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Cincinnati Opera and CCM present previews of new operas
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The Cincinnati Herald
ContributedCincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) invite the public to preview two new operas-in-progress this fall as part of their dynamic creative partnership, Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW).
Both events will take place at Cincinnati Music Hall’s Wilks Studio (1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202).
Commissioned by Cincinnati Opera, the work is the second to be developed through the company’s groundbreaking Black Opera Project and will receive its world premiere at Cincinnati Music Hall during Cincinnati Opera’s 2027 Summer Festival.
Sleepers AwakeIn Sleepers Awake, composer Gregory Spears, whose operas Fellow Travelers (2016) and Castor and Patience (2022) were both commissioned and premiered by Cincinnati Opera, creates a labyrinthine soundscape to accompany a dream-like rendering of the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty,” inspired by modernist writer Robert Walser.
Conceived with and directed by Jenny Koons, Sleepers Awake was commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, where it will receive its world premiere in April 2026.
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