Our album release is almost here! Tickets are on sale now. You can also RSVP on our Facebook Event. It has been a joyful journey watching our first album take shape. Our troupe singers have brought not only their vocal talents but also their emotions and artistic insights to rehearsals and sessions. The instrumentalists on
We are two days into a kickstarter to create a professional recording of our original musical setting of The Emerald Tablet. Help us reach our goal and make this record happen! We have to meet the goal this month, and it’s all-or-nothing. There are many perks available including the recording itself, an Emerald Tablet poster,
We have some wonderful projects in store this year – two full-length recordings, a dive-bar opera premiere, a 2-act opera workshop, and three concerts. We also have a new team and a new troupe! Check out our 2018 season brochure (PDF) and feel free to share it with your friends who love new lyrical music
Cult of Orpheus is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, and forming a troupe! We are currently seeking an operatic baritone based in the Portland, Oregon area. As we grow and premiere new works it’s the perfect time to join forces with Portland’s only all-original opera and art-song company! As a troupe member, you will
Oregon ArtsWatch music writer Brett Campbell has written a detailed account of the recent Cult of Orpheus concert at The Old Church Concert Hall, calling the show “one of the high points of the fall music season” and naming composer Christopher Corbell “one of Oregon’s most vital creative artists.” Click on over to read the
Thanks and welcome to our newest subscriber, Joy Ann Loney! Our 2018 season is going to be full of beauty, poetry, and singing-truth-to-power. Join us! Subscribe today. #newmusic #pdxarts #pdxmusic #keepoperaweird
Here’s a new video featuring excerpts of our performance of The Emerald Tablet, music and translation by Christopher Corbell. The video features live footage of the concert, photographs taken by Diana Powe, captions of the text, and art from the hermetic alchemy tradition.
Opera, poetic song, lyrical chamber music — Cult of Orpheus is one of the few groups out there devoted to creating *new* works in these domains. Our latest newsletter asks for your support – let’s make 2018 amazing, together! Check out the latest newsletter online. Or, jump straight to the Subscribe! page and join the
Cult of Orpheus is excited to announce the wonderful singers who will be premiering new music at The Old Church on November 28. The Emerald Tablet, a new work for string quartet and vocal quartet, will feature baritone Damien Geter, tenor Joe Soto, mezzo-soprano Sadie Gregg, and soprano Jocelyn Claire Thomas. Daphne, an opera miniature
Cult of Orpheus will be presenting a program of new vocal music at 7:30 pm on Nov. 28 at The Old Church Concert Hall in Portland. The program will feature a new work for vocal quartet and string quartet (a setting of the classic text of Hermetic mysticism, The Emerald Tablet), excerpts from an opera
