Courtney Kalbacker

Towson University Children’s Opera Ensemble

Opera Baltimore

A prophecy. A power grab. A couple who cannot stop once they start.

Macbeth is what happens when ambition stops being a private thought and becomes a plan. Macbeth hears a prediction that he could be king. He tells his wife. She hears it and goes all in. Together, they push past the line they swore they would never cross, and then they keep crossing new ones because backing down would mean admitting what they have done.

Verdi’s Macbeth

Engineers Club

A love story with no easy exit. A leader forced to choose between her heart and her survival.

Dido is a queen trying to hold a world together. Aeneas arrives and love shows up like a surprise you did not plan for. For a moment, it feels possible: a future, a partnership, a life that is not all duty. Then outside forces step in and twist the story. A message arrives. Aeneas believes it. He leaves. Dido is left with the kind of heartbreak that is also political, public, and final.

Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Opera Baltimore presents the Towson University Children’s Opera Ensemble performing THE BILLY GOATS GRUFF

In this enduring adaptation of the timeless fairy tale, John Davies uses the music of Mozart, Donizetti, and Rossini to tell a story about forgiveness, friendship, and lots of fun! 

The Billy Goats Gruff