“Whether this is your first time with West Edge Opera or your twentieth season with us, I'm glad you're here. For forty-seven years, this company has staged opera that's unafraid and unwilling to hide behind a proscenium—close enough that you can see the risk an artist is taking in real time. That risk is one we can only take because of you: every commission we develop, every excerpt we premiere, every world premiere we bring to full staging exists because an audience showed up first for something unproven and told us, with your presence, to keep going. So look around! See what's on stage, discover the new work taking shape through our New Works initiatives, or find out how to be part of what comes next. If you've been with us for years, thank you for the trust. If you're here for the first time, welcome, here's a seat in this still-unfolding story for you.”

Mark Streshinsky, General Director