Dear Friends,

Welcome to MOR’s 28th season! With the dedication of our incomparable artists, and the support of friends like you, we’ve come a very long way in this quarter century.  We’ve continued to discover and share a priceless legacy of musicians who refused to be silenced, and we’ve shed light on the experience of a spectrum of those whose lives were touched by the Holocaust – not only Jews, but other religious groups, gay people, Roma, modernist artists and writers, and political free thinkers. Our commissioning project is unique in the world, with over 40 new works by leading composers. We’ve not merely looked back at history, but confronted its meaning for today with major works on challenges like religious intolerance, racism, xenophobia, the threat of nuclear war, the worldwide refugee crisis and the plight of families separated by borders. Musically, our scope has grown from chamber music to encompass song cycles, choral works, dance music, film scores, musical dramas and fully-staged operas. We’ve reached people around the world with our audio CD recordings, opera DVDs and documentary films – and thousands more with the cinema-quality online performances we produced during the COVID pandemic.

​​​​​​​This 28^th season is an important passage for us, and we hope you’ll join and be part of it. Every day fills me with gratitude to the many friends like you who have shared this journey and helped make it possible