Vivid.
Daring.
Now.
About
The Nation’s Period Opera Company
Opera Lafayette, established in 1995 in Washington DC, rediscovers early music masterpieces and reawakens lost operas for diverse, multi-generational audiences. Our intimate, engaging productions transport audiences to a vivid world of daring imagination.
Upcoming Performances
APRIL/MAY 2025
DC and NYC
Re|Joice
30 Years of Ryan Brown at Opera Lafayette
≈Celebrating a visionary.
≈Ryan Brown has built Opera Lafayette into a major cultural force, celebrated from the American shores all the way to the theatre at Versailles. This concert will focus on the music, the musicians, and the composers that Maestro Brown has championed and elevated during his 30-year tenure as Artistic Director.
DISCOVER LOST MASTERPIECES
Join us on a musical journey that predates recorded music by hundreds of years. Be among the first in the world to experience exciting and previously unknown musical works performed on authentic period instruments — theorbos, wooden flutes , valveless trumpets— and played with passion and verve by the Opera Lafayette orchestra.
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
“‘Les Fêtes de Thalie’ is precisely what it declares itself to be: ‘A triumph of games and pleasures’.”
The Washington Post
EXPERIENCE MAGICAL PERFORMANCES
Opera Lafayette performances are a feast for the senses. Expressive dancing, bold costumes and imaginative sets combine to produce a magical experience. Rediscovered operatic masterpieces, rare musical instruments, captivating singers, visual delights. This is not opera — This Is Opera Lafayette.
Welcome to Opera Lafayette —
Vivid. Daring. Now.
