Rene Orth

10 Days in a Madhouse, composed by Rene Orth with libretto by Hannah Moscovitch, premiered last fall to sellout crowds. Now, they've won MCANA's Best New Opera award for it, the third such award for an Opera Philadelphia commission.

“Opera’s where my heart is,” said Rene Orth this January, and in June, Opera Philadelphia announced her appointment as its new Composer in Residence. She…