In 2016, the Christman Opera Company's inaugural performance took place at the National Opera Center in New York City and featured a double bill of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Theodore Christman's third opera, Adriana McMannes. COC's second performance was of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia and featured a reprise of Christman's one-act opera The Dreamer as a prelude. Christman's most recent opera, A Metamorphosis, was premiered by the COC in 2018. OperaWire named this performance one of the "Top 5 Operas to See" in North America. In 2019, it was announced that Christman and librettist Donna Gay Anderson had written a dramatic musical, Unfolded, about the life and work of Susie Scott Krabacher. Selections from the musical were premiered in COC's benefit concert for Krabacher's humanitarian organization, HaitiChildren.

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The Christman Opera Company's newest initiative is Voices Raising Voices - a project that will highlight the work of a diverse group of musicians. COC is currently inviting composers who are people of color, women, and/or LGBTQIA+ to submit their vocal works to ChristmanOpera@gmail.com. In this time of social distancing, we're also looking for pianists to record the accompaniments. More information can be found in the UPCOMING section of this website.