Pocket Opera Players

12/11/2021

One of the great interpreters of John Eaton, Carmen Helena Téllez, has passed away. What an incredible loss.

11/24/2021

John Eaton's 2010 opera The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, live performance at Symphony Space by Pocket Opera Players. Full Opera now on Youtube.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a pocket opera in two acts, by composer John C. Eaton, with libretto by Estela Eaton, based on the short story by F. Sco...

03/30/2021

Happy Birthday, darling! You would have been 86 today!
John Eaton (1935 - 2015)

03/24/2019

We are happy to invite one and all to a concert honoring John Eaton's Legacy. It will take place March 30, his birthday, and it will be a concert of compositions of his students (who are all by now, professional musicians and composers) with one piece by John Eaton. The venue is Thalia Hall at Symphony Space at 8:00. See you there!

03/30/2017

Happy Birthday, tweetie. You would be 82 today.
"Death is not the absence of things, but their silent presence. And yet, I thought that I heard a leaf rustle." Emile Snyder.

12/21/2016

John Eaton and Nelda Nelson-Eaton in Miami. Photo thanks to Tony Boutte

12/19/2016

Dec 17-18

12/19/2016

A reunion of Pocket Opera Players has recorded a rare work by John Eaton. With support from Nelda Nelson-Eaton, Pocket Opera Players, and many generous donors, including the Edward T. Cone Foundation, the cantata El Divino Narciso will be released in 2017.

Dec 17-18

11/03/2016

Friends of John Eaton have raised more than $15,000 to support recordings of John's music. In December we go into the recording studio at National Sawdust to record El Divino Narciso with the amazing singers Bridget Parker, Tony Boutte, and Hyona Kim, and an ensemble conducted by Carmen Helena Tellez. Onward - John's music lives on.

06/05/2016

excerpt from John Eaton's grand opera Danton and Robespierre (1978). Full recording available from New World Records.