The Righteous is the newest opera from composer Gregory Spears and librettist Tracy K. Smith, the creative team behind Cincinnati Opera’s celebrated 2022 world premiere, Castor and Patience. Kevin Newbury (Castor and Patience, Fellow Travelers) will serve as stage director and dramaturg.

Commissioned by Santa Fe Opera and slated for a summer 2024 world premiere, The Righteous follows a preacher and leader of a growing church in the 1980s American Southwest, who finds himself caught up in the confluence of religion and politics, and the timeless struggle to reconcile spiritual humility with ambition in our modern world.

Admission is FREE. Reservations required.

About Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW)

OF:NW is a dynamic partnership between Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music which offers composer/librettist teams the opportunity to workshop an opera during a 10-day residency in Cincinnati.
Residencies utilize the facilities, personnel, and talent of both Cincinnati Opera and CCM. The workshops are cast with a combination of CCM students and professional artists, and each workshop concludes with a free public presentation of excerpts followed by an audience Q&A session.

OPERA FUSION: NEW WORKS IS GENEROUSLY FUNDED BY MELLON FOUNDATION