Mara Waldman News

Encompass New Opera Theatre will present an evening of the music of Gertrude Stein, featuring CAPITAL CAPITALS and THREE SISTERS WHO ARE NOT SISTERS on April 27th.

Symphony Space's Gertrude Stein's Paris, a month-long, multi-disciplinary festival devoted to the vibrant cultural milieu of Gertrude Stein's Paris, continues on Friday, April 27 with two fully staged productions devoted to the inspiration Stein's work had on vocal and operatic repertoire. Encompass New Opera Theatre will present two one-act operas based on texts by Stein, Virgil Thomson's Capital Capitals and Ned Rorem's Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters.

Symphony Space's Gertrude Stein's Paris, a month-long, multi-disciplinary festival devoted to the vibrant cultural milieu of Gertrude Stein's Paris, continues on Friday, April 27 with two fully staged productions devoted to the inspiration Stein's work had on vocal and operatic repertoire. Encompass New Opera Theatre will present two one-act operas based on texts by Stein, Virgil Thomson's Capital Capitals and Ned Rorem's Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters. Directed by Nancy Rhodes, this salute to Stein's work through American opera is a fresh examination of the influence Stein has had throughout the arts.

Melissa Manchester and Lucie Arnaz headlined fellow stars at a fabulous evening honoring Marvin Hamlisch at the National Arts Club on Sunday, November 20.

Encompass New Opera Theatre (Nancy Rhodes, Artistic Director and Mara Waldman, Music Director) presents the World Premiere of Angel of the Amazon, a new music drama with libretto and music by Evan Mack at The Jerome Robbins Theater at Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, NYC. Performances end May 22.

Encompass New Opera Theatre (Nancy Rhodes, Artistic Director and Mara Waldman, Music Director) presents the World Premiere of Angel of the Amazon, a new music drama with libretto and music by Evan Mack at The Jerome Robbins Theater at Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, NYC.

Encompass New Opera Theatre (Nancy Rhodes, Artistic Director and Mara Waldman, Music Director) presents the World Premiere of Angel of the Amazon, a new music drama with libretto and music by Evan Mack at The Jerome Robbins Theater at Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, NYC.

Encompass New Opera Theatre (Nancy Rhodes, Artistic Director and Mara Waldman, Music Director) presents the World Premiere of Angel of the Amazon, a new music drama with libretto and music by Evan Mack at The Jerome Robbins Theater at Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, NYC. Performances begin May 6 and run through May 22.

Encompass New Opera Theatre (Nancy Rhodes, Artistic Director and Mara Waldman, Music Director) presents the World Premiere of Angel of the Amazon, a new music drama with libretto and music by Evan Mack at The Jerome Robbins Theater at Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, NYC. Performances begin May 6 and run through May 22.

Join us as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS, written by the creative genius Gertrude Stein and the inimitable Virgil Thomson, presented in collaboration with Nancy Rhodes (Artistic Director, Encompass New Opera Theatre), poet and librettist Karren Alenier, and the CUNY Ph.D. Program in Music. Four Saints in Three Acts holds a unique place in the American avant-garde opera of the 20th century. It will be honored in a daylong event by leading scholars and practitioners in the field of avant-garde literature and performance, with a screening and discussions. The highlight of the celebration is a staged oratorio version of Four Saints in Three Acts prepared by Virgil Thomson himself, directed by Nancy Rhodes, and presented by Encompass New Opera Theatre, with 8 principles, a 24-member chorus, 3 dancers, and a 16 piece orchestra conducted by Mara Waldman.

Beginning Thursday, June 19, Encompass New Opera Theatre, in association with Opera Index, will present the NY Premiere of 'SHAW SINGS!' for five performances at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, Broadway & 95th Street.

Encompass New Opera Theatre, announced the award-winning company, in association with Opera Index, will present the NY Premiere of 'Shaw Sings' for five performances at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space.