The New England Chamber Opera Group
(NECOG)

The New England Chamber Opera Group was founded in Boston in 1972 by singer/director Rafael de Acha and his wife, coloratura soprano Kimberly Daniel. They were joined shortly thereafter by pianist Phil Morehead. In the period from 1970 to 1978 NECOG presented a number of operas in Boston:

January 1972
W. A. Mozart L'oca del Cairo
G.B. Pergolesi La serva padrona

June 1972
Kurt Weill Down in the Valley
Giacomo Puccini Gianni Schicchi

Fall 1972
Giancarlo Menotti The Medium
Dominick Argento The Boor

December 1972
Igor Stravinsky Mavra
Gioacchino Rossini Marriage by Contract

January 1973
Charles Gounod Gift of the Gods (Philemon et Baucis)
Feruccio Busoni Arlecchino

March 1974
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (scenes in English)

June 1974
W.A. Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio

October 1974
Giacomo Puccini La Boheme

November 1974
Jacques Offenbach Pepito
Leonard Bernstein Trouble in Tahiti
Kurt Weill Das kleine Mahagonny

March 1975
G. F. Handel Imeneo

March 1976
Robert Selig Chocorua
Paul Earls The Death of King Phillip (world premiere)

February 1977
W. A. Mozart Zaide

May 1977
Paul Earls Grimm Duo