The Onion is a new opera in which family secrets collide with a memory-enhancing AI. Through contact with their younger selves, its characters bring to the surface the experiences that have shaped their lives: a sexist theft of scientific work, the vanishing of a parent, the erasure of a gender identity. Will the intervention of an AI hurt or heal?

The opera unfolds on an island in the Pacific Northwest where a neuroscientist has sequestered herself with her daughter to create the Onion, an AI device that allows anyone using it to re-live a personal memory. Rounding out the human roles are the Onion’s young co-inventor and the neuroscientist’s ex-partner. The Onion itself is a character in the opera: its independence and influence on the human characters seem to grow each time they use it.

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The Onion

Amherst College

Huntington Theatre

This fantastically magical tale navigates complex love triangles, enchantments, seduction, and hidden identities. With electrifying vocal acrobatics woven throughout the score, this opera is sure to leave you spellbound.

Alcina

Arlington High School

The MassOpera Party returns to Club Café!  Join fellow board, staff, artists, audiences, and donors who support MassOpera for a celebration of music and gathering as a community.  There will be a teaser performance from our upcoming production of Handel’s Alcina. Our emcee for the evening will be renowned Drag Queen, Landa Plenty.

The MassOpera Party 2025

Club Café

MassOpera kicks off its 2025 Season with Cantos de mi Tierra, an outreach concert celebrating Latin American culture. This concert features Latin American composers, lyricists, and performers, and will be Sunday, January 19th from 2:30PM-4PM (doors open at 2 PM), at the North Shore Community Development Coalition in Salem, MA, in partnership with its subsidiary, the Punto Urban Art Museum, a social justice public art program for the North Shore. North Shore CDC works to improve the quality of life for residents in low-income, North Shore neighborhoods through affordable housing, economic development, community engagement, small business support, and public art projects.

Cantos de mi Tierra

North Shore Community Development Coalition

MassOpera—in collaboration with Opera On Tap Boston—is proud to present the first Pride Trivia Cabaret Brunch since 2019! We are partnering with Club Café to combine the forces of their delicious Sunday brunch and our boozey Trivia Cabaret for a Pride event unlike any other!  Eat, drink, trivia, and listen to the best singers in Boston.

Pride Trivia Cabaret BRUNCH

Opera vs. Musical.  Have you ever wondered about the parallel of operas and musicals based on the same story? Join MassOpera for an intimate, fun, and soul-stirring night at The Mirror Cabaret. Your favorite operas and musicals will be presented back-to-back to showcase how different musical styles can tell the same story.

The Mirror Cabaret

City Winery Boston

* Please note: even if you have purchased tickets to The MassOpera Party, you will still need to register your credit card separately on the auction page to bid on items. Additionally, you do not have to purchase tickets OR attend The MassOpera Party to participate in the Silent Auction.

MassOpera

11 - 26 Sep, 2025

The Onion

27 - 29 Jun, 2025

Alcina

MassOpera