paer
Librettist / Literary Source:: Stephan Alexander Parker
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Mead Theatre at Flashpoint
City:: Washington
State / Region:: District of Columbia
Country:: United States

68. A Rose in Winter – The Life of St. Rita of Cascia

Premiere Date:: May 21, 2016
Composer:: Frank La Rocca
Librettist / Literary Source:: Matthew Lickona
Genre:: Oratorio
Feast Month:: May
Oratorio Subject:: Saint Rita of Cascia
Feast Date:: May 22
Feast Day:: 22
Theater:: Saint Rita Catholic Church
City:: Dallas
State / Region:: Texas
Country:: United States

69. Aging Magician

Premiere Date:: February 28, 2016
Composer:: Paola Prestini
Librettist / Literary Source:: Rinde Eckert
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Walker Art Center
City:: Minneapolis
State / Region:: Minnesota
Country:: United States

70. Alice’s Adventures Under Ground

Premiere Date:: November 22, 2016
Composer:: Gerald Barry
Librettist / Literary Source:: [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Lewis Carroll
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Walt Disney Concert Hall
City:: Los Angeles
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

71. Always

Premiere Date:: November 11, 2016
Composer:: Jonathan Bailey Holland
Librettist / Literary Source:: Jon Jory
Theater:: Pickman Hall
City:: Cambridge
State / Region:: Massachusetts
Country:: United States

72. anatomy theater

Premiere Date:: June 16, 2016
Composer:: David Lang
Librettist / Literary Source:: David Lang and Mark Dion
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: REDCAT Center for New Performance
City:: Los Angeles
State / Region:: California
Country:: United States

73. As You Like It

Premiere Date:: April 21, 2016
Composer:: Roger Steptoe
Librettist / Literary Source:: Lesley Fernandez-Armesto and William Shakespeare
Genre:: Opera
Theater:: Debartolo Performing Arts Center
City:: Notre Dame
State / Region:: Indiana
Country:: United States