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Fort Worth Opera’s biennial Marguerite McCammon Voice Competition is set to return on March 23, 2025.

The showcase will feature 10 rising opera stars performing at the Kimbell Art Museum with $15,000 in cash prizes on the line. Contestants will have to prepare a list of four arias and get to choose the first selection. But in the second half, they will have to perform an aria at the jury’s behest.

There’s something magical about the intersection of raw talent and opportunity. On March 23, that magic will unfold at the Kimbell Art Museum as the Fort Worth Opera presents the 20th Biennial Marguerite McCammon Voice Competition. For those lucky enough to snag tickets, it’s an afternoon of high drama, soaring arias, and a look at tomorrow’s opera stars.

Little Women started its international run as an incredibly popular and much-read 1868’s era novel by Louisa May Alcott. Based on her own family, she writes about four very different sisters growing up and learning about life and love in pre-Civil War New England. Over the years, there have been many cinematic versions of Alcott’s book, with mega-stars in the roles, but this operatic version by composer and librettist Mark Adamo has an independent life of its own.

Twenty-five years after its premiere in 2000 in Houston, Mark Adamo's Little Women securely ranks as the most successful new American opera of the twenty-first century. The years since the premiere have brought dozens of production across the English-speaking world.

Mezzo-soprano Kelly Guerra, fresh from her Metropolitan Opera debut, takes on the lead role of  Jo March. She is joined by mezzo-soprano Bridget Cappel as Meg, sopranos Mary Feminear as Beth, and Megan Koch as Amy. Mezzo-sopranos Kaswanna Kanyinda and Twyla Robinson, along with tenor Charles Calotta, baritone Erik Earl Larson, and bass-baritones Christopher Curcuruto and Seth-Emmanuel Clarke round out the cast. Tyson Deaton conducts the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Claire Choquette directs.

The Fort Worth Opera will open the 2024-25 season with a production of Mark Adamo’s operatic adaptation of the beloved literary classic, Little Women.  Performances will be held on November 22 and 24 at the W. E. Scott Theatre in the Fort Worth Cultural District.

The McCammon Voice Competition is back! On Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., ten rising stars of the opera world will take the stage at the Kimbell Art Museum, competing for $15,000 in prizes. Hosted by Fort Worth Opera, with tickets available on the opera website, this exciting biennial event is a rare chance to witness world-class talent up close, with the audience even getting to vote on one of the prizes.

The McCammon Voice Competition is back! On Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., ten rising stars of the opera world will take the stage at the Kimbell Art Museum, competing for $15,000 in prizes. Hosted by Fort Worth Opera, with tickets available on the opera website, this exciting biennial event is a rare chance to witness world-class talent up close, with the audience even getting to vote on one of the prizes.

Little Women, Mark Adamo’s operatic adaption of the beloved literary classic, kicks off the Fort Worth Opera 2024-25 season Nov. 22 and 24. Performances will be held at the W. E. Scott Theatre in the Fort Worth Cultural District.

This November 22 and 24 at the W. E. Scott Theatre in the Fort Worth Cultural District, Fort Worth Opera presents its season-opening production: Mark Adamo’s operatic adaptation of beloved literary classic, Little Women. Adamo’s exquisite opera, a daringly contemporary adaptation, provides a rich new version of the story, breathing exciting life into the resonant themes of family, sisterhood, growing up, and coming home.

The Fort Worth Opera will open its 2024-2025 season with a crowd pleaser: Mark Adamo’s operatic adaptation of the beloved literary classic, Little Women.

Performances will be held the week before Thanksgiving, on November 22 and 24, at the W. E. Scott Theatre in the Fort Worth Cultural District.