Discover the visionary women who shaped Wolf Trap Opera—from trailblazing founder Catherine Filene Shouse to the rising female leaders carrying her legacy forward today. This season’s powerful heroines onstage mirror the real-life women who built WTO into a thriving home for the next generation of opera artists....
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For more than five decades, Wolf Trap Opera (WTO) has nurtured and launched the careers of some of the most promising emerging opera artists. From performing in the world’s best opera houses to winning top awards and competitions, take a look at just a few of the recent accomplishments of these stars as they excel around the globe....
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As a Wolf Trap patron, you already know the magic of attending live performances—but did you know that becoming a member can elevate your experience and support vital arts and education programs? ...
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Every year, The Barns at Wolf Trap welcomes patrons for extraordinary performances from rock legends and opera stars to country icons and chamber musicians. With each show, The Barns’ hand-hewn timber beams resonate with world-class music and the spirit of those who built, restored, and cherished them....
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Whether you’re discovering new artists, feeding your passion for live music, or looking to make every show unforgettable, 2025 is the perfect year to turn a love of music into your personal mission. ...
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Twenty years ago, Wolf Trap Opera premiered my first libretto for a full-length opera at The Barns at Wolf Trap. The composer was John Musto, the commissioner/producer was Kim Pensinger Witman, the director was Leon Major, and the opera was Volpone. Some 40+ operatic works later, I look back on that nurturing, fun, and wonderfully collaborative experience with great fondness; I had been working in musical theater and, somehow in a barn in Northern Virginia, I found a home in this strange, new (at least to me) world called opera. ...
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Silent Night begins with an opera interrupted by war, and at its climax, war is interrupted by art when enemies begin to make music together, defying their superior officers with a truce on Christmas Eve....
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La bohème became the world’s most cherished opera because of its magical ability to reinvent itself in every performance. ...
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Così fan tutte, the final work in the towering trilogy brought to us by Mozart and Da Ponte, is certainly the most challenging of the three to bring to the modern stage....
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Attending your first Wolf Trap show this summer? Here’s your go-to guide on how to have the best experience. Welcome to Wolf Trap, the perfect place for a music-filled excursion with nature. ...
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