Opera Maine’s production of Aida is poised to be the most significant artistic and cultural event of the greater Portland area in 2024.  Audiences will be enthralled by Verdi’s gorgeous music as epic love transcends ancient borders.  Under the direction of Dona D. Vaughn and performed by world-class singers and the Opera Maine Orchestra and Chorus, all under the baton of Maestro Israel Gursky. This is a rare opportunity for opera lovers and first-timers to hear this masterpiece!

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Aida

Merrill Auditorium

The 2024 Studio Artist Program will present two performances of Rappahannock County which pairs the outstanding and celebrated talents of composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Mark Campbell. Rappahannock County is a theatrical song cycle that captures key emotional, sociological, and historical moments in the Civil War. Much of the text was inspired by actual events and drawn from diaries, letters, and other accounts. The narrative follows the lines of history, from secession in 1861 to defeat in 1865, and is in five parts. Although the story is centered geographically in Virginia, its themes are universal to the Civil War. It is described as such by Wes Blomster of Opera Today: “The piece has the sense of a lens closing in on a spectrum of individuals and their feelings around slavery and morality in a profound and poignant way…’ Opera Maine’s production will premiere a special score composed for two pianos.

Rappahannock County

Portland Stage

In the 2021-22 season, Ms. Rethwisch returned to the Columbus Symphony for her role debut as Musetta in La bohème, returned to Dallas Opera and Utah Opera as the Controller in Flight, made her debut with Cape Symphony in a special anniversary concert and returned for their performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and joined the roster of The Metropolitan Opera to cover Meretaten in Akhnaten. During the 2022-23 season, Ms. Rethwisch returns to the Metropolitan Opera as the Papagena cover in their new production of Die Zauberflöte, performs operatic highlights in a concert with Cedar Rapids Opera and returns to Columbus Symphony as the soprano soloist in Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass.

Opera Maine

25 - 26 Jun, 2024

Aida

28 - 30 Jun, 2024

Rappahannock County

May 19, 2025

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