
COMING UP
25/26
Jonathan's 25-26 season features engagements with The Metropolitan Opera, Piedmont Opera, and Pensacola Opera, as well as performances of his staged Winterreise in Houston, Texas.
DON GIOVANNI
Don Giovanni
Rapides Symphony Orchestra
9/25
Jonathan Bryan jumps into the title role of Mozart's masterpiece with Rapides Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Joshua Zona.
PAGLIACCI
Silvio
Piedmont Opera
10/25
An immersive opera experience at the Millennium Event Center. Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci begins—but you’re inside the world and under the tent. The audience moves within the opera. You're not watching Canio—you can see the sweat on his brow as he spirals into madness. You’re just feet from Nedda and Silvio as they plot their escape in hushed tones. When the performance within the opera begins, you are part of the jeering, laughing crowd—until the laughter stops. This production of Pagliacci marks a bold new chapter in Piedmont Opera’s 49-year history—blending classical opera with site-specific performance to create an event that’s immersive, intimate, and unforgettable. It’s not just a night at the opera. It’s a living opera in a living space
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY
Harry Cover
The Metropolitan Opera
2/26
In this exhilarating new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, set shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism. Incorporating scintillating electronic elements and a variety of musical styles, composer Mason Bates’s eclectic score moves seamlessly among the three worlds of Gene Scheer’s libretto: Nazi-occupied Prague, the bustling streets of New York City, and the technicolor realm of comic-book fantasy. Bartlett Sher’s production provides spectacular visuals to match, with towering sets and proscenium-filling projections designed by Jenny Melville and Mark Grimmer of 59 Studio.
OKLAHOMA!
Curly
Pensacola Opera
3/26
Dance back in time to the American wild west with Oklahoma!–a classic, feel-good musical that follows the blossoming love story between farm girl Laurey and charming cowboy Curly as they navigate rival suitors and the challenges of frontier life. With unforgettable songs like “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” “People Will Say We’re in Love,” the lively “Kansas City,” and of course “Oklahoma!”, this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic captures the heartwarming spirit of a community on the brink of change.