studio sessions
Opera stars shine in intimate cabaret-style performances
Cincinnati Opera artists take to the cabaret stage in these intimate performances at Music Hall’s Wilks Studio. Each 90-minute performance includes musical selections that shine a spotlight on the amazing artistry and personal stories of these talented performers. Get ready for three unforgettable nights of sound and splendor with our stars!
2025 Summer Festival subscribers may purchase tickets immediately or include Studio Sessions performances as part of a Create Your Own season ticket package. Tickets to individual performances go on sale April 1, 2025.
Tifara Brown
Kevin Day
Kevin Miller
Soul and Sound: Dueling Pianos and Artistic Tributes to the Harlem Renaissance
tuesday, june 17, 2025 | 8:00 PM
Wilks Studio • Music Hall
Experience a virtuosic evening spanning multiple genres and time periods. Inspired by the artistry of the Harlem Renaissance, pianists Kevin Day and Kevin Miller present opera, jazz, and classical repertoire along with poet and curator Tifara Brown and special musical guests.
$47 general admission; $67 reserved seating
(Note: Cabaret tables will be seated with 4 persons per table.)
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Anthony Clark Evans
James Maverick
Anthony Clark Evans in Recital
Thursday, July 10, 2025 | 8:00 pm
Wilks Studio • Music Hall
Audiences will remember the “warm-toned, vivacious, and humane” (San Francisco Chronicle) baritone from recent Cincinnati Opera productions of Lucia di Lammermoor and La Traviata. Now, following his mainstage performances as Scarpia in Tosca, Anthony Clark Evans returns for an evening of hand-picked selections, perfect for the intimate studio setting, with pianist James Maverick.
$47 general admission; $67 reserved seating
(Note: Cabaret tables will be seated with 4 persons per table.)
2025 Summer Festival subscribers may log in to purchase now.
Sarah Folsom
Matthew Umphreys
From Avenue A to Broadway:
Songs and Stories of Tin Pan Alley
thursday, july 17, 2025 | 8:00 pm
Wilks Studio • Music Hall
At the turn of the 20th century, an unassuming Manhattan neighborhood was quickly becoming the vibrant epicenter of American popular music. Tin Pan Alley gave voice to a community of diverse composers, lyricists, and performers, mingling the traditions of Yiddish theater with Western classical music, ragtime, and jazz to shape the soundtrack of an era. Cincinnati Opera features Queen City Cabaret’s Sarah Folsom and Matthew Umphreys along with special guests to shine a spotlight on the artists whose resilience, innovation, and spirit of collaboration spurred the golden age of American popular song.
$47 general admission; $67 reserved seating
(Note: Cabaret tables will be seated with 4 persons per table.)
2025 Summer Festival subscribers may log in to purchase now.
A Look Back
Photos from our very first Studio Session on July 12, 2023, featuring mezzo-soprano Emily Fons with pianists Andrew Crooks and Matthew Umphreys. Photos by Philip Groshong
