Intermountain Opera Bozeman presents La Bohéme, Puccini’s timeless tale of love, loss, and the pursuit of art. Set in the bohemian district of Paris, this iconic opera tells the story of young artists struggling to make ends meet while pursuing their dreams. With its sweeping orchestration and powerful voices, this masterpiece will captivate you as it has audiences worldwide for centuries. 

Join us for the world premiere of Song of the Nightingale, commissioned and produced by On Site Opera and Arts Brookfield, taking place across three of Brookfield Properties’ public spaces: Brooklyn Commons, Manhattan West and Brookfield Place. Adapted from Hans Christian Anderson’s The Nightingale, this modern-day fairy tale tells the story of a collector looking to gather up the world’s most beautiful objects.

Join us for the world premiere of Song of the Nightingale, commissioned and produced by On Site Opera and Arts Brookfield, taking place across three of Brookfield Properties’ public spaces: Brooklyn Commons, Manhattan West and Brookfield Place. Adapted from Hans Christian Anderson’s The Nightingale, this modern-day fairy tale tells the story of a collector looking to gather up the world’s most beautiful objects.

Join us for the world premiere of Song of the Nightingale, commissioned and produced by On Site Opera and Arts Brookfield, taking place across three of Brookfield Properties’ public spaces: Brooklyn Commons, Manhattan West and Brookfield Place. Adapted from Hans Christian Anderson’s The Nightingale, this modern-day fairy tale tells the story of a collector looking to gather up the world’s most beautiful objects.

Sassy soprano Cree Carrico is joined by Music Director, Aaron McAllister in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of song and story celebrating love, lust, loss, and everything in between.  

The program features hits from classic musical theatre composers (Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Bock & Harnick), contemporary composers (Jason Robert Brown, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Goldrich & Heisler) and some world premiers never to have been heard before.  

Guys and Dolls was the winner of the 1950 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for drama. The show follows the unlikely love story of Sister Sarah Brown, a missionary trying to evangelize the wicked of New York City, and Sky Masterson, a high stakes gambler who has a hard time turning down any bet. Leading the cast of Guys and Dolls is Keith Phares as Sky Masterson. Opera News calls Phares' voice a "fine lyric baritone" with "velvety beauty," making him the perfect choice for the suave crooner. Mezzo-soprano Elise Quagliata stars alongside Phares as Sister Sarah Brown. The New York Times praised her performance with New York City Opera as "vocally and physically nuanced... vividly conveying the evolution of the character."

The wealthy old bachelor, Don Pasquale, has decided to take a wife so that he may produce an heir, cutting his insubordinate nephew, Ernesto, out of his inheritance.

Ernesto is devastated to think of a life without Norina, a beautiful, widow in the village. Enter Dr. Malatesta - whose name translates to mean “headache.”  That is exactly what he will be for Pasquale, as he helps the couple come up with a plan to marry with Ernesto’s inheritance!  

If you like The Barber of Seville, you’ll enjoy Don Pasquale.

Appreciated for its direct expression and narrative quality, the folk song both honors world culture and speaks to our shared humanity. This concert looks to the long tradition of composers who have used the folk song as a touchstone for their creativity. Hear the new folk song-inspired works of Melissa Dunphy, Robert Maggio, Jennifer Higdon, Michael Djupstrom, Allen Krantz, Jeffrey Scott, Gregory Brown, Gilda Lyons, John Conahan, and Benjamin P. Wenzelberg. New songs sitting alongside extant folk song settings, all partnered with dramatic story-telling by Charlotte Blake Alston. With Cree Carrico, Devony Smith, Nicholas Davis, Steven Brennfleck, Laura Ward, piano, and instrumentalists from Orchestra 2001.

Swashbuckling slapstick from the masters of theatrical tomfoolery, The Pirates of Penzance presents the screamingly funny satirical perfection of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic genius. Take a turncoat apprentice, a tender-hearted band of pirates, one very marriage-focused nursemaid and mix in a catch-22 involving Leap Year, and you’ve got the makings for this rollicking tale of ignoble nobles and the ladies who love them.

In the dystopian country of Fundamentalia, gender expression is oppressed by the state, and being gay is a death sentence. It is here that Solana, a free spirit, finds her lost love Lilah, who is now a wife and mother. As their hearts join, Lilah’s domestic life and future is shaken to the core—unearthing secrets about her husband Javan, and giving way to the truth that love is love.

Cocoa Cantata is a response to J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata (c. 1734). A mini-drama with sparkling roles for soprano, baritone, and bass-baritone, the new work explores power and ethics in the multibillion-dollar chocolate industry, using Bach’s instrumentation.

Two chocolate executives, one from a global brand, the other a boutique chocolatier, square off over a hostile takeover, when a food scientist introduces a scientifically engineered supercocoa. One bite of it, and each chocolate executive is transformed.

Like the Bach, Cocoa Cantata will run approximately 25 minutes, with soaring arias, spiky duets, and a rousing final trio. The tone is gently satirical, with contemporary allusions to fair-trade practices, the chemistry and symbolism of chocolate, and the marketing of pleasure. 

Cocoa Cantata will be delicious to anyone who loves chocolate—or tries to control their craving for it!

Cocoa Cantata was commissioned by Triphammer Arts Inc. with The Arts at Grace and Society for New Music.

Paterson and Cote will also premiere their contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata. More than just an English version of the German libretto by Christian Friedrich Henrici, this new work aims for a “fresh-brewed” vision of the father-daughter conflict over java.

Despite references to SUVs, smartphones, and throuples, Cote’s new libretto retains the essential plot: a frustrated father tries to convince his coffee-chugging daughter to forsake the bean. When the father dangles marriage as a bargaining tool, they reach a decaffeinated détente. 

Paterson’s transcription updates Bach's original Baroque ensemble to a similar, yet more contemporary classical instrumentation, consisting of flute, string quartet, and piano, and with the tenor and baritone roles switched to baritone and bass baritone, respectively. This instrumentation is also used for Cocoa Cantata.

Just as cappuccino and bonbons go together nicely, the new Cocoa Cantata and Coffee Cantata will make for a highly stimulating evening of witty words and beautiful music. 

Blake Allen has announced the cast of his world premiere recording of the shards of an honor code junkie, releasing on No Reverse Records, September 17, 2021. An American opera oratorio meets storybook album, the shards of an honor code junkie is an autobiographical story of a homosexual Mormon that embarks on a journey of self-love while challenging Brigham Young's staunch Honor Code Rules, unhinging demons of drugs, sex, and suicide in a victorious coming-of-age story.

Preorder August 13. Release September 17.