NWO is currently in production for our inaugural season as a company. The season will showcase nearly 40 composers, librettists, vocalists, and instrumentalists—many of which are based in the Pacific Northwest region, but also include a dynamic array of voices from around the world. A vast majority of our repertoire this season has been created by currently living composers and librettists, but also include modern settings of landmark writers.

We are proud to present a season that spans an eclectic array of styles, moods, and topics. We look forward to welcoming long-time opera fans and newcomers alike!

Learn more about our programmed composers & librettists here.

Full Operas

Alice Tierney | music by Melissa Dunphy, libretto Jacqueline Goldfinger
Marie Curie Learns to Swim | music by Jessica Rudman, libretto by Kendra Preston Leonard
Meow and Forever | music by Jodi Goble, libretto by Basil Considine
The Oval Portrait | music by Felix Jarrar, libretto adapted from Edgar Allan Poe short stories
Pepito | music by Nicolás Lell Benavides, libretto by Marella Martin Koch
Sense of Self | music by Lisa Neher, libretto by Kendra Preston Leonard
Serial Killers & the City | music by Del'Shawn Taylor, libretto by Joanie Brittingham
she conjures | music by Lisa Neher, libretto by Bea Goodwin
Sun Songs - Three Micro-Operas | music by Augusta Read Thomas, texts by Emily Dickinson​
THUMP | music by Kimberly R. Osberg, libretto adapted from The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

Select Arias, Duets, & Trios

"In the Beginning" from Of Gods and Cats | music by Jake Heggie, libretto by Gavin Geoffrey Dillard
"It's My Wedding" from The Enchanted Pig | ​music by Jonathan Dove, libretto by Alasdair Middleton
"Route to the Sky" from Paper Wings | music by Jake Heggie, libretto by Frederica von Stade​
"Rita's Aria" from A Wedding | music by William Bolcom, libretto by Robert Altman and Arnold Weinstein
"What's That Smell?" from COVID Bake-Off | music by Monica Chew, libretto by Sandra Flores-Strand

Art Song & Song Cycles

All That We See or Seem | music by Carolyn Quick, text by Edgar Allen Poe
Cowboy Songs | music by Libby Larsen, texts by Robert Creeley, Belle Star, and Anonymous
Coyotes | music by Ricky Ian Gordon, texts by Ray Underwood
Cuatro Canciones Andinas | music by Gabriela Lena Frank, translation of traditional Andean poem by José María Arguedas
Four Poems of Nikita Gill | ​music by Melissa Dunphy, text by Nikita Gill
How Doth the Little Crocodile? | music by Lisa Neher, text by Lewis Carroll
If You Cheese | music & text by Kimberly R. Osberg
Lily Has a Rose | music by Gwyneth Walker, text by E.E. Cummings
Still | music & text by Gwyneth Walker
Sleep Saga | music & text by Dianne Davies
Snapshots | music by Lisa Neher, text adapted from The University Daily Kansan
The Sunrise Ruby | music by Gwyneth Walker, text by Rumi