Events

Paola Prestini's 'Houses of Zodiac' will close out Death of Classical's Angel’s Share 2025 season. The work is being transformed into an immersive site-specific experience featuring Jeffrey Zeigler, Georgina Pazcoguin, Dai Matsuoka, and Maria Popova.

Based on the Novel by Ernest Hemingway, Produced by Beth Morrison Projects in a Columbus partnership between the Wexner Center for the Arts, and Opera Columbus we proudly present The Old Man and the Sea at Mershon Auditorium on October 10 and 12, 2025.

The world premiere of Prestini's 'My Brilliant Friend: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay', is bookended by works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Villa-Lobos, and Haydn’s Overture to L’isola disabitata and Symphony No. 45, “Farewell.”

Paola Prestini and Sxip Shirey's radio opera, 'No One is Forgotten' will be performed live by Kathleen Chalfant, Eve Gigliotti, Amelia Workman, featuring cellist Jeffrey Zeigler. Originally commissioned by Dallas Opera, Eve Gigliotti and Emitha/Lexicon Classics.

Paola Prestini's 'Code' will be featured alongside Jessie Montgomery's 'Rounds' and Mozart's 'Requiem' in a program featuring pianist Awadagin Pratt, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and Dayton Philharmonic Chorus, led by conductor Keitaro Harada.