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the September issue of Classical Singer features an article by our own Emma Griffin and Cris Frisco. It's all about Mannes Opera - the why and the how of what we do here

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photo from ALCINA
📷 @photo_by_baranova
@brooke.n.jones as Alcina
directed by Sam Helfrich
sets - Dedalus Wainwright
lights - Derek Van Heel
costumes - Camille Charara taken in Mannes School of Music by @mannesopera

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19 days ago

SUOR ANGELICA
October 1 & 2, 2026
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
230 E 90th Street, NYC, 10128

Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by Cris Frisco
Directed by Mikhaela Mahony
Musical Preparation by Cris Frisco
Costume Design by Avery Reed
Lighting Design by Abigail Hoke-Brady
Stage Management: Sarah Orttung, Itzel Martinez, Austen Parent
Repetiteur - Neill Campbell
Student Asst. Conductor - Felipe Novaes
Student Asst. Direction - Elise Martinez

with:
Lena Yasmin
Yiyang Zhang
Celine Juhyung Lee
Moonsoo Kim
Jillian LeBel
Jooyeon Park
Julie-Michelle Manohar
Stella Christine
Luyao Qin
Yunji Shin
Soyoung Shin
Rina Yun
Celene Totry
Carina Jin
Megan Barker
Abigail Eskelin
Lily Ann Faamausili
Eliza Goldsteen
Beyonce Zambrano
Xinci Xue
Jueun Lee
Judith Park
Lisett Ledon
Christina Draper
Sophie Hill
Sufia Rahman
Haelim Lee
Heejeong Yang
Jihyun Park

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@ji_ji777a taken in Our Lady of Good Counsel by @mannesopera

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So happy to share that our new opera THE WEDDING BANQUET, with libretto by @james.schamus, will be showcased on 4/1/27 as part of VOX, a coalition of @amercomporch @bethmorrisonprojects @mastervoicesny @metopera Lindemann Young Artist Program, @mannesopera @msm.nyc. Please come to support us🙏

https://www.voxamericanopera.org/finalists by @mannesopera

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Produced in the exquisite Our Lady of Good Counsel, this gorgeous Puccini opera was performed with an intimate chamber orchestration and the church’s magnificent organ and a mammoth chorus of singers from Mannes’s voice and opera program

#thingstodonyc #freeeventsnyc #travelcontent taken in New York City by @mannesopera

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15 days ago

SUOR ANGELICA
📷 by @marmiddletonphoto

October 1 & 2, 2026
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
230 E 90th Street, NYC, 10128

Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by Cris Frisco
Directed by Mikhaela Mahony
Musical Preparation by Cris Frisco
Costume Design by Avery Reed
Lighting Design by Abigail Hoke-Brady
Stage Management: Sarah Orttung, Itzel Martinez, Austen Parent
Asst. Direction by Elise Martinez

with:
Lena Yasmin
Yiyang Zhang
Celine Juhyung Lee
Moonsoo Kim
Jillian LeBel
Jooyeon Park
Julie-Michelle Manohar
Stella Christine
Luyao Qin
Yunji Shin
Soyoung Shin
Rina Yun
Celene Totry
Carina Jin
Megan Barker
Abigail Eskelin
Lily Ann Faamausili
Eliza Goldsteen
Beyonce Zambrano
Xinci Xue
Jueun Lee
Judith Park
Lisett Ledon
Christina Draper
Sophie Hill
Sufia Rahman
Haelim Lee
Heejeong Yang
Jihyun Park taken in Mannes Opera by @mannesopera

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16 days ago

we love a room run!
SUOR ANGELICA - link to free tix in bio

October 1 & 2, 2026
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
230 E 90th Street, NYC, 10128

Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by Cris Frisco
Directed by Mikhaela Mahony
Musical Preparation by Cris Frisco
Costume Design by Avery Reed
Lighting Design by Abigail Hoke-Brady
Stage Management: Sarah Orttung, Itzel Martinez, Austen Parent
Student Asst. Conductor Felipe Novaes
Student Asst. Direction by Elise Martinez

with:
Lena Yasmin
Yiyang Zhang
Celine Juhyung Lee
Moonsoo Kim
Jillian LeBel
Jooyeon Park
Julie-Michelle Manohar
Stella Christine
Luyao Qin
Yunji Shin
Soyoung Shin
Rina Yun
Celene Totry
Carina Jin
Megan Barker
Abigail Eskelin
Lily Ann Faamausili
Eliza Goldsteen
Beyonce Zambrano
Xinci Xue
Jueun Lee
Judith Park
Lisett Ledon
Christina Draper
Sophie Hill
Sufia Rahman
Haelim Lee
Heejeong Yang
Jihyun Park

@crisfrisco
@mdm811
@elise_a_mtz03
@averyereed
@hokebradydesigns
@sorttung
@itzel_paolaaa
@parentproblem
@lenayasminsoprano
@Yiyang_zhang16
@moonsoo_sing
@jill_lebel
@mjuliemichelle
@stella.christinesoprano
@luyaoqin7
@yunjiora
@hi._.s0
@_soprina
@celenetotry
@carina_jxy
@meganbarkss
@abigail.eskelin
@lilyf_mezzosoprano
@elizagoldsteen
@beyoncebbz
@gioia992.23
@jueun_0
@yejudy_
@lissetledon
@christina_drap
@sophielizsoprano
@sufiascorner
@hd_life.log
@hmuzikj
@ji_ji777a taken in Mannes School of Music by @mannesopera

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19 days ago

MANNES OPERA SEASON 26/27
all performances are free of charge
email mannesopera@newschool.edu with questions

SUOR ANGELICA
Composer - Giacomo Puccini
Librettist- Giovacchino Forzano
Conductor - Cris Frisco
Director - Mikhaela Mahony
October 1 & 2 @7:30pm
Our Lady of Good Counsel , 230 East 90th Street

EVERYTHING URGENT QUICKLY IS GONE
the Orpheus Project
Collaboration with Parsons School of Design
Conductor - Geoffrey McDonald
Director - Colter Schoenfish
November 20 & 21
72 Fifth Avenue

THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET
Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti
Librettist - Gian Carlo Menotti
Conductor - TBD
Director - Malena Dayen
March 12 & 13 @ 7:30pm
Gerald W. Lynch Theater

VOX
a Mannes Opera Partnership project
Thursday, April 1, 2027
Perelman Performing Arts Center

ORCHESTRA WORKSHOP:
LUCERO
Composer - Arturo O'Farrill
Librettist - Luisa Muhr
Friday, April 9th
55 West 13th Street, Theresa Lang 202

CENDRILLON
UNDERGRADUATE OPERA
Composer - Pauline Viardot
Librettist - Pauline Viardot
Coach - Neill Campbell
Director - Emma Griffin
April 30 & May 1 @ 7:30pm
55 West 13th Street, Theresa Lang 202 taken in Mannes School of Music by @mannesopera

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2 months ago

Link in bio - Applications are open!
Submissions due August 1st.
Performances will take place April 1, 2027 at PAC NYC.

This opportunity invites composers of all ages who are permanent U.S. residents to present excerpts of their large-scale operatic works in a public setting. Selected pieces will be read by professional orchestral musicians and pre-professional soloists, along with a large chorus.
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Originally founded by New York City Opera, VOX has long been a vital platform for new operatic works in development. Now, it returns as a landmark collaboration among seven leading New York City organizations that care passionately about supporting the future of opera: American Composers Orchestra, Beth Morrison Projects, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes Opera at the Mannes School of Music, MasterVoices, the Metropolitan Opera, and Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC). by @mannesopera

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5 months ago

CONGRATS TO ALL THE 2026 GRADUATES!
BRAVA TUTTI👏 taken in The New School by @mannesopera

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5 months ago

As a proud composition faculty of the @thenewschool - Mannes School of Music, what a great honor to be the keynote speaker for the graduating class 2026 of @newschoolperformingarts @newschooljazz, also presenting aria from my opera AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, sung so beautifully by 2 of our own Mannes students @mannesopera. Congratulations to all the newly graduates, and to my 4 composition students 🙂! by @mannesopera

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We are pleased to announce that graduating MM soprano Adrinelle Chiesa García is the 2026 recipient of the prestigious Richard F. Gold Career Grant.

The Richard F. Gold Career Grant (given by The Shoshana Foundation) carries out Richard's life-long dream of assisting young, gifted American singers with their career development. The transition from conservatory to a professional life is challenging for a young singer, and the Richard F. Gold Career Award assists in that transition with financial support and - even more importantly - a vote of confidence. We are so proud that Adrinelle is representing Mannes as they join the ranks of remarkable recipients of this prestigious award - we look forward to following their career and celebrating their success!

Adrinelle Chiesa is a Puerto Rican soprano and oboist, recognized by Opera News for her “technical brilliance and dramatic abandon.” She has performed at Lincoln Center as Alice in Unsuk Chin’s Puzzles and Games and as a soloist in Berio’s Sinfonia, both with Mannes Opera and Mannes Orchestra. Her recent work includes the New York premieres of David T. Little’s Vinkensport and Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Hildegard with Mannes Opera. She portrayed Zerlina in Don Giovanni with the Brooklyn-based opera company The Opera Next Door. She was featured on WQXR in the recital From Canon to Creation: A Celebration of Mannes Opera. Chiesa has also appeared twice as a soloist with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. Deeply committed to her artistic roots, Chiesa highlights modern and contemporary Puerto Rican vocal repertoire in her performances, including original works. by @mannesopera

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The Michael Sisca Opera Award is given to a graduating student demonstrating good service to the opera program and extraordinary promise for the future. Congratulations to baritone Sean Seungho Cha!

Baritone Sean Seungho Cha, a native of Seoul, South Korea, appeared as Andrea Cocle in the U.S. premiere of Korngold’s The Silent Serenade in March. In 2025, he appeared as one of eight amplified vocalists in Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia with the Mannes Orchestra and performed the role of Tartaglia in the Mannes Opera production of Busoni’s Turandot at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Previous roles include Charles Babbage in Ada Lovelace with Mannes Opera, Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance at the Savannah Voice Festival, Schaunard in La bohème, Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana at Yonsei University Opera, and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at Sookmyung Women’s University Opera. He has received Encouragement Awards at the SAS Vocal Competition and the Suri Music Concours, and won First Prize at the Napa Music Competition. Cha has also participated in The Milnes VOICE Programs and a master class hosted by the Korean National Opera. He earned his Bachelor of Music from Yonsei University and is pursuing his Master of Music at the Mannes School of Music, studying with William Burden and Joshua Greene. by @mannesopera

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