Discover the little-known music of prolific American composer Earl Kelly (1916-1981), who composed over 50 songs and works for piano, many during his tour of service in North Africa and Italy during World War II. Also featured will be songs by Nadia Boulanger (with whom Kelly studied composition) and her sister Lili Boulanger, composer of the opera Faust et Hélène, an NCO mainstage production in 2022. The program will be rounded out with songs by Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauß.

NCO co-Founder/Art Director Eva Parr, mezzo-soprano, will be joined by pianist Andrew Parr and violist Sarah Adams.

September 13, 2023
6:30pm
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002

We invite you to our annual NCO Gala. Imbibe, dine, and experience fantastic performances, all while supporting NCO's engaging programming.
Hors d'oeuvres, open bar, and live performances featuring NCO artists
Cocktail attire encouraged

Don’t miss this one-night-only performance. On the 48th floor of One Bryant Park, all the notes will be high notes!

This exclusive event will be an intimate, invite-only fundraiser. Tickets are free, but your presence means that you are there to support immersive, boundary-breaking productions.

Two seats per reservation only. One reservation per person.
And please only reserve if you really mean to be there.

Join us to hear more about our upcoming season, and bask in a few selected arias and duets.

Performers for the evening will be announced soon!

New Camerata Opera will present a double bill of French one-act operas, conducted by Music Director Kamal Khan. For the first time ever, New Camerata Opera brings its unique blend of fun and immersiveness to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Stage Director John de los Santos conjures a gorgeous world where clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story

Irondale Center, 85 S Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

New Camerata Opera will present a double bill of French one-act operas, conducted by Music Director Kamal Khan. For the first time ever, New Camerata Opera brings its unique blend of fun and immersiveness to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Stage Director John de los Santos conjures a gorgeous world where clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story

Irondale Center, 85 S Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

New Camerata Opera will present a double bill of French one-act operas, conducted by Music Director Kamal Khan. For the first time ever, New Camerata Opera brings its unique blend of fun and immersiveness to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Stage Director John de los Santos conjures a gorgeous world where clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story

Irondale Center, 85 S Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

New Camerata Opera will present a double bill of French one-act operas, conducted by Music Director Kamal Khan. For the first time ever, New Camerata Opera brings its unique blend of fun and immersiveness to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Stage Director John de los Santos conjures a gorgeous world where clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story

Irondale Center, 85 S Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

A free, live performance of favorite opera excerpts by NYC’s most exciting young company. New Camerata Opera’s principal soloists will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written.

$10 Suggested Donation

726 Argyle Road, Brooklyn, NY 11230

A free, live performance of favorite opera excerpts by NYC’s most exciting young company. New Camerata Opera’s principal soloists will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written.

$10 Suggested Donation

Anita’s Way, 135 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

A free, live performance of favorite opera excerpts by NYC’s most exciting young company. New Camerata Opera’s principal soloists will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written.

$10 Suggested Donation

Anita’s Way, 135 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

A free, live performance of favorite opera excerpts by NYC’s most exciting young company. New Camerata Opera’s principal soloists will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written.

$10 Suggested Donation

Anita’s Way, 135 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

New Camerata Opera announces their Spring 2022 mainstage production, The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, by Kamala Sankaram and Rob Handel. The one-act opera will be directed by Jennifer Williams, with music direction by Nell Flanders. Immersive cabaret elements and thematically-related repertoire will be performed before and after the opera, intertwining multiple pieces into one engaging evening. Performances will take place on April 7, 8, and 9 at 8:00pm, and April 10 at 3:00pm at Dixon Place Theater on the Lower East Side.​​ The performance will run approximately 90 minutes without intermission.

This opera, composed in 2019, follows Ada, Countess of Lovelace and Lord Byron's daughter, who has been asked to help Charles Babbage with his work on the Difference Engine. She struggles between her work in mathematics and upholding her reputation as a wife, mother, and public figure.

The cabaret will incorporate aerialist work from performer Heather Meyer and Circus Director Nicki Miller. Utilizing the full spectrum of tools for storytelling, the evening will provide a transportive trip into the world of Ada Lovelace.

Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002

New Camerata Opera announces their Spring 2022 mainstage production, The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, by Kamala Sankaram and Rob Handel. The one-act opera will be directed by Jennifer Williams, with music direction by Nell Flanders. Immersive cabaret elements and thematically-related repertoire will be performed before and after the opera, intertwining multiple pieces into one engaging evening. Performances will take place on April 7, 8, and 9 at 8:00pm, and April 10 at 3:00pm at Dixon Place Theater on the Lower East Side.​​ The performance will run approximately 90 minutes without intermission.

This opera, composed in 2019, follows Ada, Countess of Lovelace and Lord Byron's daughter, who has been asked to help Charles Babbage with his work on the Difference Engine. She struggles between her work in mathematics and upholding her reputation as a wife, mother, and public figure.

The cabaret will incorporate aerialist work from performer Heather Meyer and Circus Director Nicki Miller. Utilizing the full spectrum of tools for storytelling, the evening will provide a transportive trip into the world of Ada Lovelace.

Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002

New Camerata Opera announces their Spring 2022 mainstage production, The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, by Kamala Sankaram and Rob Handel. The one-act opera will be directed by Jennifer Williams, with music direction by Nell Flanders. Immersive cabaret elements and thematically-related repertoire will be performed before and after the opera, intertwining multiple pieces into one engaging evening. Performances will take place on April 7, 8, and 9 at 8:00pm, and April 10 at 3:00pm at Dixon Place Theater on the Lower East Side.​​ The performance will run approximately 90 minutes without intermission.

This opera, composed in 2019, follows Ada, Countess of Lovelace and Lord Byron's daughter, who has been asked to help Charles Babbage with his work on the Difference Engine. She struggles between her work in mathematics and upholding her reputation as a wife, mother, and public figure.

The cabaret will incorporate aerialist work from performer Heather Meyer and Circus Director Nicki Miller. Utilizing the full spectrum of tools for storytelling, the evening will provide a transportive trip into the world of Ada Lovelace.

Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002

New Camerata Opera announces their Spring 2022 mainstage production, The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, by Kamala Sankaram and Rob Handel. The one-act opera will be directed by Jennifer Williams, with music direction by Nell Flanders. Immersive cabaret elements and thematically-related repertoire will be performed before and after the opera, intertwining multiple pieces into one engaging evening. Performances will take place on April 7, 8, and 9 at 8:00pm, and April 10 at 3:00pm at Dixon Place Theater on the Lower East Side.​​ The performance will run approximately 90 minutes without intermission.

This opera, composed in 2019, follows Ada, Countess of Lovelace and Lord Byron's daughter, who has been asked to help Charles Babbage with his work on the Difference Engine. She struggles between her work in mathematics and upholding her reputation as a wife, mother, and public figure.

The cabaret will incorporate aerialist work from performer Heather Meyer and Circus Director Nicki Miller. Utilizing the full spectrum of tools for storytelling, the evening will provide a transportive trip into the world of Ada Lovelace.

Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002

New Camerata Opera presents Cav + Pag, an operatic ‘mash-up’ of the traditional double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. This 90-minute adaptation was developed by John de los Santos, Samuel McCoy, and internationally-renowned dramaturg Cori Ellison. By seamlessly intertwining the characters, stories, and music, the audience is treated to a super-condensed look at these classic verismo operas, performed by artists from the New York area. The performance will be accompanied by a chamber orchestra and will take place at The Muse in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

THE MUSE, 350 Moffat St., Brooklyn, NY 11237

New Camerata Opera presents Cav + Pag, an operatic ‘mash-up’ of the traditional double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. This 90-minute adaptation was developed by John de los Santos, Samuel McCoy, and internationally-renowned dramaturg Cori Ellison. By seamlessly intertwining the characters, stories, and music, the audience is treated to a super-condensed look at these classic verismo operas, performed by artists from the New York area. The performance will be accompanied by a chamber orchestra and will take place at The Muse in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

THE MUSE, 350 Moffat St., Brooklyn, NY 11237

New Camerata Opera presents Cav + Pag, an operatic ‘mash-up’ of the traditional double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. This 90-minute adaptation was developed by John de los Santos, Samuel McCoy, and internationally-renowned dramaturg Cori Ellison. By seamlessly intertwining the characters, stories, and music, the audience is treated to a super-condensed look at these classic verismo operas, performed by artists from the New York area. The performance will be accompanied by a chamber orchestra and will take place at The Muse in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

THE MUSE, 350 Moffat St., Brooklyn, NY 11237

New Camerata Opera presents Cav + Pag, an operatic ‘mash-up’ of the traditional double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. This 90-minute adaptation was developed by John de los Santos, Samuel McCoy, and internationally-renowned dramaturg Cori Ellison. By seamlessly intertwining the characters, stories, and music, the audience is treated to a super-condensed look at these classic verismo operas, performed by artists from the New York area. The performance will be accompanied by a chamber orchestra and will take place at The Muse in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

THE MUSE, 350 Moffat St., Brooklyn, NY 11237

A free, live performance of favorite opera excerpts by NYC’s most exciting young company. New Camerata Opera’s principal soloists will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written.

Anita’s Way, 135 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

A free, live performance of favorite opera excerpts by NYC’s most exciting young company. New Camerata Opera’s principal soloists will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written.

Anita’s Way, 135 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

The Brooklyn Job is an interactive, virtual museum heist written and directed by New York comedian Sarah Morgan Ashey. Under the music direction of Dan Franklin Smith, this thrilling narrative is set to wide-ranging repertoire selections performed by a cast of ten singers. On-location shoots, professionally recorded audio, and live performance elements converge with engaging audience polls to create a truly unique and exciting story. Guests can enhance their at-home viewing experience by opting into chic cocktail kits and themed party favors for a fully immersive experience.

The cast includes sopranos Samina Aslam and Barbara Porto; mezzo-sopranos Eva Parr, Julia Tang, and Anna Tonna; tenors Erik Bagger and Victor Khodadad; baritones Stan Lacy and Scott Lindroth; and bass Kofi Hayford.

The Brooklyn Job is an interactive, virtual museum heist written and directed by New York comedian Sarah Morgan Ashey. Under the music direction of Dan Franklin Smith, this thrilling narrative is set to wide-ranging repertoire selections performed by a cast of ten singers. On-location shoots, professionally recorded audio, and live performance elements converge with engaging audience polls to create a truly unique and exciting story. Guests can enhance their at-home viewing experience by opting into chic cocktail kits and themed party favors for a fully immersive experience.

The cast includes sopranos Samina Aslam and Barbara Porto; mezzo-sopranos Eva Parr, Julia Tang, and Anna Tonna; tenors Erik Bagger and Victor Khodadad; baritones Stan Lacy and Scott Lindroth; and bass Kofi Hayford.

Each year, NCO produces an annual concert called United We Sing which benefits a local non-profit organization. This year we are raising funds for City Harvest and are presenting a virtual concert, United We Sing For City Harvest, on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at 4pm on Facebook Premiere. Please join us on 1/31 by clicking on this link: https://facebook.com/newcamerataopera. Like and follow NCO on Facebook to stay tuned for updates.

Donations to support City Harvest may be made by clicking here:

For those who missed our sold out performance, we present to you a special holiday themed Sleuth Salon! Join us for a yuletide murder mystery, directed by Jennifer Williams. This encore performance of interactive theater will feature a cast of 10 singers and pianist Dan Franklin Smith in an engaging “who-done-it” story. And if you’re feeling merry, spice up the evening with a Toast at Home Cocktail Kit - available to those in the NYC Metro area. Kits will be delivered 2-3 days prior to the show.