Hartford Opera Theater, Inc.

06/13/2024

Hartford Opera Theater was so proud to partner with AOCA!!🎉

04/10/2023

10/29/2022

Our friends at The Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra have an amazing concert tomorrow!!! Please join us in the audience to support live music in our community. Visit www.FVSO.org for more information!

07/21/2022

Contemporary Opera Alert! Berkshire Opera Festival 's production of Jake Heggie's Three Decembers opens tonight! Visit their website to learn how you can see this poignant opera that is been called a modern masterpiece.
https://www.berkshireoperafestival.org/threedecembers

07/14/2022

Hartford Opera Theater is so proud to have been a host organization for AOCA’s inaugural year. This wonderful new program serves as a model for how to begin deeper conversation and collaboration in the arts.

The vision was to support an inclusive arts and culture sector in the Hartford Region by building an arts economy featuring local artists of color. Launched in the midst of the pandemic in August 2021, when opportunities for the arts – and artists – to flourish were particularly limited, the ina...

06/19/2022

Today we commemorate Juneteenth, a national holiday marking the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, TX to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. In honor of Juneteenth, HOTOpera is happy to share this playlist: Songs for Freedom created by pianist Lara Downes. We hope this music helps to enrich your knowledge of black history and draws positive hope for the future in America. 🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏⁣
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https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/06/18/1007389777/songs-for-freedom-a-juneteenth-playlist-from-pianist-lara-downes
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06/18/2022

🏳️‍🌈 HOTOpera is excited to celebrate Pride Month. 🏳️‍🌈 This year we were pleased to feature the following works highlighting LGBTQIA stories: these wings are meant to fly by Steven Serpa/Zac Kline at our 11th annual New in November festival and Starsong by Elliot Yokum/Sarah Florence Barker as a part of Folxtales.

📸 from our production of these wings are meant to fly with photos by Kim Bova Photography and photos from Starsong by Bill Morgan Media LLC

06/05/2022

Today is our final performance of Folxtales! Join us at 3pm at the Hill-Stead Museum outdoors as a part of the museum's Porch Performing Arts series. Attendees are encouraged to bring your own lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics. We hope to see you there!

www.hartfordoperatheater.com/folxtales

06/04/2022

Today's the day! Join us at Charter Oak Cultural Center at 3pm for our first performance of Folxtales. Tickets can be purchased online until showtime and will also be available at the door with cash, check, or Venmo.

www.hartfordoperatheater.com/Folxtales

We hope to see you today in Hartford for a magical afternoon of three family-friendly chamber operas.

📸 We hope you enjoy these beautiful photos from our final dress rehearsal by Bill Morgan at Bill Morgan Media LLC.

06/03/2022

✨ Folxtales makes its premiere TOMORROW! ✨ We can hardly wait and neither can The Green Child, Alexa Kettledon. Want to learn more about our spectacular cast/creative team? Visit our website to read their bios:

https://www.hartfordoperatheater.com/folxtales-program-bios

Do you have your tickets yet? We hope to see you tomorrow at the Charter Oak Cultural Center at 3pm and at the Hill-Stead Museum outdoors at 3pm as a part of their From the Porch Performing Arts series.

Purchase your tickets now so you don't miss out on this heartwarming afternoon of family-friendly new opera.

www.hartfordoperatheater.com/folxtales

06/02/2022

Our production of Folxtales featuring three family-friendly chamber operas is only two days away! Do you have your tickets yet? Here is a photo from last night's rehearsal featuring the cast of Owl Moon with composer, Ellen Gilson Voth.

We hope to see you on Saturday 3pm at Charter Oak Cultural Center and Sunday at 3pm outdoors at the Hill-Stead Museum .

Purchase your tickets here:

www.hartfordoperatheater.com/folxtales