HCO ✕ Radcliffe: Turbulent Tremors (Fall Recital)

Thursday, November 14th @ 5 pm.

Harvard College Opera presents a recital of vocal works in conjunction with Dario Robleto’s exhibition at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study (Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery of Byerly Hall at 8 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard). FREE admission.

HCO ✕ BSO: A Night at the OperA

Friday, November 15th @ 8 pm.

Harvard College Opera joins the Bach Society Orchestra for a concert featuring operatic works by Rossini, Donizetti, Borodin, Gounod, Mozart, Massenet, and Strauss. Paine Hall.

Tickets are FREE and can be reserved here.

Harvard college opera guest arist series: masterclass & discussion with MORRIS ROBINSON

Thursday, November 21st @ 4 pm.

Operatic bass Morris Robinson presents a master class, generously supported by the Office for the Arts at Harvard, featuring singers involved with Harvard College Opera and Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players.

The master class will be held in Paine Hall and is free and open to the public.

28th Annual mainstage opera: Die zauberflöte (THE MAGIC FLUTE)

Performances run Friday, January 31 through Sunday, February 9.

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is Mozart’s majestic, transcendental opera in two acts blending myth, magic, and a remarkable variety of wonderful music to deliver its future-facing, forward thinking, and life-affirming message: love conquers all. Sung in German with English supertitles. All performances are family friendly.

Performance times and cast, staff, and orchestra credits will be updated regularly on the show page.

die Zauberflöte — The Fantasy MATINéE

Sunday, February 2 @ 1:30 pm.

Following the matinée performance of Die Zauberflöte, Harvard College Opera invites families to join cast, staff, and orchestra members for a peek backstage and to meet characters in costume. Refreshments will be offered. Free and open to audiences of all ages.

Die Zauberflöte — 4th annual opera gala: An Evening Amongst the Sun and Stars

Saturday, February 8 @ 9:30 pm, following the 6:30 pm performance of Die Zauberflöte.

Harvard College Opera hosts the 4th annual Gala celebrating Harvard’s premier undergraduate opera company. Held in the grand Horner Room of the Agassiz Theater, featuring refreshments, music, a photo booth, and lively merriment in the spirit of the timeless art of opera. The Gala is ticketed and open to all — alumni, guests, faculty, family, friends, and all members of our community. Tickets available soon!

Harvard College Opera Guest artist series: Masterclass with DANA VARGA

Friday, February 28th @ 4:00 pm.

Operatic soprano Dana Varga presents a vocal master class and arts entrepreneurship workshop, featuring singers involved with Harvard College Opera and open to artists of any discipline at Harvard. The master class will be held in Leverett Library Theater and is free and open to the public.

First-year showcase

Friday, March 6 @ 6:00 pm.

Harvard College Opera will present a showcase featuring our wonderful first-year performers! The concert will include vocal and instrumental works by classical composers. The performance will be held at the Signet Society and is free and open to the Harvard community.

Classical Showcase (SPRING RECITAL)

Harvard College Opera will present a spring recital of vocal and instrumental works by classical composers. The concert will be free and open to the public.

(Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)

ARTS FIRST: The SLEEPING BEAUTY

On May 3, during the annual ARTS FIRST Festival presented by the Office for the Arts at Harvard, Harvard College Opera will present a semi-staged, one hour performance of Benjamin P. Wenzelberg’s one-act opera, The Sleeping Beauty in the Smith Campus Center Commons. Free, family-friendly, and open to the public.

(Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)

ARTS FIRST: “Va, Pensiero”

On May 20, Harvard College Opera proudly presented its rendition of “Va, pensiero" from Verdi's opera Nabucco. Despite the global pandemic and its widespread impact on society, including art-making, HCO is proud to remain resilient and contribute to a virtual version of Harvard's annual ARTS FIRST Festival, coordinated by the Harvard Office for the Arts.

Please enjoy this collective effort from some of the artists and people that constitute student opera at Harvard, including singers, instrumentalists, dancers, and tech!