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They are best enemies. Beatrice and Benedict love to quarrel, spar, needle and sling insults.

A marriage is inevitable. Based on Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

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Beatrice & Benedict

National Concert Hall

In an emotionally charged tale of courage in the face of tyranny, internationally acclaimed tenor David Portillo portrays the brave and tragic Turkish Emperor Bajazet, imprisoned by the Tartar Emperor Tamerlano sung by “exquisite” (Opera News) countertenor Ryan Belongie. Following her triumphant 2023 Haymarket debut in La Giuditta, luminescent soprano Emily Birsan sings the role of Asteria, Bajazet’s daughter, desired as wife by both Tamerlano and his Greek ally Andronico, sung by rising star mezzo-soprano Kathleen Felty. Mezzo Emily Fons makes her much-anticipated return to Haymarket as the Princess Irene, Tamerlano’s jilted bride-to-be. Bass-baritone David Govertsen brings his “thrilling bass” (Chicago Stage Style) to the role of Leone, confidant of Andronico.

Tamerlano

DePaul University Welcome Center

Festival of Song

Scottish Rite Temple

MN Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten and Eric Crozier’s Albert Herring, tells the story of a boy who learns to break free of the societal expectations of small-town England. Featuring performances by tenor David Portillo and soprano Ellie Dehn.

2024 Ordway Inside Out: MN Opera presents Albert Herring

Rice Park

In the decadent world of Vienna, a story of romantic entanglements unfolds between a youthful nobleman, his mature mistress, and a young woman engaged to be married to an older Baron. Who is to give in or give up their heart?

Der Rosenkavalier

Santa Fe Opera

Lecherous nobleman, Don Giovanni has had infamous exploits (he keeps a catalog). He kills the father of one of his victims and now, his continued debauchery will seal his fate. Who will exact revenge and make him pay the price for his misdeeds?

Don Giovanni

Suave, Shameless and Doomed

Lecherous nobleman, Don Giovanni has had infamous exploits (he keeps a catalog). He kills the father of one of his victims and now, his continued debauchery will seal his fate. Who will exact revenge and make him pay the price for his misdeeds?

Don Giovanni at Santa Fe Opera

The Santa Fe Opera

The innovative semi-staged production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, created for both Deaf and hearing audiences, was called an “outright breakthrough for opera” by the Los Angeles Times when it was performed in 2022. With a story told through the composer’s music sung by hearing vocalists and the expressive gestural poetry of sign language by Deaf actors, the performances explore the search for communication—both primal and sublime—that is at the heart of all artistic expression.

Premiered in 1805 as Beethoven was reckoning with his own Deafness, Fidelio is a tale of triumph over oppression as the noblewoman Leonore goes undercover to daringly rescue her husband from political imprisonment. Dudamel conducts the LA Phil and a star-studded cast in a groundbreaking event co-directed by Alberto Arvelo and Joaquín Solano and produced in collaboration with Los Angeles’ acclaimed Tony Award®-winning Deaf West Theatre (Artistic Director, David Kurs) and Venezuela’s Coro de Manos Blancas (White Hands Choir.)

Beethoven’s Fidelio with Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre 2024

Walt Disney Concert Hall

In a vivid retelling of the Orpheus myth from his bride’s perspective, composer Matthew Aucoin and librettist Sarah Ruhl’s stunning opera Eurydice follows the titular character as she travels to the underworld on her wedding day. Boston Lyric Opera, together with Opera Grand Rapids, has co-commissioned a new,  intimate orchestral arrangement from Aucoin, acclaimed composer and MacArthur Fellow, and Ruhl, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright. This compelling new production, conducted by the composer and directed by Doug Fitch, delves into the profound bonds of family and love – between parents and children, between husband and wife. Eurydice is a resonant story of love’s beauty and brutality – and the power of music to find us in the dark.

Eurydice

The Huntington Theatre

Celebrate the holidays with one of classical music’s most beloved traditions and join the SPCO for our extremely popular annual performances of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Dmitry Sinkovsky and the SPCO will be joined by an all-star roster of vocal soloists and renowned vocal ensemble The Singers in what is sure to be a wonderful musical experience for the whole family this holiday season.

Holiday Concerts: Handel’s Messiah

Basilica of Saint Mary

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Hallelujah! The power of more than 150 musicians and voices combined with the impeccable acoustics of Helzberg Hall provides a triumphant experience of Handel’s majestic choral masterpiece. The Symphony and Symphony Chorus welcome glorious soloists for the Messiah performance of the season — the perfect way to kick off the holidays.

Handel's Messiah

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Meteorologist Mike Alger narrates Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s musical telling of a beloved children’s book in a program of works which use music to tell stories.  Kevin Lau’s fiery portrait of the Greek Goddess, Artemis, demands immediate attention while Rossini’s signature wit and sparkle are on full display in his take on the Cinderella fairy tale.

The Stories We Tell

University of Nevada

Beethoven’s Fidelio with Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre

In the instantly recognizable duet, Au fond du temple saint, best friends Zurga and Nadir swear that their friendship will never again be challenged by the love of a woman. Of course, as with all good foreshadowing, the arrival of a veiled and anonymous priestess does exactly that. As the men each realize that the priestess is in fact Leïla, the woman they both once loved and fought over, the triangles at play in the opera are not simply between the three main characters. A battle also ensues between friendship, love, and vows made in faith, and as secrets are revealed and vows are broken, love can only be won through sacrifice. But who must ultimately lose everything to allow the others to find love and happiness?


Bizet's The Pearl Fishers

Austin PBS Media Center

The women have the last laugh when the men they plan to marry come up with a really bad idea: egged on by a cynical old bachelor, the guys decide to put their fiancées to the “fidelity test.” Big mistake—as the resulting romantic debacle demonstrates! Mozart does it again, with glorious music fueling comedy that cuddles right up to a calamity just waiting to happen.

Così fan tutte

AT&T Performing Arts Center

Mozart’s Così fan tutte is sometimes silly, often romantic, and always a delight. This new production from celebrated director Michael Cavanagh will whisk you away to an opulent 1930s country club and features some of the brightest stars in opera today. Hear them deliver memorable melody after melody—trust us, you’ll leave wanting more!

Marie is no ordinary canteen girl. Adopted and raised by a squadron of French soldiers and unaware of her aristocratic lineage, this spunky young woman falls for a handsome villager. But when her past comes to whisk her away, will she fall in line or follow her heart? A laugh-out-loud hit, Donizetti’s romantic comedy mixes hilarious hijinks with vocal pyrotechnics in this witty and heartwarming production.

The Daughter of the Regiment has romance, humor, vocal pyrotechnics—and one of the most unique roles in the repertoire, the Duchess of Krakenthorp. This cameo role has a storied history of portrayal by actors and public figures (including late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg and Golden Girl Bea Arthur). In MN Opera’s production, the role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp will be performed by RuPaul’s Drag Race double crown winner Monét X Change. Don’t miss Monét X Change this February 4–12!

The Daughter of the Regiment

The Met’s abridged, family-friendly version of Mozart’s musical fairy tale returns for the holiday season, with Maestro Duncan Ward making his company debut conducting Julie Taymor’s irresistible production. Tenors Ben Bliss and David Portillo share the role of Tamino, the noble prince on a quest to win the fair princess Pamina, sung by sopranos Joélle Harvey and Sydney Mancasola. The cast also features baritones Joshua Hopkins and Chris Kenney as the bird catcher Papageno, soprano Aleksandra Olczyk as the Queen of the Night, and bass Soloman Howard as Sarastro.

The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation

Lincoln Center

BMOP and Odyssey Opera team up for the East Coast premiere of The Lord of Cries, composer John Corigliano and librettist Mark Adamo’s striking new opera. Weaving Bram Stoker’s Dracula with Euripides’s tragedy The Bacchae, Corigliano and Adamo lead the listener through a fever dream of ecstasy and ruin set in Victorian England. Featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo as the supernatural Dionysus-cum-Dracula, Lord of Cries reimagines timeless themes for contemporary audiences.

The Lord of Cries

New England Conservatory of Music

BMOP presents the East Coast premiere of composer John Corigliano and librettist Mark Adamo's striking new opera, The Lord of Cries. Weaving Bram Stoker's Dracula with Euripides's tragedy The Bacchae, Corigliano and Adamo lead the listener through a fever dream of ecstasy and ruin set in Victorian England. Featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo as the supernatural Dionysus-cum-Dracula, Lord of Cries reimagines timeless themes for contemporary audiences.

New England Conservatory

Artistic Partner Richard Egarr returns with a program that opens with works by British composers, including Benjamin Britten’s evocative Serenade featuring tenor David Portillo and the SPCO’s own Principal Horn, Jay Ferree. The concert bids farewell to England and continues with two beloved arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Finishing the program is Franz Schubert’s “Little C Major” Symphony — a deceptive nickname — it was Schubert’s first fully symphonic work with a substantial wind section.

Schubert’s Little C Major Symphony with Richard Egarr

Carleton College

Saint Paul's United Church of Christ

The first symphony ever written with human voices as further symphonic instruments takes us by the hand on a journey of great sonority, crowned by the magnificent Ode to Joy written by Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803, with additional text written by Beethoven. In the 20th century, an instrumental arrangement of the chorus was adopted by the Council of Europe, and later the European Union, as the Anthem of Europe.

Beethoven 9

Majestic Theatre

A beloved New York holiday tradition, Mozart’s enchanting musical fairy tale returns in the Met’s abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor—the Tony Award–winning director of Broadway’s The Lion King. With dazzling puppets and a colorful setting, the Met’s Magic Flute is one of the city’s ultimate seasonal sensations for family audiences.

The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Join us for a monumental celebration of Handel's "Theodora" presented by Music of the Baroque. This event marks a special occasion in honor of Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer's 80th birthday. Experience the dramatic masterpiece that Handel himself regarded as his personal favorite, telling the poignant story of the virtuous martyr Theodora and her Roman protector Didymus.

Under the baton of Nicholas Kraemer, a world-renowned cast of soloists including Sherezade Panthaki (soprano), Iestyn Davies (tenor), Allyson McHardy (mezzo-soprano), David Portillo (tenor), and Jonathan Woody (bass-baritone), alongside the Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, will bring this epic work to life. The performances promise an unforgettable experience, showcasing the depth of Handel's musical genius.

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  - Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 7:30 PM at North Shore Center, Skokie
  - Monday, March 3, 2025, at 7:30 PM at Harris Theater, Chicago
  - Friday, March 7, 2025, at 5:00 PM available On Demand

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Handel's Theodora

Harris Theater for Music and Dance

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

Handel's beautiful retelling of the story of the virtuous martyr Theodora and her Roman protector Didymus. A world-renowned cast—Sherezade Panthaki, Iestyn Davies, Allyson McHardy, David Portillo, and Jonathan Woody—joins the Chorus and Orchestra for a rare performance of the composer's personal favorite oratorio.

Houston finally gets its chance to see Breaking the Waves, the critically acclaimed contemporary opera from sought-after composer-and-librettist team Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, which made its world premiere in 2016. Adapted from the art film by Lars von Trier, the story transports audiences to 1970s Scotland, where the impressionable young Bess, part of a strict Calvinist community, wins permission to marry an outsider—the offshore oil rigger Jan. After the impatient lovers consummate their union at their own wedding, Bess embarks on a journey of sexual exploration that is tragically interrupted when Jan is paralyzed in an accident, setting off a series of shocking events that culminates in the unthinkable.  

David Portillo

Tenor

Events

Upcoming events

16 - 17 Nov, 2024

Beethoven 9 · Majestic Empire Theatre

Dec 12, 2024 - Jan 4, 2025

The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation · The Metropolitan Opera

2 - 7 Mar, 2025

Handel's Theodora · Music of the Baroque

Mar 3, 2025

Handel's Theodora · Harris Theater

Apr 19 - May 4, 2025

Breaking the Waves · Houston Grand Opera

Past events

Oct 1, 2024

Beatrice & Benedict · Irish National Opera

19 - 22 Sep, 2024

Tamerlano · Haymarket Opera Company

Future and recently performed repertoire

Tonio in La fille du régiment ((The Daughter of the Regiment)) by Donizetti

Minnesota Opera

Tenor in Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings by Britten

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Tenor in Messiah by Handel

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Ferrando in Così fan tutte by Mozart

Dallas Opera

Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni by Mozart

Santa Fe Opera

Jaquino in Fidelio by Beethoven

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss

Santa Fe Opera

Singer in Theodora by Handel

Music of the Baroque

Jonathan Harker in The Lord of Cries by Corigliano

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Dr. Richardson in Breaking The Waves by Mazzoli

Houston Grand Opera

Singer in Albert Herring by Britten

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Benedict in Beatrice & Benedict by Berlioz

Irish National Opera

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