LINCOLN IN THE BARDO
May 11, 2024
The Metropolitan Opera has commissioned an operatic adaptation of George Saunders’ wildly imaginative Lincoln in the Bardo.
Chautauqua Opera Company partners with The Metropolitan Opera for a two-week orchestral workshop to realize Mazzoli’s bold and sparkling score. Celebrated soprano Christine Goerke joins the cast to sing the role of The Reverend, which has been written specifically for her. Soprano Victoria Lawal sings the role of Mrs. Hodge. The workshop culminates with a public reading of excerpts from the opera. This first ever presentation with orchestra will be performed on the stage of Norton Hall, and will be followed by a discussion with Mazzoli, Vavrek and Saunders.
MARCH 3, 2025 -
MARCH 28, 2025
Mariana, a young girl living in Mexico City in the late 1940s. Mariana’s family encourages her to have her portrait painted by the renowned artist, Frida Kahlo. Mariana is initially frightened, but is emboldened and charmed by Kahlo. As Mariana sits for her portrait, she learns all about Frida’s life, and begins to understand the meaning of bravery. Victoria makes her house and role debut at Opera Saratoga as Mariana.
Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Nina in el mundo
JULY 11, 2025
Chautauqua Opera Company presents the first-ever presentation with orcherstra of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek's latest collaboration. Victoria sings the role of Mrs. Hodge alongside Christine Goerke as The Reverend. This presentation will be followed by a discussion with composer Missy Mazzoli, Librettist Royce Vavrek, and Geroge Sanders, author of the Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo.
Lincoln in the Bardo: Workshop
La Bohème
AUGUST 6, 2025
Giacomo Puccini’s lush and ravishing score returns to Chautauqua for the first time since 2003. Stage Director Keturah Stickann tells this tragic tale through the eyes of an older and affluent Rodolfo, as the poet is haunted by the ghost of Mimì, and the memory of his fellow bohemians. Steven Osgood leads the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra . Victoria reprises the role of Musetta.
Ida by Lamplight
AUGUST 8, 2025
Ida by Lamplight is the third chamber opera to be realized from Jerre Dye’s anthology libretto The Summer Place. Commissioned by Chautauqua Opera Company to celebrate The 150th anniversary of Chautauquan Daily in 2026, Ida by Lamplight will be given a one-week workshop, capped by a public reading with piano accompaniment.
Victoria sings the role of Mrs. Talbot.
MAY 20, 2023 -
JUNE 24, 2023
Sometimes out of the deepest tragedy springs the greatest hope. Embark on a life-affirming journey of love and creativity in Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha, re-imagined with a new prologue and epilogue by composer Damien Sneed and librettist Karen Chilton. Victoria joins Maestro George Manahan and Director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, covering the title role.
Treemonisha
JULY 22, 2023
The stellar cast includes soprano Serena Sáenz as norina, tenor Thomas Cilluffo as Ernesto, tenor Alexey Lavrov as Dr. Malatesta, and baritone Lucas Meachem as Don Pasquale. Noah Lindquist leads Festival Orchestra Napa in this enduring tale of love and deception. Jean-Romain Vesperini directs. Victoria covers the role of Norina.
Don Pasquale
The Cunning Little Vixen
MAY 11, 2024 -
MAY 19, 2024
Human and animal worlds collide in Janáček’s enchanting, cinematic modern fable about a clever vixen who tries to outwit her captors. Music Director Roberto Kalb conducts, and Artistic Director Yuval Sharon directs his production from The Cleveland Orchestra, which uses playful projections to transform singers into forest creatures, with hand-crafted animations that evoke the fable’s comic- strip origins. Victoria makes her role and house debut as the Rooster.
Fellow Travelers
JUNE 21, 2024 -
JUNE 23, 2024
The West Coast premiere of the opera adaptation of Thomas Mallon’s novel Fellow Travelers, a tender love story and political thriller set in the corridors of power during the McCarthy era. Adapted by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Greg Pierce, this opera shares the message that love will always flourish under persecution. Victoria makes her role and house debut at Opera Parallele in the leading role of Mary Johnson
PRESS & FEATURES
MARCH 1, 2021
FEATURE
Victoria is featured in Long Beach Opera's new series, Stages, highlighting their core musicians as they shelter in place.
LONG BEACH OPERA
Long Beach Opera: Stages
