ORLANDO OPERA NEWS COVERAGE

Opera Orlando will host its 2026 OPERAZZI BASH at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The fundraiser will support the company’s education programs, including the Opera Orlando Youth Company....

Get a first look at Opera Orlando's production of SILENT NIGHT this weekend for two nights ONLY at the Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts....

Sarasota Opera will present THE MERRY WIDOW by Franz Lehár as part of its 2026 Winter Festival. The operetta will open on February 21 and run through March 27 following the festival’s opening production of LA BOHÈME. ...

Opera Orlando will present Silent Night at Steinmetz Hall as part of its 10th anniversary season. The Pulitzer Prize–winning opera will star Orlando native Julia Radosz alongside returning company artists. ...

Opera Orlando will present the Pulitzer Prize–winning opera Silent Night at Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The production features music by Kevin Puts and a libretto by Mark Campbell and is based on the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce....

Opera Orlando hosted its first annual Operazzi Bash on October 25 at the Grand Bohemian Orlando, raising more than $80,000 in support of the company’s education programs, including the Opera Orlando Youth Company....

John Conklin, a celebrated scenic designer whose visionary work transformed opera and theatre stages around the world, has died at the age of 88. A native New Englander, Conklin’s artistic influence was felt far and wide, but he remained closely connected to Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) throughout his...

Opera Orlando is presenting a fairy tale classic, Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon (Cinderella), based on the beloved French Cinderella story by Perrault. Check out video footage in the trailer here!...

Fairy tales come to life as Cendrillon [Cinderella] takes the stage of Steinmetz Hall with Grammy award-winner Lindsay Ohse in the title role. Performances run February 7 and 9....

$100,000 was raised for the Holocaust Center through the DEFIANT REQUIEM performance, highlighting the community's support and dedication to Holocaust education and remembrance....

Opera Orlando has announced the release of DEFIANT REQUIEM, a powerful performance highlighting resilience and hope through music. Discover the inspiring story behind this unique operatic experience....

Central Florida Vocal Arts kicks off Season Twelve with THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at the Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, featuring operatic arias, sharp dialogue, and a twisting plot, August 9-11, 2024....

Get a first look at Opera Orlando's dark retelling of Grimm’s The Juniper Tree, a contemporary chamber opera by composers Philip Glass and Robert Moran to a libretto by Arthur Yorinks. Check out the video!...

Watch the opening chorus for Opera Orlando's production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR in the video here!...

Go inside rehearsals for the Act 1 finale of Opera Orlando's production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, which performs April 19th and 21st, 2024....

Go inside orchestra rehearsals for Opera Orlando's production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, which performs April 19th and 21st, 2024....

Go inside rehearsals for Opera Orlando's production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, which performs April 19th and 21st, 2024....

Get a first look at Opera Orlando's site-specific production of Dvořák’s Rusalka at the Art and History Museums of Maitland. Based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Little Mermaid,” Dvořák’s version is a deeply romantic tragedy of love, sacrifice, and rejection....

Go inside rehearsals for Opera Orlando's site-specific production of Dvořák's Rusalka at the Art and History Museums of Maitland. Check out the all-new video below....

Watch as conductor Jorge Parodi talks about bringing Frida, Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s love letter to Mexican surrealist artist Frida Kahlo, to Opera Orlando....

Watch as John de los Santos talks about bringing Frida to Opera Orlando. Opera Orlando continues its 2023-24 All for Art season On the MainStage this January with Frida, Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s love letter to Mexican surrealist artist Frida Kahlo....

Get a first look at orchestra rehearsals for Frida at Opera Orlando. Mexican-American soprano Cecilia Violetta López is a Company favorite having previously performed the role of Mimi in La bohème, Violetta in La traviata, and more....

Central Florida Vocal Arts presents the Southeast regional premiere of Scalia/Ginsburg, a contemporary opera based on the opinions of Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg....

Watch as Cecilia Violetta Lopez talks about taking on FRIDA at Opera Orlando....

Opera Orlando continues its 2023-24 All for Art season On the MainStage with a celebration of Mexican art and culture. Robert Xavier Rodriguez's opera Frida, about the trailblazing surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, takes the stage on January 26 at 7:30 p.m. and January 28 at 2 p.m. in Steinmetz Hall a...

Get a first look at rehearsals for Frida at Opera Orlando. Opera Orlando continues its 2023-24 All for Art season On the MainStage this January with Frida, Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s love letter to Mexican surrealist artist Frida Kahlo. ...

Opera Orlando opens its 2023-24 All for Art season On the MainStage with Puccini's tragic masterwork Tosca on October 27 at 7:30 p.m. and October 29 at 2 p.m. in Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center....

Get $15 rush tickets for the opera TOSCA. Limited availability for students. Contact Gabriel Preisser at (407) 512-1900 or GPreisser@OperaOrlando.org....

Watch Daniel Scofield discuss playing Scarpia in Opera Orlando's production of Tosca here!...

Watch Greek soprano Eleni Calenos, better known as Tosca in the Opera Orlando production of the same name discuss her passion for art in the video here!...

More of the MainStage events for Puccini’s TOSCA. Find out what exciting performances are in store for opera lovers....

Watch Stefan Szkafarowsky (Sacristan) joined by Opera Orlando Youth Company and Chorus at the first sing thru for Opera Orlando's TOSAC....

The Stetson University School of Music and Opera Orlando have announced that they have partnered together to launch an Apprenticeship Pilot Program beginning this fall....

Purchase your tickets now for Opera Orlando's TOSCA and experience the captivating opera that has been captivating audiences worldwide. Find out where and when the performances are taking place. Don't miss out on this incredible production!...

Immerse yourself in a week-long celebration of music at Opera Orlando's SINGS! Week-Long Intensive. Don't miss out on this opportunity to witness the magic of live performances and be captivated by the beauty of the arts....

This Friday and Saturday Opera Orlando completes its tour of All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914 On the MainStage at Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. There is still time to purchase tickets, but seating is limited....

Opera Orlando is giving back this holiday season with special outreach activities and initiatives in conjunction with the company's Opera on Tour production of Peter Rothstein's critically-acclaimed All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914 and with its annual Soup Opera presented by the Opera Orland...

Opera Orlando concludes its 2022-23 Opera on the MainStage series on a high note–well, nine high C's, to be exact. Sung in French with English dialogue and supertitles, Donizetti's The Daughter of the Regiment comes to Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts this April with e...

The holidays have arrived and the troops are falling in line for the first stop on their tour of Opera Orlando's production of All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914. In just four days, this beautifully moving and critically-acclaimed work will be presented on the historic Polk Theatre stage marki...

Opera Orlando remounts its 2019 production of the critically-acclaimed All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914 this holiday season, welcoming back some familiar faces and new cast members....