Renegade Opera

Renegade Opera creates thought-provoking and intimate musical performances that engage audiences and multifaceted artists, reclaiming narrative power for the traditionally underrepresented and championing institutional reform in opera. Renegade Opera was founded in January 2020 by Madeline Ross, Danielle Jagelski, and Elliot Menard in order to make work that reflected their values as artists, advocates, and activists. Renegade’s first season produced The Secret Diaries of Pennsylvania Avenue and the first annual Holiday Song Swap. In the company’s second season, the Renegade Team was joined by Claire Robertson-Preis. Renegade’s second season featured Artists in Conversation: Deconstruct and Orfeo in Underland. In 2022, Renegade virtually produced Artists in Conversation: Contemporary Storytelling in Classical Music, held an inaugural fundraising Renegala, and presented Tito, a modern adaptation of La Clemenza di Tito at Historic Alberta House. Renegade also added team member Abigail Krawson and Creative Company members Madeleine Tran, Jesse Preis, and Joellen Sweeney. In 2023, Renegade produced Bird Songs of Opera, Adam’s Run and an in-person Artists in Conversation Festival featuring She Loves You Back and American Patriots. Hannah Kelly and Emily Way joined the Creative Company in 2024.