Morning Star is an opera by composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist William M. Hoffman, and tells the story of a Russian Jewish family who immigrates to New York City in 1910.

[2] Ricky Ian Gordon started writing Morning Star in the late 1990s, when he was the resident composer at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

It is set against the backdrop of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and follows the family through World War I and the Great Depression.

[1] The Chicago Tribune described the score as blending "melodic arioso, accompanied recitative, Broadway-style ballads, stirring ensembles, and Tin Pan Alley and ragtime elements.

[3]" Opera News, on the other hand, called Morning Star "a rich, complex work.