Opera Untapped

Opera will ring out in Coolidge Corner this Spring!

Flowers and Opera Returns to the S.S. Pierce Walkway Saturday, June 6 at 2pm 🌸🌺🌼

Featuring the talented cast of Aurora Martin, Laura Couch, Leo Balkovetz, Lindsay Albert (pianist), and Katrina Holden Buckley

Free admission

Mistaken identities, revenge plots, ridiculous schemes, and one very overconfident knight.

June 5–7, catch Verdi’s Falstaff with Opera51 — a fast-paced comedy inspired by Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor and packed with chaos, wit, and some of opera’s most joyful music.

Featuring James Liu in the title role alongside a stellar cast of familiar Boston-area artists and exciting company debuts.

June 5 & 6 at 8pm
June 7 at 2pm
51 Walden, Concord
Tickets: $35
www.opera51.org (http://www.opera51.org/).

June 6th
Castle of our Skins: Black Declaration of Independence.

Join Castle of our Skins for Black Declaration of Independence — an evening of world premiere vocal chamber music exploring liberation, identity, and community through Black artistic voices.

Featuring new commissions by Yaz Lancaster, Kevin Day, and Joe Williams, this special program brings together an extraordinary ensemble of artists including Patrick Dailey, Arielle Rogers-Wilkey, Ashleigh Gordon, DeShaun Gordon-King, and more.

Saturday, June 6 at 7PM 
Hibernian Hall in Roxbury
Tickets:

Opera but make it drag.

On June 5, our roster artist Donatella Fermata brings OPERA HAUS to the Somerville Armory — an outrageous, hilarious, and gloriously campy night where local drag performers lip-sync to operatic “greatest hits” reimagined with parody, sparkle, and zero chill.

Featuring some of Boston’s fantastic opera singers alongside incredible drag artists, this Live Arts Boston-supported project celebrates the meeting point of opera and Q***r culture — welcoming new audiences into the classical music space while reminding all of us that opera can (and should) be wildly fun.

Friday, June 5 at 8pm
Somerville Armory

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opera-haus-tickets-1986489157545?aff=oddtdtcreator

From our friends at Henry Purcell Society of Boston.

Friday, May 22 - Cabaret for Community

Local musicians are coming together for an evening of performance dedicated to supporting vulnerable communities.

Cabaret for Community features a wide-ranging lineup of artists, including countertenor Cody Bowers, violinist Susanna Ogata, and recorder players Daniel Meyers and Roy Sansom, alongside a Broadway-focused set with Emily Siar and Craig Juricka. The program also includes a special young artist from the Boston Arts Academy, Aviva Dias.

All performers are contributing their work to support a shared goal: to raise $6,000 and collect essential supplies for Compassion in Action and the PAIR Project (which provides free legal representation and advocacy for detained immigrants and asylum seekers). !00% of the proceeds goes to these groups.

It’s a chance to experience a wide spectrum of live performance while supporting a meaningful, community-driven effort.

Friday, May 22
7:00–9:00 PM
First Parish Lincoln, 14 Bedford Road, Lincoln, MA (Parish Hall).

Tickets/Info: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/purcell-society-boston/baroque-to-broadway

A dreamy team for a dreamy spring day.

Join us for Sing into spring this Saturday May 23rd 2-4pm.

Featuring:
Erin Merceruio Nelson, Laura Couch, Sol Kim Bentley, and James Myers.

Back by popular demand: A spring afternoon the whole community can enjoy.

Part concert, part arts and crafts, part garden adventure — designed for everyone to enjoy at their own pace.

*Bring your butterfly or fairy wings and delight in an afternoon of arts and culture with no stuffy dress code.

This event is presented with support from the Somerville Arts Council, the Mass Cultural Council, and the Somerville Garden Club.

Tickets Are Live!🎉

Inspired by the vivid colors of the natural world, Arias Aloft: Chromatic is our most vibrant collaboration yet.

Join Opera Untapped and Circus 617 at deCordova Sculpture Park and the New England Botanic Garden for an unforgettable evening of music, movement, and color under the open sky. Bring a blanket or chair, gather with friends and family, and experience a performance unlike anything else in the region.

This one-of-a-kind production blends vocal acrobatics with physical virtuosity, featuring many of the area’s leading circus artists and classical singers. Expect opera, musical theater, and cabaret favorites paired with original, awe-inspiring circus acts.

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Sunday, June 28, 2025 (Rain date: Friday, August 9)
6–7:30PM (doors open at 5:30PM)

New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
Sunday, July 12, 2026 (Rain date: Monday July 13th)
6–7:30PM (doors open at 5:15PM)
AND 
Sunday, July 19, 2026 (Rain date: Monday July 20th)
6–7:30PM (doors open at 5:15PM)

Allyson Bennett, Soprano ( )
Mary Kray, Mezzo-soprano (.studios )
Kathryn McKellar, Soprano ( )
David Rivera Bozon, Tenor ( )
Lindsay Albert, Piano ( )

Rachel Barringer, Circus Artist ( )
Mandy Hackman, Circus Artist ( )
Alexis Hedrick, Circus Artist (.hedrick )
Caroline Wright, Circus Artist (.georgia.wright )

Creative Directors
Kathryn McKellar and Ellen Waylonis ( )