In 2020, Cincinnati Opera anticipated celebrating their 100th anniversary, in part by commissioning a new world premiere, "Castor and Patience." The opera features music by Gregory Spears, composer of "Fellow Travelers," with an original libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith, a former U.S. poet laureate. After two years of pandemic-related delays, "Castor and Patience" receives its debut in July 2022 in partnership with ArtsWave's Flow, an African American Arts Experience.
Cincinnati Opera explores racial justice in new world premiere
