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John Michael Kennedy, JMKPR
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Email: jmk@jmkpr.com

2025/26 Season

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA LEADERS PAST AND PRESENT OFFER REMEMBRANCES,
TRIBUTES TO JOHN CONKLIN
6/27/25

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ANNOUNCES ITS 49TH SEASON, BOOKENDED BY
VERDI’S “MACBETH,” AND DONIZETTI’S “DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT”
SET DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
5/8/25

2024/25 Season

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA PRESENTS FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE OF “NOAH’S FLOOD” AT SYMPHONY HALL
4/18/25

“THE FIRST TIME I’VE WORN PANTYHOSE IN FIVE YEARS!”
– Boston Magazine
4/17/25

“A SUPERB ‘CAROUSEL’ SPEAKS TO OUR DIVIDED TIMES.”
04/07/25

Edge Media Network

THE CITY OF BOSTON PRESENTS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO BOSTON LYRIC OPERA & THE EMERSON COLONIAL THEATRE AS THEY CELEBRATE THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLASSIC AMERICAN MUSICAL “CAROUSEL”
3/27/25
(PDF, 6.8mb)

VIEW CERTIFICATE

AN AMERICAN CLASSIC GETS AN OPERATIC 80TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION – IN THE CITY (AND THE THEATER) THAT FIRST LAUNCHED IT
02/18/25
(PDF, 3.6mb)

WORLD PREMIERE OF THE SEASONS JOINS VIVALDI’S MUSIC WITH A TIMELY NEW LIBRETTO
01/31/25
(PDF, 440kb)

CLASSICAL MUSIC YEARBOOK: BEST TRIPLE THREAT, BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE, AND MORE
12/13/24

“SOME JAW-DROPPINGLY TALENTED RINGERS FROM BOSTON LYRIC OPERA.”
12/13/24

RISING WATERS/RISING VOICES INITIATIVE WILL ENCOMPASS TWO MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES IN SPRING 2025
10/10/24
(PDF, 700kb)

**BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF AIDA CENTERS VERDI’S MUSIC WITH A ROYAL CAST**
09/30/24
(PDF, 2MB)

MOZART’S RARELY PERFORMED “MITRIDATE” OPENS BLO’S SEASON
07/30/24
(PDF, 586KB)

Multicultural celebration at Roxbury’s Madison Park to feature opera singers
08/16/24

2023/24 Season

La Cenerentola Media Kit

Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Nov 8-12 | 2023
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Madama Butterfly Media Kit

Emerson Colonial Theatre
Sept 14, 17, 22, 24 | 2023
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA EXPANDS CREATIVE SPACE WITH MIDWAY ARTIST STUDIOS IN FORT POINT ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD
06/20/24
(PDF, 10.3MB)

2024/25 SEASON MOVES FROM MOZART TO “CAROUSEL”
04/30/24
(PDF, 2.5MB)

NINA YOSHIDA NELSEN IS BLO’S NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR,
WITH NEW ARTISTIC COLLABORATORS
01/29/24
(PDF, 5.8MB)

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA PREMIERES NEW REVIVAL OF ROMANTIC 18TH CENTURY OPERA
02/05/24
(PDF, 4.9MB)

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S FILM SVADBA, A CO-PRODUCTION WITH OPERA PHILADELPHIA, WINS TOP DIGITAL AWARD FROM OPERA AMERICA
12/5/23
(PDF, 1.9MB)

WITH ORIGINS IN A GROUNDBREAKING CULTURAL PROCESS, A STARTLING NEW MADAMA BUTTERFLY EMERGES
6/22/23
(PDF, 827KB)

A SEASON FULL OF LOVE STORIES
4/27/23
(PDF, 2.5MB)

2022/23 Season

La bohème Media Kit

Emerson Colonial Theatre
Sept 23, 25, 30, Oct 2 | 2022
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Librettists Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA PRESENTS NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE OF OMAR BY RHIANNON GIDDENS AND MICHAEL ABELS
3/30/23
(PDF, 499KB)

BLENDING BARTÓK’S “BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE” WITH ALMA MAHLER’S “FOUR SONGS” AT A SOUTH BOSTON CRUISE TERMINAL
2/14/23
(PDF, 280KB)

NEW ENGLAND’S LEADING OPERA PRODUCER OPENS SEARCH FOR NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
2/8/23
(PDF, 122KB)

2022/23 MID-SEASON CASTING AND TICKET ANNOUNCEMENT
12/1/22
(PDF, 163KB)

BLO BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTS BRADLEY VERNATTER AS GENERAL DIRECTOR AND CEO
9/22/22
(PDF, 163KB)

BOSTON CONSERVATORY AND BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP
9/16/22
(PDF, 312KB)

A TIME-FLIPPED LA BOHÈME MOVES FROM TRAGEDY TO LOVE, REIMAGINING THE CLASSIC WITH MUSIC AND TEXT INTACT
8/18/22
(PDF, 690KB)

2021/22 Season

Champion: An Opera in Jazz Media Kit

Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
May 20 & 22 | 2022
Music by Terence Blanchard
Libretto by Michael Cristofer

Svadba Media Kit

Opera by Ana Sokolović

A Boston Lyric Opera Production,
co-produced with Opera Philadelphia.

Now streaming exclusively on operabox.tv.

AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ROMEO AND JULIET FREE ON THE BOSTON COMMON LAUNCHES AN EXPANDED BOSTON LYRIC OPERA SEASON AUGUST 11 and 13
6/29/22
(PDF, 741KB)

WITH AN EXPANDED 2022/23 SEASON, BLO RETURNS TO STAGES – INSIDE, OUTSIDE AND ONSCREEN
5/3/22
(PDF, 2MB)

OPERA LEGEND STEPHANIE BLYTHE CHANNELS AN INNER TENOR ROCKSTAR IN BLYTHELY EVER AFTER MAY 6
4/21/22
(PDF, 447KB)

OPERA ARIAS REINTERPRETED, EXPANDED WITH ASL IN SHORT-FILM SERIES “SOUL(SIGNS): OPERA”
4/20/22
(PDF, 513KB)

THE GRIPPING TRUE STORY OF A PRIZEFIGHTING BOXER IS TOLD IN “CHAMPION: AN OPERA IN JAZZ”
3/24/22
(PDF, 1MB)

IN THE NEW FILM SVADBA, A BRIDAL PARTY PREPARES FOR A WEDDING GUIDED BY TRADITIONS ON A DREAMY, IDYLLIC BEACH
1/7/22
(PDF, 198KB)

WITH “THE BUTTERFLY PROCESS,” BLO EXPLORES A NEW WAY TO APPROACH THE OPERATIC CANON
11/17/21
(PDF, 297KB)

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: BLO RETURNS WITH MASCAGNI’S ONE-ACT CLASSIC; PRODUCTION MOVES TO OPEN-AIR LEADER BANK PAVILION
9/8/21
(PDF, 9MB)