stonewall is an american opera about the 1969 stonewall riots, the spark of the modern lgbtq rights movement, which received its world premiere june 2019 in conjunction with stonewall 50 – worldpride nyc 2019, projected to be the world's largest lgbtq event. "stonewall" was commissioned by new york city opera (nyco), and features music by iain bell, libretto by pulitzer prize-winning mark campbell, and direction by leonard foglia. the production is a 2019 pride initiative of the nyco, an annual production of an lgbt-focused work each june in commemoration of gay pride month. the opera premieres in june 2019 at the rose theater at jazz at lincoln center. the opera was produced to honor both the 50th anniversary of the stonewall riots, and the 75th anniversary of the nyco. "stonewall" is the first opera to feature a transgender character written for an openly transgender singer, mezzo-soprano liz bouk.