2025-2026
Season
Rossini Stabat Mater & Mozart Requiem
April 2026 | 3
Valentin Radu, Conductor
Andrea Lauren Brown soprano
Chelsea Laggan alto
Timothy Bentch tenor
Richard Zuch bass
Vox AmaDeus Ensemble
Hansel and Gretel
March 2026 | 13, 14, 15
Craig Kier, Conductor
Elizabeth Sarian, Hansel
Amia Langer, Gretel
Chelsea Laggan, Witch
Alice Chung, Mother
Timothy Mix, Father
Annapolis Opera Chorus
Handel Messiah
December 2025 | 5, 7, 19, 21
Valentin Radu, conductor
Andrea Lauren Brown, soprano
Chelsea Laggan, alto
Timothy Bentch, tenor
Ed Bara, bass
Vox AmaDeus Ensemble
Mozart Coronation Mass
November 2025 | 7
Valentin Radu, conductor
Andrea Lauren Brown, soprano
Chelsea Laggan, alto
Royce Strider, tenor
Ed Bara, bass
Vox AmaDeus Ensemble
RECENT PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Werther
Opera Orlando takes audiences On Site for Werther, based on Goethe’s masterpiece novel of the same name. General director and Grammy award-winning baritone Gabriel Preisser sings the title role in this moving tale of a young man overwhelmed by his emotions, with mezzo-soprano Chelsea Laggan making her Company debut as Charlotte, the object of Werther’s obsession. With music direction by Nathan Cicero and stage direction by artistic director Grant Preisser, audiences will be immersed in the historic locale of the Sydonie Mansion. Get lost in this ravishing and heart-rending story in one of the most picturesque homes in Central Florida.
Verbier Festival- Falstaff
Chelsea joins the Verbier Festival as Mistress Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff, conducted by James Gaffigan.
Carmen
Chelsea Laggan makes her house and role debut as the title role in Bizet’s Carmen at Sarasota Opera
Brahms Alto Rhapsody
Chelsea Laggan sings Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody and Sapphische Ode at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia
Mozart Requiem
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte leads off this concert centered on Mozart’s Requiem and featuring Gregory Spears’ proffered completion of the great composer’s unfinished work. Chelsea Laggan makes her debut with the PSO as Alto Soloist.
The Hours (concert version- world premiere)
The Hours, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham and an award-winning film, chronicles a day in the life of three women from three different eras with interwoven stories connected to Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway.
Eugene Onegin
Tatyana declares her love for the mysterious Eugene Onegin. He carelessly dismisses her, and sets into motion a tale of love and regret. Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece will transport you to the country homes and palaces of Russia in the 19th century, and engulf you with beautiful melodies and unforgettable characters.