“No company, large or small has a better track record of service to American opera”
-The New York Times
2010/11 Season
Details of our exciting 28th Season will be announced this summer. Thank you for your continued support!
What’s New
July 26, 2010: Auditions for CCO’s upcoming season will be held on September 16 at the cell theatre. 338 W 23rd St, New York, NY. All applicants should have professional experience with other Opera America companies or a foreign equivalent. To be considered for an audition, send a cover letter, resume, headshot, and supportive materials to us by September 1st at the above address or by electronic submission at js@conopera.org. Should you be scheduled for an audition you will be contacted.
June 19, 2010: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button receives “Five Stars” from the Financial Times bit.ly/93wcHo
June 15, 2010: Tickets for the world premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button are available at the door. Don’t miss this groundbreaking event. Peter Norton Symphony Space. 8pm.
May 11, 2010. Don’t miss excerpts from Eric Salzman’s Accord Discord performed by Laila Salins and William Schimmel at Galapagos Artspace. May 27, 8pm Tickets are available here: bit.ly/9SdzDB
April 7. 2010: The Center for Contemporary Opera is headed to Latvia. Our international presence grows as we received a grant from CEC ArtsLink to bring a series of programs to Latvia this fall. Thank you to ArtsLink for the generous grant and thank you to the Latvian cultural affairs organization, Music and Art Support for the invitation.
March 23, 2010: A recording and photos of CCO’s production of “Mario and the Magician” by Francis Thorne and J.D. McClatchy were featured at an exhibition at the Buddenbrookhaus in Luebeck, Germany; Thomas Mann’s home. http://bit.ly/bMqHNv
March 21, 2010: Deborah Atherton has written a lovely essay about CCO for the Interstitial Arts Foundation. http://bit.ly/aAPoJh
Feb 20, 2010: Here is a nice story about “Review” and our gala on the James Madison University website. Thank you to all who could join us.
Jan 15, 2010: Tickets now on sale for Anais by Susan Hurley on Feb 11 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/90658 and also for Review by Jeremy Beck and Patricia Marx on Feb 19: http://bit.ly/5kMn6x
Jan 1, 2010: Happy New year from CCO. Our production of Neither in Vienna was well-received and played to overflow crowds. Here are two reviews: http://bit.ly/52h89n http://bit.ly/52h89n
Dec 18, 2009:
Join us tonight and tomorrow as CCO presents Neither by Morton Feldman and Samuel Beckett. 8pm at the Konzerthaus, Vienna.
Dec 7, 2009:
Thank you for attending Accord/Discord. Up next; CCO performs outside the United States for the first time in our 27 year history. Please join us at Vienna’s famed Konzerthaus as we present Morton Feldman’s Neither, December 18 and 19.