Events

January 2025, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and VisionIntoArt will co-present the world premiere of Primero Sueño, a site-specific processional opera taking place at The Met Cloisters as part of the MetLiveArts performance season, exploring the life of proto-feminist Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

Prestini is a featured speaker at On Air Fest, where she will be discussing her creative mission.

Port(al) is a musical and civic exploration of the world through the lens of port cities – where human life and the oceans that connect and sustain us meet.

Sensorium Ex is an ambitious new opera by acclaimed composer Paola Prestini, co-directed by Jerron Herman and Jay Scheib, that synthesizes artificial intelligence, disability, and the arts in a groundbreaking and innovative artistic work.

Port(al) is a musical and civic exploration of the world through the lens of port cities – where human life and the oceans that connect and sustain us meet.

In August 2025, Pike Opera will give the world premiere of The Fourth Crow, Prestini's new outdoor chamber opera featuring Julian Crouch and Sandbox Percussion, in Milford, PA. This eco-opera paints the birth of forestry in the U.S. through the eyes of the American forester and politician Gifford Pinchot-first chief of the US Forest Service- and is in collaboration with the Pinchot family.