Center for Contemporary Opera

We are committed to producing opera written after 1945. The mission has been going strong for 36 seasons.

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Last October, we held the inspiring online panel “Climate and Opera: Opening the US Conversation” aimed at inspiring other performing arts organizations to take action against #climatechange & put sustainability at the heart of their strategic planning.👇🏽

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This year has been eventful and rewarding for us. At CCO, we are proud of the shows we have staged so far and we are committed to continuing producing and promoting new #opera in the US and abroad.

CCO wishes you all a very happy holiday season!

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Tomorrow we will come together through generosity! Please donate to CCO this #GivingTuesday. Your support will help us and all the artists involved in our productions to continue producing and reviving new #opera in 🇺🇸 and abroad.

🙏🏿Make a donation at https://t.co/klxwd8doIj.

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"Emotional Night at @NationalSawdust in Brooklyn with We, The Innumerable." @vibeofnyc

Watch the video featuring our General Director Francesca Campagna👇🏼, and please consider making a donation this #givingtuesday to support CCO👉🏼https://t.co/klxwd8urKj.

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Such a year! Thanks to our donors we have been able to resume our live productions with two incredible shows in the 🇺🇸 and in 🇪🇺.

Consider making a special contribution to support us and all the artists involved in our productions at https://t.co/gyDmuczBQu.

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"We the Innumerable is about love and truth, and how the protection of our truth, and the protection of our memory, can lead to freedom in many different ways.” @Gothamist👉🏾https://t.co/5kteVmpcpi

#IranRevolution #MahsaAmini

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Such a night! On 10/21, we were privileged to co-present with @NationalSawdust We, The Innumerable by 🇮🇷 female composer @Nilou_Nour.

The performance was sold out and featured several artists making CCO debuts. More photos 👉🏾https://t.co/Dn32399Yzd.

#IranRevolution #MahsaAmini

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3 reasons why you should join us at @NationalSawdust for the We, The Innumerable tonight 10/21 at 7.30 pm:

🔴 It’s a fantastic production

🔴 You would unite with us in solidarity with the women of 🇮🇷

🔴 You would support contemporary opera

Tickets https://t.co/hQLltwFLKW.

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IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE BACK REHEARSING IN NYC!
This week, we have been so excited to be back in Manhattan and start the rehearsals for the workshop premiere of We, The Innumerable, on stage on 10/21 at 7:30 pm at @NationalSawdust.

Tickets are on sale https://t.co/KSXRHwxUfH.

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“The right thing for me is to be the voice of the people in Iran who are putting their lives on the street." Check @Nilou_Nour’s interview on @vanmusicmag👉🏾https://t.co/9PTPL87u9b.

Niloufar’s We, The Innumerable, on stage on 10/21 at @NationalSawdust👉🏾https://t.co/9p1lhgNSnR.

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“Women, life, liberty” - CCO ideally participates in the worldwide protests in solidarity with the Iranian women by staging 🇮🇷 composer @Nilou_Nour's We The Innumerable.

More on the story of Roya and her husband Siavash at https://t.co/9p1lhgNkyj.

#IranRevolution #MahsaAmini

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#MahsaAmini's name must be a rallying call to us all. No woman should comply with a compulsory dress code or experience any repressive acts.

We the Innumerable by 🇮🇷 @Nilou_Nour explores one woman’s courage to resist the distorted reality of despotism👉🏻https://t.co/tsQpGMf3D8.

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In response to @AlinejadMasih's call, CCO share the story of #MahsaAmini, killed by 🇮🇷 police for 'improper hijab'.

We, The Innumerable by Iranian composer @Nilou_Nour tells a story of one woman’s courage to demand freedom in the face of state-violence👉🏿https://t.co/tsQpGMfBsG.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: CCO returns to NYC this Autumn with Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s We, The Innumerable, on stage at @NationalSawdust on October 21.

Buy your ticket at https://t.co/LmBpMD9LDh.

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Thanks @NYUflorence for hosting ‘A Sweet Silence in Cremona’ at the incredible Villa La Pietra in Florence 🇮🇹 last Wednesday, as the closing event of the 16th edition of The Season.

The opera presented in concert version was preceded by an equally intense onstage conversation.

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We regret to inform you that due to a recent COVID-19 outbreak within our cast, Deeply scheduled for 6/24, will be rescheduled for next Autumn and a new date will be announced shortly.

Ticket refunds will be automatically processed to ticket holders’ method of purchase.

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We are so thrilled to be back on stage in NYC with the 🇺🇸 premiere of Deeply on 6/24, 7 pm, at @LGBTCenterNYC.

Deeply stages a married woman who starts a relationship with a pathologist while visiting her mother at the hospital.

Info and tickets👉https://t.co/oDGenGXcad.

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Last Sunday, CCO’s riveting production A Sweet Silence in Cremona had its world premiere at @ponchielli_cr, featuring a cast of brilliant artists under the baton of Maestro Giuseppe Bruno & the direction of Cecilia Ligorio.

The audience went wild for the powerhouse casts!

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MEET OUR ARTISTS I An Interview with talented Stage Director Cecilia Ligorio.

Together, we talked about the narrative Cecilia wants to bring forward in her A Sweet Silence in Cremona.

On stage on May 8, tickets are on sale at https://t.co/VKoFxsdFaZ.

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WE ARE HAVING AMAZING REHEARSALS THIS WEEK! After 2 years, we are so excited to be hitting the road again and start the rehearsals for our A Sweet Silence in Cremona on stage on May 8.

Tickets are on sale at https://t.co/VKoFxsdFaZ. We can't wait to be on stage again!