Orpheus and Euridice at Music Theatre of Connecticut
2025-03-07 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-08 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Music Theatre of Connecticut, 509 Westport Ave., Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
Music Theatre of Connecticut and the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra present a performance of the song cycle Orpheus and Euridice by Ricky Ian Gordon.
Tickets are $55 + $5 service fee per ticket.
Performances:

Friday, March 7, 2025 at 8PM
Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 2PM

Book Talk: Seeing Through at NY Public Library for the Performing Arts
2025-03-10 18:30 - 19:30 | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
“Celebrate the recent release of composer Ricky Ian Gordon’s book, Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera, with the Library for the Performing Arts! In this intimate evening event, Gordon joins Billy Rose Theatre Division curator Doug Reside for a conversation about his book, life, and career. Gordon will perform a selection of his own works.”
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Location: 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (entrance at 111 Amsterdam between 64th and 65th)

New York, NY 10023

Works & Process: This House at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
2025-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10128, United States
See excerpts of the new opera This House—by composer Ricky Ian Gordon, with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber—prior to the world premiere at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in June 2025.
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Erin Morley & Gerald Martin Moore in Recital
2025-04-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-04-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Park Avenue Armory, 643 Avenue Armory, New York, NY, 10065, United States
Lyric coloratura soprano Erin Morley and pianist Gerald Martin Moore perform a concert of music by Ricky Ian Gordon, Schumann, Berg, Saint-Saëns, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Tickets are $85 (plus fees).
Performances:

April 11, 2025 at 8PM
April 13, 2025 at 3PM

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Artist-in-Residency Workshop at George Mason University
2025-04-14 12:30 - 14:30 | George Mason University Harris Theatre, 4471 Aquia Creek Ln, Fairfax, VA, 22030, United States
Meet George Mason University Opera’s Artist-in-Residence Ricky Ian Gordon and learn about his compositions, including three of his art songs. Free and open to the public.

Art Song Masterclass at George Mason University
2025-04-16 12:30 - 14:30 | George Mason University Harris Theatre, 4471 Aquia Creek Ln, Fairfax, VA, 22030, United States
Come observe Mason Opera’s Artist-In-Residence Ricky Ian Gordon lead a masterclass for the Dewberry School of Music’s voice students. Free and open to the public.

27 at Mason Opera
2025-04-25 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-04-26 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-26 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-04-27 15:00 - 18:00 | George Mason University Harris Theatre, 4471 Aquia Creek Ln, Fairfax, VA, 22030, United States
Mason Opera presents 27, an opera by artist-in-residence, composer Ricky Ian Gordon, who will introduce each performance.
Tickets: $20 ($15 seniors/$5 students)

Freddie & Kunal in Concert at the Seattle Opera
2025-04-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Tagney Jones Hall, 363 Mercer Street, Seatlle, WA, 98109, United States
Tenor Freddie Ballentine and pianist Kunal Lahiry present “Our People,” featuring “a diverse range of repertoire exploring Black and LGBTQ experiences.”
Works byMargaret Bonds, Aaron Copland, and Sergei Rachmaninoff to newer music by Nina Simone, Ricky Ian Gordon, and David Krakauer.

Gaithersburg Chorus presents "A Musical Epistle"
2025-05-13 19:30 - 20:30 | Asbury Methodist Village Rosborough Theatre, 409 Russell Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD, 20877, United States
Gaithersburg Chorus presents “A Musical Epistle,” a free “concert of stories, questions, and reflections…[that] serves as a letter to ourselves, our children, and our community, exploring life’s shared gifts and challenges through music.”
Featuring works by Ricky Ian Gordon, Flory Jagoda, Orlando di Lasso, Eric Whitacre, Bill Withers, and others.
Music Direction: Melodia Rinaldi
Accompanist: Guzal Isametdinova

This House: World Premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
2025-05-31 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-21 12:30 - 14:30, 2025-06-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Loretto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Rd., Webster Groves, MO, 63119, United States
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis presents the world premiere of This House, by Ricky Ian Gordon, Lynn Nottage, and Ruby Aiyo Gerber.
Tickets are $25-149. Running length: 2 hours.
Performances:

May 31, 2025, 7:30PM (includes a complimentary post-show champagne reception)
June 5, 2025, 7:30PM (Young Friends Night)
June 11, 2025, 7:30PM
June 13, 2025, 7:30PM (ASL Interpretation, Audio Described, Young Friends Night)
June 21, 2025, 12:30PM (Audio Described)
June 29, 2025 (includes a complimentary post-show champagne reception)

Ricky Ian Gordon & Kelsey Lauritano
2025-06-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Blue Strawberry, 364 N. Boyle Ave., St. Louis, 63108, United States
Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Blue Strawberry present an evening of song and story with Ricky Ian Gordon and Kelsey Lauritano, including performances of “Without Music” and “Late Afternoon.”
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"I am Living. I Remember You" – A Midsummer Night's Concert
2025-06-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St., Narrowsburg, NY, 12764, United States
“This year’s Deep Water Literary Festival launches with an exploration of transformation—where poetry becomes music, grief becomes art, and memory becomes a bridge between worlds. Experience the luminous poetry of Marie Howe (New York Poet Laureate 2012-2016) reimagined as song in this special collaborative performance. Composer Ricky Ian Gordon—whose music has been hailed as ‘caviar for a world gorging on pizza’ (The New York Times)—transforms Howe’s verses, written in the wake of her brother’s death, into soaring vocal songs. Soprano Jennifer Zetlan, praised as “a tour de force” (The Wall Street Journal), brings these librettos to life with her radiant voice, interwoven with readings by Marie Howe of her Pulitzer Prize-winning poems.
The evening culminates with Grammy-winning pianist Kevin Hays’ improvisatory riff on Philip Glass’s Metamorphosis.”

Juneteenth Celebration Concert
2025-06-21 15:00 - 16:30 | First Presbyterian Church of Germantown, 700 E Chelten Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Delaware Valley Opera Company presents a concert of the music of William Grant Still and the poetry of Langston Hughes, including songs by Ricky Ian Gordon, Leslie Adams, and others.
Admission: Free ($20 donations appreciated)

Reson8: Singing Out Loud @ Attack Theatre
2025-07-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Attack Theatre, 212 45th St, Pittsburgh, 15201, United States
“Chamber Music Pittsburgh presents, in partnership with Resonance Works, the Reson8 Vocal Octet, celebrating the vibrant voices of LGBTQ+ creators in a soul-stirring concert of beauty and belonging…The program includes works by Jennifer Higdon, Conrad Susa, Mari Esobel Valverde, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Franz Schubert, Caroline Shaw, Leonard Bernstein, Ricky Ian Gordon, Stephen Sondheim, and more.”
Pay-What-You-Wish Admission

Reson8: Singing Out Loud
2025-07-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Crafton United Presbyterian, 80 Bradford Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15205, United States

Author Talk at Bedford Playhouse Clive Davis Arts Center
2025-07-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Bedford Playhouse Clive Davis Arts Center, Bedford Playhouse 633 Old Post Rd., Bedford, NY, 10506, United States
An author talk with Ricky Ian Gordon, with copies of the book available for sale and signing.

Orpheus and Euridice at Cincinnati Opera
2026-07-28 20:00 | Cincinnati Music Hall, 1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202, United States
Cincinnati Opera presents a story of “love, loss, and letting go.
Orpheus, a grieving musician, loses his beloved Euridice too soon—and is granted one impossible chance to bring her back from the underworld. Guided by music and memory, he descends into a realm of shadows with only one rule: don’t look back. Ricky Ian Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice retells the ancient myth with lyrical intimacy and emotional clarity, blending classical voice with contemporary style. It’s a haunting meditation on love, loss, and letting go.”

The New Seven Deadly Sins (Minnesota Premiere)
2025-08-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Crane Theater, 2303 Kennedy Street NE, Unit 120, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
“Skylark Opera Theatre presents the Minnesota premiere of The New Seven Deadly Sins August 7-10, 2025, at The Crane Theater. The production is a daring blend of contemporary song and dance featuring seven original songs commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation for the legendary Audra McDonald.
Each sin is brought to life through the unique musical styles of some of the most gifted living composers of opera and musical theater. These powerhouse songs will be paired with bold, evocative choreography from director Nikki Swoboda and musical direction by Skylark’s own James Barnett.
Soprano Bergen Baker brings vocal fire to each piece, while dancers Patrick Jeffrey and Sarah Potvin channel the passion and complexity of each “sin’ through movement. This is not your usual song and dance, it is a visceral, genre-blending experience where opera and musical theater meet modern dance, and the results are thrilling.
The songs in The New Seven Deadly Sins were composed by:
• Jeff Blumenkrantz
• Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
• Ricky Ian Gordon
• Jake Heggie
• Michael John LaChiusa
• Steve Marzullo and Mark Campbell
• John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey
