Learn more about this new opera prior to its world premiere at Glimmerglass Festival in July 2025. A coming-of-age classic, Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street has been acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world. Through a series of interactions, from fascinating to funny to frightening, the novel’s young female protagonist comes to understand that storytelling is the medicine she can offer her community-and herself. Cisneros, winner of the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, has teamed up with Grammy-nominated composer Derek Bermel for an opera inspired by her classic book.