Events
Upcoming Ways to Support NYOS
The Provincetown Arts Press 2026 Gala
Join us on Thursday, September 10 from 5-8 p.m. at the Provincetown Town Hall for an unforgettable celebration of creativity in the heart of Provincetown. Eat, drink, and be merry with us as we celebrate the 2026-’27 issue of Provincetown Arts.
Catharsis: The Power of Music
Annual Opera & Oysters fundraiser hosted by Lesley Silvester and Ely Terry Kahn, featuring a pianist who also curates the National Gallery of Art's concert series and a baritone with a notable second career.
North Star Rising (with Crossings 200)
A multi-city tour with Opera Nordfjord marking 200 years of Norwegian immigration to the U.S., anchored by a Scandinavian-repertoire specialist soprano and a celebrated Norwegian composer-librettist team.
Babette's Feast
A new opera based on Karen Blixen's book, with music by Gisle Kverndokk and libretto by Øystein Wiik, premiered in excerpt at two Washington, DC venues.
Creativity Personified
The 2024 installment of NYOS's annual Opera & Oysters fundraiser for Truro Center for the Arts, featuring three singers with major regional and national credits.
Mutual Muses: Art & Music
The 2023 Opera & Oysters fundraiser for Truro Center for the Arts, featuring soprano Alisa Jordheim and tenor Vale Rideout.
Oficio de Caminantes
A world-premiere cantata by Ricardo Llorca, commissioned by Santiago de Compostela Cathedral.
Las Horas Vacías (The Empty Hours)
The staged world premiere of Ricardo Llorca's opera.
Fan the Moonbeams: Broadway, Opera and Oysters
A 2019 fundraiser for NYOS and PMPM, marking the lead-up to Provincetown's 400th anniversary.
Tres Sombreros de Copa (Three Top Hats)
An opera by Ricardo Llorca based on Miguel Mihura's classic Spanish play.
TOSCA (France Tour)
A 2019 fundraiser for NYOS and PMPM, marking the lead-up to Provincetown's 400th anniversary.
At Home Abroad
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and Spain’s National Day, the New York Opera Society presented At Home Abroad, an intimate piano recital featuring internationally acclaimed Spanish pianist Rosa Torres-Pardo. Held at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium, the program explored the musical connections between Spain and France through works by Isaac Albéniz and Claude Debussy, including selections from Iberia, Estampes, and Suite bergamasque. A recipient of Spain’s National Music Award and a longtime NYOS artist-in-residence, Torres-Pardo brought her celebrated artistry to an evening honoring Spanish culture and its enduring influence on classical music. Presented in collaboration with the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute and the Hispanic Society Museum & Library.
As seen in press below:
Spain Culture
The Evolution of Fools: From Jesters to Buffoons
A themed program on the history of comic figures in performance.
It's a Grand Night for Singing
A Great American Songbook fundraiser for NYOS and the Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum.
The Three Lives of Rosina Almaviva
A staged reading tracing the character of Rosina across Beaumarchais's Figaro trilogy.
Letters from Ruth
World premiere staged reading of a Holocaust-themed opera by Gisle Kverndokk and Aksel-Otto Bull.
Upon this Handful of Earth
World premiere opera by Gisle Kverndokk, co-presented with Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.