The Nation’s Leading
Disability-Affirmative
Opera Company
OPrak’s first audience in a garden on the Lower East Side of Manhattan - an enthusiastic crowd of people sitting in wheelchairs, garden chairs & benches all together for the opera ORLANDO
OPrak’s ambitious 5th (& 6th) Season,
a 2-year project…
begins with a
free workshop event!
Piano
Vocal
American Sign Language
June 18th - 3pm
Balance Arts Center
151 West 30th St
& 7th Ave
in midtown Manhattan
2nd floor at the Walter Theatre
3pm to 4:30pm
Reserve your seat🪑 below!
or click here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/operapraktikosinc/2173453
OPrak has support from: the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the NYC Disability Forward Fund; the NEA Grants for Arts Projects; and Opera America’s NYC Opera Grant Supporting Small-Business Organizations supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation
A New Genre of Opera
Opera Praktikos‬†(OPrak) is the nation’s leading disability-affirmative opera company.‬
We present a genre of opera that is interabled and champions disability-artistry as a creative force in the field. Through deliberate reinterpretations of classical operas‬ and the commissioning of new works, we want our performers, arts-workers and audiences to authentically find themselves in the stories we portray on stage.
We do this by honoring disability culture, fostering community and making great opera!
2026 - La Sonnambula
P-V-ASL Workshop
2025 - Spoon Theory
Song Cycle
2024 - There Will Be Cake!
Photo credit: Dan Wright Photography & José Alba Rodriguez
OPrak’s 4th season production - Spoon Cycle
Illustration:
Anne Beal
OPrak’s 3rd Season Production
There Will Be Cake!
A sweet, site-specific musical drama pairing two mono-operas about memory and food, featuring words of wisdom from Julia Child herself! One short opera bakes us a chocolate cake, the other spreads joy! Mixed together, these mono-operas make for one hour of a delicious and joy-filled community event…and yes, there WILL be cake!
Opera Praktikos, Inc received operating support from OPERA America’s NYC Opera Grant: Supporting Small-Business Organizations, supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
Photo credit: Dan Wright Photography
Orlando:
Hero of Love
Our first production, in collaboration and partnership with Opera Essentia is a 75-minute, one act distillation of Handel's Baroque masterpiece. Orlando: Hero of Love asks eternal questions: What is Love? Who is a Hero? Where do our journeys lead?
Photo credit: Kyabell Glass
Opera Praktikos is a 501c3 registered tax-exempt nonprofit organization.
Federal Tax ID: #88-3044485