Operas Available
from ALT

COMPOSER: Patrick Soluri
LIBRETTIST: Quincy Long

In this iteration of the Bible story, Adam and Eve meet in a mental hospital where they play out, in their distorted but deeply human fashion, the age-old story of mutual attraction.

COMPOSER: Christopher Cerrone
LIBRETTIST: Tony Asaro

Hera, Queen of the gods, suspects Echo of having an affair with her husband, Zeus. Echo plots to entrap Zeus with Cupid's arrowhead—a magic weapon that when used, will cause the wounded to fall in love with the next person they see.

COMPOSER: Jeff Myers
LIBRETTIST: Quincy Long

What might Edgar Allan Poe write if he were alive today? This is the question American Lyric Theater asked of four gifted emerging writers for the opera stage with The Poe Project, a double-bill that includes Buried Alive and Embedded.

COMPOSER: Patrick Soluri
LIBRETTIST: Deborah Brevoort

What might Edgar Allan Poe write if he were alive today? This is the question American Lyric Theater asked of four gifted emerging writers for the opera stage with The Poe Project, a double-bill that includes Buried Alive and Embedded.

COMPOSER: Kamala Sankaram
LIBRETTIST: Rob Handel

In this scientific romance about the birth of the first computer program, Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, must choose between her passionate marriage and the chance to collaborate with the eccentric mathematician Charles Babbage.

COMPOSER: Peter Ash
LIBRETTIST: Donald Sturrock

Based on the novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl

The critically acclaimed, tuneful and engaging evening-length work based on the fable of a small boy, a chocolate factory and its mercurial owner, Willy Wonka, is a perfect introduction to opera for audiences of all ages.

COMPOSER: Theo Popov
LIBRETTIST: Tony Asaro

Based on the novel, The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury

Led by a mysterious guide, a group of children undertake an unforgettable journey to find their friend Pipkin, who has disappeared on Halloween night. This magical, evening-length, family-friendly opera is an idea presentation for the Halloween season!

COMPOSER: Jeff Myers
LIBRETTIST: Royce Vavrek

A twisted tale of art to the extreme, The Hunger Art is the story of a couple who starves themselves as the ultimate form of expressionism.

COMPOSER: David T. Little
LIBRETTIST: Royce Vavrek

JFK explores the final twelve hours of the 35th president’s life and time spent in Fort Worth, Texas.

COMPOSER: Jorge Sosa
LIBRETTIST: Laura Sosa Pedroza

Drawing its narrative from the drug trade in Mexico and the United States, this electro-acoustic opera, with text in Spanish and English opera, is inspired by some of the most vivid real life players in this increasingly violent war from the past and present.

COMPOSER: Justine F. Chen
LIBRETTIST: David Simpatico

Commissioned by American Lyric Theater in 2012 to commemorate the Turing Centennial, The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing is an evening-length opera inspired by the life of the groundbreaking computer scientist, Alan Turing.

COMPOSER: Jeremy Howard Beck
LIBRETTIST: Stephanie Fleischmann

Based on the memoir, The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows, by Brian Castner

A deeply personal exploration of a soldier’s return from Iraq, where he served as an officer in an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit.

COMPOSER: Kamala Sankaram
LIBRETTIST: David Johnston

Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers fuses monkey stories from India, China, and West Africa to tell the story of Monkey and his brainy sister Francine.

COMPOSER: Michi Wiancko
LIBRETTIST: Deborah Brevoort

An opera for audiences of all ages, Murasaki’s Moon is inspired by the life and work of Lady Murasaki, author of the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji.

COMPOSER: Jay Anthony Gach
LIBRETTIST: Royce Vavrek

With each passing day, Nora's life as farmwife to Lars becomes more and more difficult to endure, and her escape inside Victorian literature becomes more and more consuming.

COMPOSER: Theo Popov
LIBRETTIST: Kate Light

Based on an old Russian folktale, Once Upon the Wind is a powerful musical fable that reflects upon the moral implications of playing with nature.

COMPOSER: Justine F. Chen
LIBRETTIST: Rochelle Bright

Charles Darwin's most controversial work — On the Origin of Species — to publish, or not to publish? This intimate opera features a libretto sourced from Darwin's own private letters and his greatest written works.

COMPOSER: Clarice Assad
LIBRETTIST: Lila Palmer

Through a beloved fairy tale, young audiences (and those who are young at heart!) are taken on a magical journey about the power that kindness has to transform, and that empathy has to bridge the gap between who we appear to be and who we truly are.

COMPOSER: Gerald Cohen
LIBRETTIST: David Simpatico

One hundred years ago, The Great Nuclear Holy War devastated the planet. Now, Adam and Evangeline, the last two people on Earth, safeguard the global seed depository deep inside in the Doomsday Botanical Seed Vault.

COMPOSER: Evan Meier
LIBRETTIST: E.M. (Ellen) Lewis

A giant is dead, and his body lies at the base of a great beanstalk. The police believe young Jack is responsible. But the boy insists that he's innocent. Can the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his colleague, Dr. Watson, untangle this magical mystery?

COMPOSER: Andy Tierstein
LIBRETTIST: Julian Crouch

An old married couple meet in an ancient orchard where The Tree of Eternal Youth has produced an apple, a bite of which, will return just one of them to their former youthful state. Each of them falters, but when the God Pan appears disguised as a woodsman, he persuades the old man to take a bite of the apple while his wife sleeps…

COMPOSER: Alla Borzova
LIBRETTIST: David Johnston

A humorous look at morality and convention, The Wedding Gift of Pirate Granny takes place on a Caribbean island in the 17th Century.

COMPOSER: Jeffrey Dennis Smith
LIBRETTIST: David Johnston

Why is Eartha Kitt Trying to Kill Me?: A Love Story is a one-act opera about a mysterious – and unlikely – murder suspect. A tour de force love story and mad scene all in one, a man shares his bizarre confession concerning the fate of a hot, young, art world star.