2026-2027
NORTHERN LIGHTS
CINCINNATI SONG INITITIATIVE
Following last season’s highly acclaimed concert Norden, Fulbright Scholar and celebrated soprano Alisa Jordheim brings us another jewel of a program from the North. Featuring stunning songs in Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Danish, we’ll once again be transported from the Queen City to the quiet passion of the Nordic region.
Kaylee will be singing Ståle Kleiberg's Trur du på lyng? / Do you Believe in Heather? on Cincinnati Public Radio.
NOVEMBER
7
LET IT BE NEW
CINCINNATI SONG INITIATIVE
Kaylee Nichols will be premiering [ ] is a parrot by Charlie Kreidler, poetry by Edgar Morales.
In its sixth year, Cincinnati Song Initiative proudly presents the world premieres by the participants of the 2025-2026 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Composer Mentorship Program.
JUNE 2026
29
Camille Claudel: Into the fire
CINCINNATI SONG INITIATIVE
Kaylee Nichols, Mezzo-Soprano
with members of the Red Door String Quartet
Experience an enchanting evening of musical storytelling in collaboration with the Red Door Chamber Music Series. Jake Heggie’s monumental cycle Camille Claudel: Into the Fire drops us into the vivid and beautiful - yet troubled - mind of the famed French sculptor.
MARCH 2026
17
FUTUREGLOW
CINCINNATI OPERA YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Cincinnati Opera Young Professionals (COYP) invite you to Bacchanal: FUTUREGLOW—a party where music, fashion, and art collide in a radiant expression of creativity and community, raising funds in support of Cincinnati Opera’s 2026
Summer Festival.
This year, we are celebrating the light we choose to create: the spark within us all that shapes the world we imagine. Inspired by the groundbreaking new opera, Lalovavi, experience an immersive fashion show featuring Afrofuturist designers and other visionary artists presented by Me by Lee, along with live performances by Cincinnati Opera artists and Lalovavi librettist and spoken word artist Tifara Brown, and of course, plenty of dancing.
This isn’t just another party — it’s a movement that proves opera isn’t stuck in the past. It’s beaming forward, and with you, its future glows even brighter.