Travel back in time to the inspired gatherings at 27 rue de Fleurus in Paris, where American expatriates Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas hosted luminaries of art and literature such as Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henri Matisse and Ernest Hemingway. The opera explores themes of love, loss, change and art set throughout two world wars. Presented in partnership with Macomb Center for the Performing Arts.

Morning Star tells the story of an immigrant Jewish family struggling to find a better life on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the early 20th century. The family is deeply impacted by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Great Depression, and World War I and must learn how to adapt to the country’s […]

Morning Star tells the story of an immigrant Jewish family struggling to find a better life on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the early 20th century. The family is deeply impacted by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Great Depression, and World War I and must learn how to adapt to the country’s […]

Morning Star tells the story of an immigrant Jewish family struggling to find a better life on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the early 20th century. The family is deeply impacted by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Great Depression, and World War I and must learn how to adapt to the country’s […]

Morning Star tells the story of an immigrant Jewish family struggling to find a better life on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the early 20th century. The family is deeply impacted by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Great Depression, and World War I and must learn how to adapt to the country’s […]

Eastman Opera Theatre presents The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Ricky Ian Gordon with a libretto by Jean-Claude Van Itallie November 1, 2018 | 7:30 PM Kilbourn Hall Eastman Theatre Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St. Rochester, NY 14604 Purchase tickets here »

Eastman Opera Theatre presents The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Ricky Ian Gordon with a libretto by Jean-Claude Van Itallie November 2, 2018 | 7:30 PM Kilbourn Hall Eastman Theatre Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St. Rochester, NY 14604 Purchase tickets here »

Eastman Opera Theatre presents The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Ricky Ian Gordon with a libretto by Jean-Claude Van Itallie November 3, 2018 | 7:30 PM Kilbourn Hall Eastman Theatre Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St. Rochester, NY 14604 Purchase tickets here »

Eastman Opera Theatre presents The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Ricky Ian Gordon with a libretto by Jean-Claude Van Itallie November 4, 2018 | 2:00 PM Kilbourn Hall Eastman Theatre Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St. Rochester, NY 14604 Purchase tickets here »

A Dream Deferred: Langston Hughes in Song Julia Bullock and Friends Langston Hughes's poems such as "Harlem," "Genius Child," and "Song for a Dark Girl" are set to music in this recital curated and performed by Julia Bullock, who is joined by soprano Nicole Cabell ("sheer sumptuous gorgeousness," The Mercury News), New York Philharmonic Principal […]