engagements
Il viaggio a Reims
Olivia makes her Opera Philadelphia premiere as Delia in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims.
Exactly 200 years ago, Rossini dared to celebrate the coronation of Charles X with this ebullient satire of class, manners, and the timeless misery of long-distance travel. The production’s rich narrative and visual palette shade Rossini’s joyful musical canvas, blurring the line between life and art.
Il viaggio a Reims
Olivia makes her Opera Philadelphia premiere as Delia in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims.
Exactly 200 years ago, Rossini dared to celebrate the coronation of Charles X with this ebullient satire of class, manners, and the timeless misery of long-distance travel. The production’s rich narrative and visual palette shade Rossini’s joyful musical canvas, blurring the line between life and art.
Il viaggio a Reims
Olivia makes her Opera Philadelphia premiere as Delia in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims.
Exactly 200 years ago, Rossini dared to celebrate the coronation of Charles X with this ebullient satire of class, manners, and the timeless misery of long-distance travel. The production’s rich narrative and visual palette shade Rossini’s joyful musical canvas, blurring the line between life and art.
Il viaggio a Reims
Olivia makes her Opera Philadelphia premiere as Delia in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims.
Exactly 200 years ago, Rossini dared to celebrate the coronation of Charles X with this ebullient satire of class, manners, and the timeless misery of long-distance travel. The production’s rich narrative and visual palette shade Rossini’s joyful musical canvas, blurring the line between life and art.
EPOP: Arts on Center Stage
Olivia joins the East Passyunk Opera Project at Philadelphia City Hall to perform and evening of opera with tenor, Fran Daniel Laucerica and mezzo-soprano, Sarah Coit. There will be selections from Rigoletto, La fille du régiment, Lakmé, and Roméo et Juliette, among many others.
No tickets needed - this concert is free to the public!
For more information about the event, the program or EPOP, click here.
The Bear Prince
Olivia joins the Berks Opera Company as leading lady, Nina, in The Bear Prince.
Based on a Mexican folktale, “The Bear Prince” is a story for all ages, combining jazz and opera to reach wide audiences. Similar to Beauty and the Beast, a prince is turned into a bear by an evil witch and is cursed to his form until his true love can break the spell. A local woodcutter trespasses on the Bear’s land and as payment, he must give his daughter, Nina, to the Bear to marry. After they wed, the Bear Prince turns back into a human, but only for the night, and swears Nina to secrecy of his transformation. She breaks this promise, and must go on a perilous, long journey to find her prince at the Castle of Faith.
Nina: Olivia Prendergast
The Bear Prince: Luke Perkins
Woodcutter/Wizards: Jeremiah Sanders
Sister/Moon/Sun/Witch: Susannah Waddington
Composer/Conductor: Christopher Helsop
Director: Joel Gori
The Bear Prince
Olivia joins the Berks Opera Company as leading lady, Nina, in The Bear Prince.
Based on a Mexican folktale, “The Bear Prince” is a story for all ages, combining jazz and opera to reach wide audiences. Similar to Beauty and the Beast, a prince is turned into a bear by an evil witch and is cursed to his form until his true love can break the spell. A local woodcutter trespasses on the Bear’s land and as payment, he must give his daughter, Nina, to the Bear to marry. After they wed, the Bear Prince turns back into a human, but only for the night, and swears Nina to secrecy of his transformation. She breaks this promise, and must go on a perilous, long journey to find her prince at the Castle of Faith.
Nina: Olivia Prendergast
The Bear Prince: Luke Perkins
Woodcutter/Wizards: Jeremiah Sanders
Sister/Moon/Sun/Witch: Susannah Waddington
Composer/Conductor: Christopher Helsop
Director: Joel Gori
The Bear Prince
Olivia joins the Berks Opera Company as leading lady, Nina, in The Bear Prince.
Based on a Mexican folktale, “The Bear Prince” is a story for all ages, combining jazz and opera to reach wide audiences. Similar to Beauty and the Beast, a prince is turned into a bear by an evil witch and is cursed to his form until his true love can break the spell. A local woodcutter trespasses on the Bear’s land and as payment, he must give his daughter, Nina, to the Bear to marry. After they wed, the Bear Prince turns back into a human, but only for the night, and swears Nina to secrecy of his transformation. She breaks this promise, and must go on a perilous, long journey to find her prince at the Castle of Faith.
Nina: Olivia Prendergast
The Bear Prince: Luke Perkins
Woodcutter/Wizards: Jeremiah Sanders
Sister/Moon/Sun/Witch: Susannah Waddington
Composer/Conductor: Christopher Helsop
Director: Joel Gori
The Bear Prince
Olivia joins the Berks Opera Company as leading lady, Nina, in The Bear Prince.
Based on a Mexican folktale, “The Bear Prince” is a story for all ages, combining jazz and opera to reach wide audiences. Similar to Beauty and the Beast, a prince is turned into a bear by an evil witch and is cursed to his form until his true love can break the spell. A local woodcutter trespasses on the Bear’s land and as payment, he must give his daughter, Nina, to the Bear to marry. After they wed, the Bear Prince turns back into a human, but only for the night, and swears Nina to secrecy of his transformation. She breaks this promise, and must go on a perilous, long journey to find her prince at the Castle of Faith.
Nina: Olivia Prendergast
The Bear Prince: Luke Perkins
Woodcutter/Wizards: Jeremiah Sanders
Sister/Moon/Sun/Witch: Susannah Waddington
Composer/Conductor: Christopher Helsop
Director: Joel Gori
The Bear Prince
Olivia joins the Berks Opera Company as leading lady, Nina, in The Bear Prince.
Based on a Mexican folktale, “The Bear Prince” is a story for all ages, combining jazz and opera to reach wide audiences. Similar to Beauty and the Beast, a prince is turned into a bear by an evil witch and is cursed to his form until his true love can break the spell. A local woodcutter trespasses on the Bear’s land and as payment, he must give his daughter, Nina, to the Bear to marry. After they wed, the Bear Prince turns back into a human, but only for the night, and swears Nina to secrecy of his transformation. She breaks this promise, and must go on a perilous, long journey to find her prince at the Castle of Faith.
Nina: Olivia Prendergast
The Bear Prince: Luke Perkins
Woodcutter/Wizards: Jeremiah Sanders
Sister/Moon/Sun/Witch: Susannah Waddington
Composer/Conductor: Christopher Helsop
Director: Joel Gori
The Bear Prince
Olivia joins the Berks Opera Company as leading lady, Nina, in The Bear Prince.
Based on a Mexican folktale, “The Bear Prince” is a story for all ages, combining jazz and opera to reach wide audiences. Similar to Beauty and the Beast, a prince is turned into a bear by an evil witch and is cursed to his form until his true love can break the spell. A local woodcutter trespasses on the Bear’s land and as payment, he must give his daughter, Nina, to the Bear to marry. After they wed, the Bear Prince turns back into a human, but only for the night, and swears Nina to secrecy of his transformation. She breaks this promise, and must go on a perilous, long journey to find her prince at the Castle of Faith.
Nina: Olivia Prendergast
The Bear Prince: Luke Perkins
Woodcutter/Wizards: Jeremiah Sanders
Sister/Moon/Sun/Witch: Susannah Waddington
Composer/Conductor: Christopher Helsop
Director: Joel Gori
The Book of Never
An extension of The Month of Moderns, Olivia sings with The Crossing again in New York City to perform Aaron Helgeson’s The Book of Never, with excerpts of Gavin Bryar’s new work, The Last Words of Immanuel Kant, as one of their featured soloists. She also joined them to record The Book of Never album.
The Book of Never, winner of a 2024 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, is a choral exhortation based on the ancient Novgorod Codex – a wooden book of psalms from 999 A.D. owned by a monk who was sent as a missionary from Kyiv to the city of Novgorod (later annexed by Russia in 1478) and subsequently excommunicated for combining Pagan ritual with Orthodox Christianity. To save his culture, he poured layer after layer of wax over the book on which to write his liturgy, his alphabet, searing retaliations, and visions of the apocalypse.
The Last Words of Immanuel Kant
Olivia joins The Crossing in their Month of Moderns concert, premiering Gavin Bryar’s new work, The Last Words of Immanuel Kant, as one of their featured soloists. Composed of nine movements, Donald Nally and ensemble bring excerpts from Immanuel Kant's writings to life in soaring musical lines.
Symphony 21, A Cinematic Concert Experience
Olivia will be Symphony 21’s featured artist for their April multi-media concert experience.
Symphony 21 concerts are a hybrid of many elements, combining a modern symphonic orchestra with synchronized lighting and visual animations. They blend genres of music for a diverse listening experience and interact with audiences through fun educational demonstrations.
Let's just say this is not your typical "orchestra" concert, and it's the first of its kind on the Eastern Shore! You don't want to miss this event! Family friendly and for all ages.
Click here for tickets!
Revolución diamantina - Boston Symphony Orchestra
As one of an eight-person soloistic women’s ensemble, Olivia will join a sub-section of the Crossing to premiere Gabriela Ortiz’ new work, Revolución diamantina, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero.
“Acclaimed Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, known for her vibrant instrumental colors and skill with dramatic narrative, wrote her ballet score Revolución diamantina with Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza. The piece explores the powerful Mexican feminist ‘Glitter Revolution’ campaign to highlight an epidemic of violence against women.”
Revolución diamantina - Boston Symphony Orchestra
As one of an eight-person soloistic women’s ensemble, Olivia will join a sub-section of the Crossing to premiere Gabriela Ortiz’ new work, Revolución diamantina, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero.
“Acclaimed Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, known for her vibrant instrumental colors and skill with dramatic narrative, wrote her ballet score Revolución diamantina with Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza. The piece explores the powerful Mexican feminist ‘Glitter Revolution’ campaign to highlight an epidemic of violence against women.”
Revolución diamantina - Boston Symphony Orchestra
As one of an eight-person soloistic women’s ensemble, Olivia will join a sub-section of the Crossing to premiere Gabriela Ortiz’ new work, Revolución diamantina, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero.
“Acclaimed Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, known for her vibrant instrumental colors and skill with dramatic narrative, wrote her ballet score Revolución diamantina with Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza. The piece explores the powerful Mexican feminist ‘Glitter Revolution’ campaign to highlight an epidemic of violence against women.”
David Lang’s Poor Hymnal
The Crossing on the road…
Why do some works demand we revisit them? The question is a larger one about how works become canonical – how they enter the culture and stay there. So, we offer a rare reprise of a work that, at its premiere, was already beloved by singers, and listeners.
The question in David’s thoughtful, moving, inspiring work?
“How do we treat each other?”
take nothing for the journey
take nothing for the road
take nothing for the way
take nothing for your journey
take nothing with you for the trip †
† David Lang, heard in poor hymnal
David Lang’s Poor Hymnal
The Crossing on the road…
Why do some works demand we revisit them? The question is a larger one about how works become canonical – how they enter the culture and stay there. So, we offer a rare reprise of a work that, at its premiere, was already beloved by singers, and listeners.
The question in David’s thoughtful, moving, inspiring work?
“How do we treat each other?”
take nothing for the journey
take nothing for the road
take nothing for the way
take nothing for your journey
take nothing with you for the trip †
† David Lang, heard in poor hymnal
David Lang’s Poor Hymnal
The Crossing on the road…
Why do some works demand we revisit them? The question is a larger one about how works become canonical – how they enter the culture and stay there. So, we offer a rare reprise of a work that, at its premiere, was already beloved by singers, and listeners.
The question in David’s thoughtful, moving, inspiring work?
“How do we treat each other?”
take nothing for the journey
take nothing for the road
take nothing for the way
take nothing for your journey
take nothing with you for the trip †
† David Lang, heard in poor hymnal
What do I know?
The world premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Mysterium, in which words of physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf and novelist Pia de Jong are in juxtaposition, questioning life – spans, purpose, brevity. A backdrop of the great mysteries of the universe in Dijkgraaf, and of our everyday lives in de Jong. A photo reminds us of a distant, cherished memory, as the vast distances of the universe, its stars and beings, inspire awe.
With Linda Catlin Smith’s Folio in its North America premiere, a mediation on Emily Dickinson’s often profound fragments.
With night blue ink
I write a poem
about our love,
you and me,
now and then. †
† Emily Dickinson, heard in the N. American premiere
of Linda Catlin Smith’s Folio
David Lang’s Poor Hymnal
The Crossing on the road…
Why do some works demand we revisit them? The question is a larger one about how works become canonical – how they enter the culture and stay there. So, we offer a rare reprise of a work that, at its premiere, was already beloved by singers, and listeners.
The question in David’s thoughtful, moving, inspiring work?
“How do we treat each other?”
take nothing for the journey
take nothing for the road
take nothing for the way
take nothing for your journey
take nothing with you for the trip †
† David Lang, heard in poor hymnal
December Recital Series
During the holiday season, Olivia will join acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Uhlig and “the million dollar man”, baritone Brian Michael Henry in this wintery recital series. From the Christmas classics to some rockin’ anthems, there will be a show just about every night in December at Retirement Homes across the Pennsylvania and New Jersey expanse.
What belongs to me?
Olivia joins The Crossing in residence at UNC Chapel Hill – workshopping with Annie-B Parson and David Lang while preparing our concert there.A season of questions, launched in a concert asking how we relate to the Earth, to our bodies through the lens of capitalism, to our histories and myths, to our bodies through the lens of our fears and tensions, to each other.
Music of Ayanna Woods, David Lang, Shara Nova, and Gabriela Ortiz who find surprisingly optimistic angles in the corners of our questions.
Through our eyes, the universe sees itself.
We write its history, line by line, star by star, you and me. †
† Robbert Dijkgraaf, heard in the world premiere
of Sebastian Currier’s Mysterium, Feb 7.
Carmina Burana
Olivia will join the DeSales University Orchestra and Choir as the soprano soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana.
The Verdi Requiem
For the first time in 18 years, Maestro Riccardo Muti returns to Philadelphia to conduct The Verdi Requiem with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir.
The Verdi Requiem
For the first time in 18 years, Maestro Riccardo Muti returns to Philadelphia to conduct The Verdi Requiem with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir.
The Verdi Requiem
For the first time in 18 years, Maestro Riccardo Muti returns to Philadelphia to conduct The Verdi Requiem with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir.
Mahler 3 - Carnegie Hall
Yannick Nézet-Seguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir in Mahler’s 3rd Symphony at Carnegie Hall.
Mahler 3
Yannick Nézet-Seguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir in Mahler’s 3rd Symphony.
Mahler 3
Yannick Nézet-Seguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir in Mahler’s 3rd Symphony.
Mahler 3
Yannick Nézet-Seguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir in Mahler’s 3rd Symphony.