Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart,

Arranged by Danyal Dhondy

SPECIAL ON-DEMAND PRESENTATION: MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 THROUGH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29. REGISTER VIA THE RED TAB or click here:

Your On Demand presentation will begin today, October 28 at 4pm and will be available to view through Tuesday, October 29 at 4pm.

CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW DON GIOVANNI ON DEMAND

Join us for the Mannes Opera season opener – a classic realized anew. This Don Giovanni is presented in a crisp 100 minutes, with piano, string trio and trombone.

Featuring the sonorous acoustics of The New School’s renowned art deco Auditorium on 12th street, this jewel box production serves Mozart’s music and Da Ponte’s storytelling with a twist of horror.

Join us to usher in the 2024/2025 Mannes Opera Season!

Composed by W.A. Mozart, Libretto by L. Da Ponte.

October 18 & 19 at 7:30pm:

Mannes Opera presents Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart, arranged by Danyal Dhondy

The Auditorium on 12th Street at The New School

66 West 12th St., N.Y.C.

Free with Registration.

MANNES OPERA

Under the leadership of Managing Artistic Director Emma Griffin, Mannes Opera is a dynamic training program for operatic artists, marked by a curiosity for new and a devotion to craft. The program utilizes opera as a medium for exploration, improvisation, and creation, providing students with extensive performance opportunities and practice.

Recent notable productions include Grace McLean’s In the Green, Cavall’s La Calisto, Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters, Die Zauberflöte, Rachel J. Peter’s Mermaid in the Jar, and Kate Soper’s Here Be Sirens.  With our commitment to developing and supporting new opera, we have workshopped Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s The Listeners, Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s The Righteous (in collaboration with Santa Fe Opera), and David T. Little’s Agamemnon (in collaboration with Theatre for a New Audience).

Our mission is to empower students to become versatile and self-assured professional artists, equipped with the skills and agency to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of the performing arts. Mannes Opera is committed to fostering artistic excellence and innovation, guided by the rich traditions of the past and a bold vision for the future.

Mannes Opera’s 2024/25 Season opens with a jewelbox production of Don Giovanni created by Griffin and Mannes faculty member Cris Frisco, presented in a crisp 100 minutes, on October 18 and 19. The Opera in Concert double bill on November 8 and 9 features works by Mannes faculty members and prolific composers, David T. Little (Vinkensport, or the Finch Opera, New York premiere) and Kamala Sankaram (The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace), directed by New School Drama alum Alison Pogolrec. On March 7 and 8, Mannes Opera presents Handel’s Alcina at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater, directed by Sam Helfrich and conducted by Mannes alumnus Geoffrey MacDonald. On May 9, Mannes Opera gives a workshop presentation of Hildegard, a new opera by Sarah Kirkland Snider, in collaboration with Beth Morrison Productions.

We look forward to seeing you!