Voyagers, thank you for attending Mono e Mono (e Mono), a #collab with our friends at @bmop this past Saturday. Here are three moments from Carlisle Floyd’s Flower and Hawk, William Bolcom’s Medusa, and Ronald Perera’s The White Whale. Bravi to Sarah Coburn, Julia Mintzer, and Michael Chioldi for their performances in these rarely-heard monodramas.

The program • https://odysseyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MONO_Program_v6_for-web.pdf

The libretti • https://odysseyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MONO_Program_v6_for-web.pdf

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Voyagers, we look forward to seeing you *tonight* at Mono e Mono (e Mono), a trio of contemporary monodramas presented by @bmop. This collab features world-class #singers performing some of the most rarely-heard #operas and we cannot wait for you to hear them!

Toi, toi, toi to Julia Mintzer, Michael Chioldi, and Sarah Coburn! 🐍🐋👑

Digital program, mobile-friendly libretti, and more • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/

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From our epic launch with Wagner’s Rienzi thru The Tudors, Argento’s Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, and #AsToldBy, each iteration of #OdysseyOpera’s iconic Ring is based on the annular solar eclipse to illustrate the impact of opera as a powerful expression of human experience.

Stream tmrw’s Feb 17 eclipse — a ring of fire — online from 5AM ET.

Continue the Odyssey Feb 21 when Mono e Mono (e Mono) stokes your #opera passion. Save 20% w/ BMOP20OFF • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/

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Operawire writes, “@bmop and #OdysseyOpera are set to present ‘MONO E MONO (E MONO),’ a dynamic concert of monodramas scored by influential American composers… The program will begin [with] William Bolcom’s Medusa and will be followed by Ronald Perera’s The White Whale. The evening will be rounded out by Carlisle Floyd’s Flower and Hawk.”

Details & tickets • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/

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Poet, playwright, librettist, and translator Arnold Weinstein earned a Rhodes Scholarship while completing a M.A. at Harvard Univ. As a Fulbright fellow he met #composer William Bolcom in Florence. Their partnership resulted in many works, incl. The Red Eye of Love, Dynamite Tonite, McTeague, View from the Bridge, and four volumes of cabaret songs. Weinstein’s collab on Medusa produced Bolcom’s only monodrama.

Hear Medusa • Feb 21 • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/

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Lloyd Schwartz incl. our forthcoming opera excursions in @wbur.org’s 2026 Winter Arts Guide for classical #music, writing, “#OdysseyOpera, our most adventurous #opera company, returns for only two performances, but they include four different operas. “Mono e Mono e (Mono)” is a triple bill of one-act monodramas… Three weeks later, our operatic odyssey gives us another rarity…the satirical ‘The Last Savage’”.

Details & ticketing • https://odysseyopera.org

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Sarah Coburn sings Eleanor of Aquitaine in Carlisle Floyd’s rarely performed monodrama, Flower and Hawk. Composed for #soprano and #orchestra with a libretto by the composer, this opera provides an intimate look at the wealthy and powerful — but long imprisoned — queen • https://odysseyopera.org/artist-page-sarah-coburn/

Mono e Mono e (Mono)
Presented by @bmop in partnership with #OdysseyOpera
Feb 21 • 8 PM
From $30 • students $10
Details & ticketing • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/

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GRAMMY®-nominated #baritone Michael Chioldi sings Captain Ahab in Ronald Perera’s monodrama, The White Whale, with text adapted by the composer from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. This gripping character study reveals the complexity of Ahab’s personality and his relationship to the whale — and himself • https://odysseyopera.org/artist-page-michael-chioldi-2/

Mono e Mono e (Mono)
Presented by @bmop in partnership with #OdysseyOpera
Feb 21 • 8 PM
From $30 • students $10
Details & tix • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/

#OOMono #meetopera

Julia Mintzer sings the title role in William Bolcom’s #opera, Medusa, composed for #soprano and string orchestra with libretto by Arnold Weinstein. Appreciate a different perspective of this well-recognized figure of Greek mythology as she powerfully relates her experience as the only mortal Gorgon • https://odysseyopera.org/artist-page-julia-mintzer/

Mono e Mono e (Mono)
Presented by @bmop in partnership with #OdysseyOpera
Feb 21 • 8 PM
From $30 • students $10
Info & tickets • https://odysseyopera.org/mono-e-mono-e-mono/

#OOMono #meetopera