Transit Operas Celebrate the Subway Experience Through Music

All Of It with Alison Stewart · May 13, 2026 · 15m

The AOP-NYU Tisch Opera Lab is producing a spring series of 12 short operas, titled "The Transit Operas," all taking place on a subway car. Some of the operas are even going to be performed at the New York Transit Museum, aboard the Museum's vintage train cars. Professor Randall Eng discusses the program, alongside student librettist Kennen Butler and student composer Dawson Atkin, who will share more about their new operas. The Transit Operas will be running on May 16 and 17 at the African Grove Theatre and on May 20 and 21 at the New York Transit Museum.

(Photo courtesy of NYU Tisch)…