Praised as “one of the most exciting opera composers in the country” (The Washington Post), composer Kamala Sankaram moves freely between the worlds of experimental music and contemporary opera. Sankaram’s recent work includes commissions for the Glimmerglass Festival, Washington National Opera, the PROTOTYPE Festival, Bronx Arts Ensemble, and Creative Time, among others.

This season, Sankaram’s one-act opera The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, with a libretto by Rob Handel, will have productions at Mannes School of Music and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In addition, her family opera Jungle Book, with a libretto by Kelley Rourke, joins Washington National Opera’s holiday programming. Future seasons bring the highly anticipated world premiere of The House of Yes at World Trap Opera, as well as both a mainstage and chamber opera to premiere at Minnesota Opera through their New Works Initiative.