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Edson Scheid playing as concertmaster of Opera Lafayette with conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley and soprano Lauren at Sixth and I in Washington D.C.
Opera Lafayette
Since February 2025, Edson Scheid is the concertmaster of Opera Lafayette, the Nation’s Period Opera Company.
At Opera Lafayette, we bring period-instrument opera from the 17th through 19th centuries to life. Since our founding in Washington, DC in 1995, we’ve been dedicated to sharing the beauty, relevance, and historical importance of opera with modern audiences. By uncovering and performing lost and little-known works, we aim to enrich the cultural landscape with first-rate opera that might otherwise be lost to future generations.
From the stage of Versailles to venues both prestigious and unique in New York, Washington, and elsewhere, we stage intimate, transcendent productions that invite everyone into a realm of vivid, daring imagination. Opera Lafayette’s innovative take on opera stands at the intersection of the established canon and neglected treasures, with singers, instrumentalists, and dancers as the storytellers. The result is truly memorable: a journey that is distinctly Opera Lafayette.
Edson Scheid's events with Opera Lafayette:
2027
May 1-4, 2027
Opera Lafayette - Metastasio’s "La clemenza di Tito" (Edson Scheid, concertmaster)
May 1, Sixth and I, Washington, D.C., USA
May 4, Merkin Hall, New York, NY, USA
2026
April 30-May 2, 2026
Opera Lafayette - New Woman (Edson Scheid, concertmaster)
April 30, Sixth and I, Washington, D.C., USA
May 2, Merkin Hall, New York, NY, USA
November 9-15, 2026
Opera Lafayette - Rameau’s "Les Surprises de l’Amour" A Modern World Premiere
(Edson Scheid, concertmaster)
Nov 9, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, New york, NY, USA
Nov 13, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., USA
Nov 14, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., USA
Nov 15, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., USA
2025
February 3 - 7, 2025
Opera Lafayette - Edmond Dédé's Morgiane (Edson Scheid, concertmaster)
February 3, Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C.
February 5, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York
February 7, Dekelboum Concert Hall at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland
October 16 - 20, 2025
Opera Lafayette - Dido and Aeneas by Purcell (Edson Scheid, concertmaster)
Oct 16, Sixth and I, Washington, D.C., USA
Oct 18, Sixth and I, Washington, D.C., USA
Oct 20, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, USA